Not A Chair To Be Found!

There wasn't a chair to be found in today's team meeting. We kicked off the event with the agents sharing "Tell Me Something Good" stories while passing around the beach ball. Toss after toss agents shared how they are finding buyers and sellers by calling their sphere, holding open houses or networking on the golf course (go Bob Fiscella). It was also great to see Scotchie Cochran back in the room after his heart surgery.

After the inspirational celebration, I filled the everyone in on a new form that needs to be completed when they turn in contracts. The new form will help protect our clients in complex short sale transactions. For instance, we are finding that sellers are hiring a third party to negotiate with the banks on short sales. Oftentimes these third party representatives are not licensed real estate agents. When the third party rep is NOT a licensed agent, the listing agent must present all offers to the seller (not just the third party rep). The new form is a check and balance for short sale requirements.

The main event today was hosted by our ALC member, Dionne Stokes-Hicks. Dionne invited Dagmar Sands of Real Estate International, Inc (http://www.dagmarsands.com/) to discuss networking on an international scale. Dagmar presented innovative ways to grow our real estate business through social networking on the internet and joining networking associations. To wrap it all up Dionne and Mia Hannah shared an inspirational story about overcoming our fears.

I think everyone left jazzed up and ready to tackle the real estate world. At least Barney Trader was - as evidenced by this video.