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Why Real Estate Agents Leave Business Cards

05-05-09
John Carle
John Carle: Real Estate Agent in Edmonton, AB
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I’m sitting at a building inspection today, working on my Edmonton real estate blog while the inspector works on the house. The client (Megan) and I had a great discussion about leaving business cards behind when showing a home.

I recently sold her condo for her, and she expressed an interesting perspective.

“It just gives me the peace of mind of knowing that they’ve been there. When a card wasn’t left, I wasn’t sure if they’d been there or not. When that happened, it was disconcerting.”

That’s interesting. I’ve heard a few agents complain about leaving their cards, claiming it to be a waste of resources. “What a waste of money!”

But to hear that this client liked having cards, I have to say that I’m prone to keep leaving my card at showings.

What are your thoughts? Do you prefer to have an agent leave a card? Or do you think they’re just junk and need to go into the garbage?

This original post is located at http://www.knock-knock.ca

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Could your wallet really betray you?

04-14-09
Todd & Danielle Millar
Todd & Danielle Millar: Real Estate - Other in Edmonton, AB
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This article from MSN money is fantastic. Basically the state of your wallet is the state of your finances on a very small scale. So, if it's stuffed with crumpled bills and receipts your head is in the sand but if your bills are orderly and you know how much is in there you have a pretty good control of your money.

It's not the first time I've heard this either, how you treat your money is how you TREAT your money. If you're disrespectful to it, leave it scattered around and generally aren't aware of it then you are probably trying to sabotage your finances or "don't care" about money. I say "don't care" because like it or not we all care about money.

Since I learned this principal I went from the crazy messy wallet to the organized wallet and wouldn't you know my finances improved dramatically?

Here are some good tips to slim down your wallet.
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Official January 2009 Edmonton stats

02-04-09
Jason Thomas
Jason Thomas: Real Estate Sales Person in Edmonton, AB
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Well the stats are out. The sales were better than December, but much lower than January of 2008 (off 40.9%) there were 730 sales in January versus 608 in December. The positive spin that has been put on this is that the unit sales number has went up month over month, but December was a record low for unit sales.
Analogy: So, it is kind of like saying I upgraded my car from a Gremlin to a Pinto. No offence to Pinto owners out there.
There is good news though. The listing inventory is sitting at 6573, in 2008 we were already up to 8284 homes for sale by the end of January. That means we added 4% to our listing inventory in the month of January. To put that into perspective, our listing inventory grew by 12.7% in January 2008. So, after polishing my crystal ball and if this pace continues my bold prediction is that our listing inventory will hit 7600 homes for sale in May. This inventory level is a balanced supply for our population as long as we see normal sales volume. To sum up, January sales bad, January listings good.

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Market blues?

02-03-09
Jill Gargus-Chouinard
Jill Gargus-Chouinard: Home Stager in Edmonton, AB
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I see this as an opprotunity to do many things like catch up on areas I am behind, tie up loose ends, complete projects that have been started and left behind....this is a great time to implement new ideas, get the paperwork cleared away and get moving onto new goals!

Do I think it's slower? No. It's just different and I am fortunatly adaptable!

Jill

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Edmonton Powerhouse Redefined

01-10-09
Todd & Danielle Millar
Todd & Danielle Millar: Real Estate - Other in Edmonton, AB
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Probably the safest place in the world to park your investment funds. Edmonton revenue real estate is a tangible asset so it doesn't have scary fluctuations, produces cashflow which means increases in your bank account every month and is a bargain right now.
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