Omaha NE Keller Williams -- John Lorkovic

I ran across this article in the Omaha World-Herald that does a good job of explaining the current status of the local real estate market. Although the stimulus program was good for our market in the spring it has actually hurt our summer market. It seems that we took most of our summer buyers and changed them to spring buyers. Now we are left with a "hangover effect". I'm starting to believe that the stimulus program actually had a negative effect on our overall market. I also think that many buyers are now waiting for another "program" before they will enter the market.

http://omaha.com/article/20100710/MONEY/307109985

I know this article may be a little negative about our market but I think it is important to be realistic with our sellers about the current conditions. At keller Williams we have a system that provides monthly local market statistics from the MLS. These numbers help us understand what is going on in the current market and allow us to become a more knowledgable real estate professional.

Knowing the local market statistics (and using them) helps your sellers to have realistic expectations. It is up to us as real estate professionals to know the numbers.

Big Announcement!!!

Premier One Real Estate has joined Keller Williams Greater Omaha. Premier One has 2 offices (One in Fremont, NE and one in Omaha) and 40+ quality agents. This merger brings Keller Williams Greater Omaha to 130+ agents.....Now one of the largest Real Estate companies in the Omaha area.

The merging of Premier One Real Estate into Keller Williams Realty started on July 1. When complete we will have 3 offices in the Omaha area: 97th & Giles (Sarpy County), 168th & Dodge (Douglas County) and Fremont, NE.

Keller Williams Realty is the fastest growing real estate company in Omaha and also the fastest growing in North America. 77,000 Agents, 650+ Offices.

Why are so many of the highest quality Realtors in the business joining KW? 5 Reasons: Education, Technology, Culture, Commission structure and Profit Sharing.

Are you ready to make the move to Keller Williams? Contact me for more information.

John Lorkovic, Keller Williams Greater Omaha. JLork@kw.com. 402-598-4287

I proud to be a part of the Keller Williams Family and especially when we are able to give back to the Omaha metropolitan community that has been so good to us.

On May 13th Keller Williams Realty offices nationwide came together to help out in their communities. At Keller Williams Greater Omaha we spent the afternoon at Hanscom Park, one of Omaha's historic parks. 25+ Realtors came together to provide a much needed facelift to the park. After an afternoon of hard work we had a picnic and social networking event at the pavillion.

See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV9CDjaPv9w

On May 11th we had our first Keller Williams Greater Omaha fundraiser golf outing. We had an awesome time but more importantly we raised $5000+ for our charity....KW Cares.

I am so proud of my fellow associates at Keller Williams Omaha. We are building a great group of team oriented agents that love what we do.

By the way, if you are thinking of buying or selling real estate I'd love to assist.

A big thank you to Gary Carpenter for bringing the Floyd Wickman program to Omaha! We had agents from almost every major real estate company in the area attend the seminar including Keller Williams Realty, NP Dodge Real Estate, CBSHome Real Estate, Alliance Real Estate, and Premier One Real Estate.

Check out the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM9x9N37zwE

We all pledged to always:

• Live by the "get by giving" philosophy
• Make my clients #1 goal my #1 goal
• Live up to my standards, despite temptations to lower them
• Be willing to work toward a common good.
• Do what I say I will do, sometimes more, just never less.

If you know of anyone moving to or from the Omaha, Nebraska area I'd love to assist them.

John Lorkovic, Keller Williams Greater Omaha, 402-598-4287, JLork@kw.com

Thank you to all who made the grand opening at our new West Omaha office a huge success.

Check out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73tghoSJi8

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