Mitch Rudnick, CBR CRS e-PRO RECS SRES Quincy,MA Real Estate

Calling all Realtors. Do you have a Tech Tip to share with your fellow Realtors? We're looking to compile a list of Tech Tips as a free handout atthe Marketing and Technology Fair at PASS (Plymouth and South Shore Realtor Association) . Please send yours to TechTips@QuincyBlogger.com . You will get a credit line in the handout and the thanks of your fellow Realtors. It's OK to RT this.

Yesterday saw a large group of Massachusetts Realtors converge on Beacon Hill to meet with their local legislators to discuss real property issues. One point of this event, that is overlooked or not given enough emphasis, is the full role of the Realtors.

As one may expect, the Realtors are there at the State House to highlight the point of view on potential legislation from the Real Estate Professional's perspective. The Realtors are also carrying another banner with them, that of every consumer in the state who will be effected by real property issues.

No one else is there to recommend higher education requirements for real estate licensees, to ask that additional state taxes not be put on property owners when they sell, not impose new state taxes on private property owners when the rent out their home or an apartment, protect landlords and tennants property in an eviction situation.

One of the best presentations on personal branding, was made by Dan Schawbel at the MAR Technology Fair. At 25, Dan is a master of a skill we all need as real estate professionals. Check his blog http://personalbrandingblog.com

It was good news that we received this past week about our local real estate market.  Although both the nation and statewide trends still show negative numbers, we're in one of those areas that is defying the trend.  Our local area of Quincy, Milton, Hingham had sales increases in January, along with parts of Suffolk and Plymouth Counties. 

Not only have the agents in our office, Century21 Annex Realty, been reporting more activity, but so has our affiliated real estate school.  Enrollment in Annex Real Estate School has also picked up since the beginning of the year.  This has been especially true of the pre-licensing class that prepares students for the Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson exam.