Why Is Choosing the Right Vendors so Important?



Thinking about a career in San Diego real estate sales? If you're a current sales professional looking to control your own income and success in a new industry, or you're an existing real estate agent who needs more help to reach your goals, email me today for a private San Diego real estate career consultation. I'll share with you what a sales career at Keller Williams looks like, as well as the great income you will earn helping San Diego homeowners sell and buy homes in our greater San Diego County area.

 Hello, and welcome back! Today, I want to touch briefly on the topic of vendor relationships.

As real estate agents, we understand that we're just one piece of the puzzle in a real estate transaction. There are escrow, title, mortgage, and transaction coordinators, as well as home inspectors, lenders, and insurance folks. Bottom line: there are A LOT of people involved in a real estate transaction. We encourage you to make sure you're in business with the best vendors because the referrals you make will impact what people think of your team!

From a business perspective, you need to analyze the relationships you have with your vendors. Money cannot be exchanged between myself and my lender directly, but referrals can. It's a huge leverage point that can lead to increased business, so it's in your interest to work with the best loan officer, who has the best programs, and treats customers with the respect that you do. For sending this loan officer clients, you want to make sure they help you prospect, promote and sell your brand, and are generally an advocate for your team.

On my team, we make sure everyone we work with provides us at least one closed piece of business a year. If you want to take a look at a comprehensive packet we provide to our vendors, you can contact me for the packet by clicking here.

If you have any questions about vendor relationships, don't hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an email. I would love to help you continue to grow your business!

It Only Takes 8 Words to Revive a Lead



Thinking about a career in San Diego real estate sales? If you're a current sales professional looking to control your own income and success in a new industry, or you're an existing real estate agent who needs more help to reach your goals, email me today for a private San Diego real estate career consultation. I'll share with you what a sales career at Keller Williams looks like, as well as the great income you will earn helping San Diego homeowners sell and buy homes in our greater San Diego County area.

 We're all familiar with dead leads, but what if I told you there is a way to revive them? 

The thing is, we often make the mistake of deciding on behalf of the consumer that they are or aren't a buyer, seller, or investor. In other words, we label them as uninterested in being our client. 

My advice for you today is to stay curious. It's as simple as sending an eight-word email, phone call, or text to ALL the prospects you labeled "dead" leads. I personally would send all the three, but do whatever is most comfortable for you! 


If you have any questions about this topic, give me a call or shoot me an email. I would love to give you a hand!

How Will Rising Interest Rates Affect Affordability in San Diego in 2015?


Thinking about a career in San Diego real estate sales? If you're a current sales professional looking to control your own income and success in a new industry, or you're an existing real estate agent who needs more help to reach your goals, email me today for a private San Diego real estate career consultation. I'll share with you what a sales career at Keller Williams looks like, as well as the great income you will earn helping San Diego homeowners sell and buy homes in our greater San Diego County area.

Hello and welcome to 2015! 

Last year was a pretty interesting one for real estate in the San Diego area. We finished the year with the same amount of inventory we started the year with, but saw significantly less buyer demand as 2014 came to an end. What does this trend mean for prices, sales, and real estate in general as we begin a new year?

When we look at the market overall, we're still seeing rates near all-time lows. Interest rates are currently hovering around 3.5%, but we're not expecting that to last much longer. The real estate market, like all markets, is cyclical - it goes up and it goes down. Since the crash and the recession that followed, we've seen great appreciation in the market, and sellers have been making solid gains. 

Our market is in a similar position to where we were in 2003. The Federal Government is incentivizing home buying with low down payment programs, decreasing FHA mortgage insurance premiums, and generally making money more available. Lenders are also stepping up to the plate, making loans easier to get. This is all fantastic news for buyers and sellers today.

The thing to keep an eye on is interest rates - at some point they are going to rise. When they do, we expect the increase to spur home buying activity. Sellers need to see that as an opportunity to make their move. As more sellers and buyers flood the market, it has an impact on prices and thus affordability goes down. This downward trend will happen, as it always does - it's simply a matter of when. 

No one can know for sure when we'll see these wonderful conditions come to an end. What we know is, as always, the best priced homes, that are staged appropriately and marketed to the right audience, sell every day! 

If you have questions about our market, or would like real estate assistance of any kind, we would love to hear from you! Give us a call or shoot us a quick email, and we'll help you in any way we can!

Thanks, and make it a great day!