Have you been thinking about a career change and owning your own business? Do you enjoy working with people, would love to help others achieve their real estate dreams, and want a flexible schedule? Have you ever considered a career in real estate?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, join us for a FREE real estate career seminar at our Keller Williams office in Lafayette. There, you’ll learn about the requirements for starting a business in real estate and what we offer to our associates at Keller Williams Realty.

Starting a business in real estate, as a Realtor, is fairly simple, quick, and inexpensive compared to the costs of starting other types of businesses. Truth is, real estate is probably one of the lowest cost start up there is. Obtaining your license and paying the initial fees for the first year will run you about $1500. Maintaining your license afterwards with all the mandated fees will costs you around $1500 per year. What other kind of business can you start and run for this kind of money? And when it comes to income, the sky is the limit; you can build it as small or as large as you envision it. Really.

Keller Williams is looking to hire and train a select group of motivated Realtors. If you are looking to build a career in real estate, or looking to take your existing career to the next level, there is no better place to do so than the #1 Real Estate Brokerage in North America. At Keller Williams, our mission is to build careers worth having, businesses worth owning, and lives worth living. We can teach you the ins and outs of building a successful real estate business, and we offer the tools of the trade that will get you there. No experience necessary; We will train you!

For more information, visit my redcareers website here on contact me via email with your questions.

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One of the anxiety high-points during the sale of a home is waiting for the buyer’s home inspection report.  Most sellers willingly disclose what they know about their home to any potential buyers.  The concern stems from the inspector finding something that they’re totally unaware of and that it will either cost them a lot of money to correct or the buyer will simply use it to void the contract.

If the inspection does reveal some unknown problem with the home, it’s probably as big a surprise to the buyer who is not as emotionally or financially invested as the seller.  It is human nature to fear what you don’t understand and when a report identifies defects, they may simply opt-out of the home.

The solution to the situation may be for the seller to have the home inspected prior to putting it on the market.  There is still a risk of becoming surprised by an unknown defect which at that point, would have to be disclosed to potential buyers or repaired by the seller.  The advantage is that it creates a baseline to compare discrepancies that may arise when a future buyer has the home inspected.

If the seller’s inspection report is made available during the marketing process, it could give buyers a sense of confidence about the home even though they may still choose to have the home checked by their own inspector.

The cost of the inspection, possibly $500, keeps some sellers from taking this initiative when selling their home.  In an effort to minimize their expenses, they forego getting valuable, disinterested 3rd party advice that could help sell their home.  On a $175,000 home, the fee for the inspection will probably be less than 3/10 of one percent of the sales price.

Another option to the seller to increase marketability of the property and bolster buyer confidence in the home would be to offer a home protection plan.  Generally, the seller doesn’t incur cost for this coverage until the home is sold and there may even be some coverage for the seller during the listing period.  The benefit to the buyer is avoiding unanticipated expenses for specific items that are covered during their first year of ownership.

Contact me for recommendations of home inspectors or home protection plans.

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

When you’re buying or selling, the obvious source to get your real estate question answered is your agent but where do you go the rest of the time?  As a homeowner for many years to come, you’ll need reliable help and solid suggestions.

Our business goal is to have a select group of our friends and past customers who consider us their lifelong real estate professional. We want to earn that trusted position so they’ll enthusiastically refer their friends to us.  Our plan to achieve this is simply to help these people with all of their real estate needs not just when they buy or sell but for all the years in between.

Throughout the year, we offer reminders and suggestions by email and social media that benefit your homeowner experience.  When we find good articles to help you be a better homeowner, we’ll pass them along.  You’ll discover new ways to maintain your property, minimize expenses and manage debt and risk.

We want to be your “Go-To” person for everything to do with real estate.  If we don’t have the answer you need, we’ll point you in the right direction to find it.

We’re here for you and your friends…now and in the future.  Please let us know how we can help you.

 

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

 

At the start of our day, I sent this quote to my team to remind them that the depth of their desire definitely impacts their success. The responses I got back were surprising, after their initial “WOW” wore off, they realized that their desire wasn’t at the depth they needed it to be at to achieve their goals. So, they began wanting their success on a whole new level! I believe desire is the motivating factor that compels people to come up with creative solutions to be successful.  When people want to succeed as desperately as they want to breathe, it is impossible to stop them! 

I took a course recently that strongly suggested that we stop being negative.  I participated at a high level and it resulted in tremendously helping me personally and in my business.  I’m not judging, I’m just saying that negative thoughts result in negative actions.  From a scientific prospective, we were taught that our cells actually eavesdrop on our thoughts and subsequently we become our thoughts.  So the theory here is to have positive thoughts and you will get positive actions.  Now this is nothing new there are many books written on the subject.  One famous book I can think of is: The power of positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peale.  We may not be able to control our 1^st thought but we can control our second and with enough practice we can eventually control our every thought.  To achieve this, the course taught us to wear a rubber bracelet and we were to switch wrists every time we had a negative thought.  What this resulted in was a raised level of awareness of all the negative energy in our lives and to focus on changing our thoughts.  As the weeks went by, I found myself receiving phone calls from family and friends, wanting me to come and list their homes, or help them find a home.  The positive energy came pouring in and I believe it was a result of putting positive energy out.  I feel it helped me in my personal life as well; one result was it helped me become a better listener.  Really listening to people helped me isolate the actual issues and not focus on the “smoke” so to speak, instead to focus on the “fire”.  In practicing this, I have been able to give great advice, which helped my loved ones and clients alike.  My big take away from the course: when we have positive energy we can use it to have a great life.