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As a an agent/broker for 12 years in South Florida, I am affluent in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, with a primary focus on luxury homes, townhouses & waterfront properties.
The Katz Realty Group, Inc. is your connection to all aspects of residential and commercial real estate throughout the South Florida Area. We service the Keys, Miami, Miami Beach, Aventura, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Naples, Fort Myers and all cities in between! Whether you are looking to buy, sell, or rent, you can count on the The Katz Realty Group to professionally assist you with your real estate needs.
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Please feel free to browse our site, www.TheKatzRealtyGroup.com, for all of your real estate needs. When the time comes to choosing your real estate agent, you can trust that The Katz Realty Group will place you in the hands of an agent that specializes in your area, and will provide you with uncompromising personalized service.
As the broker for Katz Realty Group, I am affluent in all areas of residential and commercial real estate, with a primary focus being on luxury homes, townhouses and waterfront properties. Due to my central location, I am able to handle deals in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
I take tremendous pride in my marketing and am able to offer my sellers multiple sources of exposure, through my professionally built website www.TheKatzRealtyGroup.com. For this reason, I am sure to impress when sending a listing referral my way. Further, I try to stay a focal point in the media, having recently been interviewed by NBC6 Miami for my expertise on mortgages, and a new plan that President Obama is considering. This was shown both on the 6pm evening news, as well as in a written article that is featured below. I have also been featured in Florida Realtor Magazine for my promotional work, which is also listed in my article section below.
When sending a referral to me, you can be sure that I will personally handle all aspects of the deal, ensuring your clients a pleasant experience and increasing all of our chances to make money together. I am always honest and ethical, and will only accept a referral if I am confident that I can accomplish the task at hand.
When searching for a referral source in the South Florida area, you will not be disappointed in the results that I deliver.
What people are saying about James L. Katz:
James is the Real State professional you want to help you when purchasing property. He is attentive to your needs and wants, makes attuned recommendations, and has infinite patience to show you everything out-there. His industry knowledge combined with his determination to please his clients makes him an indispensible asset for your property hunt. I recommend him without reservation.
- Sgt. Leonel I. Poveda- US Army
James is an attentive, knowledgeable and respectful realtor. As our listing agent, he was in tune with our needs and did an excellent job of marketing our property until it was sold.
- Michael Savitz - Shoot Florida Productions
Mr. Katz was my real estate agent who helped my wife and i purchase our first home. We have returned to use Katz Realty Group's services over the years whenever we have had other real estate needs. He is great!
Bernie L. Egozi, Esq. - Egozi & Bennett, PA
I have no better words to describe the services i received from this agent... I awarded him "the best realtor in the world"... And zillow.com is a excellent website!!!!
- Odhra Saari - Marcum Rachlin CPA
Written by James L Katz
Eleven years into my real estate career, I can still hear the words of my first boss like it was yesterday, “Even if you’re just a sock folder, be the best sock folder you can be!” I’ve made it my practice to follow that advice—and share it with the many agents I’ve mentored over the years.
Unfortunately, some of our industry peers don’t seem to share the same commitment to excellence, hurting their chances of reaching the closing table. For example, not long ago, I was searching the MLS looking for sunny South Florida properties to send to my client in Canada, and I was struck repeatedly by one phenomenon: listings without photos. In my opinion, this omission defies common sense.
I’m not talking about newly listed properties where the photos will be coming soon, but rather older listings that have become stale, no doubt due to their lack of images. When I’m e-mailing a client, and I have a wide variety of properties to choose from, how could listing agents who haven’t posted photos expect me to send my client their listings? And if I did, do they really expect my client to say, “Take me to that one—the mystery property with a one-sentence description and no pictures!”?
Another common but faulty business practice hit me in the face recently when my wife and I were in the market to buy real estate ourselves. When we wanted to see a house that we loved (thanks to the pictures), I had to schedule the appointment through a special service that books showings on behalf of sales associates. While this may be a time-saving technique, I think it’s a huge mistake, as it represents the first opportunity for a listing agent to highlight features of a house or convey the seller’s motivation. It’s also a chance for the listing and buyer’s associates to develop a rapport with each other to help get the deal done.
Nonetheless, we were able to successfully schedule a showing, and as we entered the home, I immediately whispered to my wife, “I love it!”
At this point, the seller greeted us himself and said that the listing associate would not be there and that he would be showing us the home. The house was beautiful with an updated kitchen, and a Chicago brick paved patio with a pool. We really couldn’t find any flaws. Well . . . besides the owner!
Our excitement quickly turned into frustration as the owner talked so much that we could barely take in the home and talk to each other. He constantly interrupted us. After about 15 minutes, we found ourselves running to the car because the owner’s verbosity was so disconcerting. Despite this unpleasantness, I contacted the listing associate that evening to find out more about the property and the seller’s motivation.
Rather than call me back, she text messaged me, asking what I needed. I replied that I wanted to know what comparable homes were selling for in the neighborhood. She simply wrote back, “I’m driving,” and I never heard from her again.
