Getting Started

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Why I Joined Keller Williams

After 10 years with Keller Williams, I'm still periodically asked why I joined them. I'll explain in this post.

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You'd Better Have Thick Skin If You Want To Be a Realtor

There will be times throughout your entire career when people you consider friends and/or neighbors will use another agent to buy or sell...

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Flying Without a Signed Buyer Representation Agreement

In this blog, I'm going to talk about ... buyer representation agreements, why many agents are reluctant to ask for them, why having one...

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Become a Student of Your Area

In another post, I talked about the most important lesson I ever learned in real estate. Although I was brand new at the time and the...

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Why Residential Real Estate?

If you prefer, you can listen to this on YouTube or SoundCloud Name some professions you admire and respect. Almost all of those require...

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Become Disciplined

If you prefer to listen on YouTube If you've worked a 9-5 job like most people, real estate is going to be a huge change for you. ...

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Should You Cut Your Fees to Get a Listing?

Let me start by saying, commissions are not set by the state of Texas. Every agent has their own fee structure just as we have ours. ...

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Start With Your Sphere of Influence

Your sphere of influence, or SOI, is comprised of your friends, clients, former clients, family, etc. Anyone you know or knows you is...

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The Best Real Estate Advice I Was Ever Given

My first week or so as a commercial real estate agent, my broker told me to go talk to a prominent Dallas real estate investor he knew....

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Working Hard Versus Working Smart

It's fitting to start my blog with this topic. I've known lots and lots of new agents who thought they were working hard, but they...