It seemed like a sign. We were scared off from writing an offer by the listing associate’s lack of professionalism. She did nothing to nurture her listing and her actions were an excellent example of what not to do, but she did give us insight into how we can tighten up our own game.
It’s simple, really. Take pride in your work and your listings by taking good pictures and writing helpful descriptions. Schedule your own appointments and try to develop a rapport with the selling associate. Personally show the property and request feedback. The point is to give your listings the attention they deserve. If you follow these simple steps, your chances of reaching the closing table are much improved. It is difficult enough to sell a property these days, so don’t be your own worst enemy. You need to be the best real estate professional you can be.
From Florida Realtor Magazine September 2006
From Mundane to Wow!
Surprising everyday items can help you make the sale.
Who’d guess that handing out $3 tins of mints would result in two waterfront property listings totaling more than $3.2 million?
What may seem like a fluke actually took careful planning, thorough market research and deliberate geographic selection, says James L. Katz, the broker who came up with the idea.
His secret? He blends self-promotion with practicality. Katz designs items that are handy so his potential customers and clients will keep them, use them, see his name on a routine basis—and call him when they’re ready to buy or sell.
Katz worked as a sales associate for several years with another company before opening Katz Realty Group in Aventura last March. Based on the success of his mint promotion, he projects 65 to 70 percent of his sales—at least $15 to $18 million a year—will come from similar projects. And he’s willing to lay out the cash to achieve the objective. So far, he’s spent $2,000 to $3,000 per month.
The ideas were 25 years in the making, says Katz, whose father, a 35-year real estate industry veteran, also took pride in his marketing approach. “Coming up with ideas is a full-time job,” Katz says. Here’s his strategy:
1. Test-market Concepts
First, Katz tries out his ideas on 25 handpicked friends and family members. “I ask them, ‘Would you throw this out if it came from a sales associate you didn’t know?’” If they say yes, he scraps the plan.
“Don’t fall in love with an idea,” he says. “If [your test group] doesn’t like it, try another one until you get an overwhelmingly positive response.”
One day he asked his wife for a mint and she pulled out a tin. “I said, ‘Honey, what if that tin of mints had my logo on it? Would you [keep it] if it came in the mail as a promotion?’ [She said], ‘Absolutely!’”
With a little more thought, he came up with the slogan, “Don’t let your next real estate deal leave a bad taste in your mouth!”
Katz brands all his promotions with his logo and contact information. Even his phone number bears his name: (305) 932-KATZ.
The tins cost $3 apiece—$1,500 for 500—and mailing costs, including a padded envelope and a pen, brought his costs to $2,500. Within two weeks of sending the tins to his target area, Katz had two listings—one for $2.3 million and another for $900,000. He’s also received calls from people who loved the promotion and plan to call him when they’re ready to list.
2. Justify Your Worth
Katz believes in persuading people he’s worth the sales commission, which is imperative for his target audience of high-end property owners. His mint tin promotion included a postcard that said, “If you thought this marketing was clever, imagine what I could do with your home!”
3. Give Useful Items
To hit your own home run, always consider the customers’ and clients’ daily needs, Katz says. His latest brainchild is 100 USB chips that come on a key chain, adorned with his logo. Each chip costs $18 and holds up to 256 megabytes of data, and he loads his clients’ and customers’ closing documents on them. “When an accountant or attorney asks to see their closing documents, they’ll have them at their fingertips,” he says, adding that the USB chips can also hold photographs and other documents.
Most importantly, Katz says, is to follow through after you’ve sent a promotional item. “No promotion, no matter how creative, can take a [transaction] to the closing table on its own.”
From NBC6 Miami with Hank Tester
Obama is going to forgive billions of dollars worth of underwater mortgages.
That's the word on the street when you talk to real estate professionals, polticos, bankers. The potential move is dripping with politics as battered Democratic candidates are scrambling to hold on to Senate and House seats. But to this point the mortgage bailout is just a rumor, but a hot one, especially in South Florida.
"I think it will happen in some fashion," said Nova Southeastern University Professor Albert Williams.
Trial balloon or not, according to James Katz of the Katz Reality group, something has to be done.
"People want to move on with their lives," he said, adding that if people are stuck in homes they can't sell, they can't move to other cities to pursue opportunities. "If they are stuck, they are not out spending."
Just exactly how the bailout scheme would work for the individual underwater homeowner is murky, and according to Katz and Williams, very tricky, especially in Miami-Dade and Broward. Williams was asked about the homeowner who has made his payments and was not underwater -- would that homeowner be subsidizing his neighbor who wasunderwater?
"That's exactly where this is headed," the professor quickly replied.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll finds that 58 percent oppose the idea of an underwater mortgage bailout. Conservative cable and radio personalities are just now warming up on the idea. If the mortgage forgiveness legislation does indeed hit the halls of congress, the rhetoric will be toxic. House and home are like apple pie and motherhood.
Katz and Williams agree that if a plan is proposed, it must include all mortgage holders. How to reward them is tough to predict, as no real plan has surfaced.
"Even if someone is upside down on a house and has never missed a payment, something needs to be done for them as well," Katz said.
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