It is tough to sell when there are 58 homes in the same neighborhood on the market. The MLS just doesn't cut it in this economy. It is time to go viral!
Stephen Strickhausen
KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY
9175 Carothers Pky Suite 110
615-778-1818
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Today I took a class at our regional MLS headquarters in Nashville. I didn't really NEED to take the class but it was an elective for a part of our mandatory continual education. I thought this class was going to be a breeze and uninformative. Sure it was a breeze but I was WRONG on the information I thought I was going to get.
I have been using "Realtracs" (Tennesee's MLS search) for two years and felt as if I knew the system pretty well. Of course I can do basic home searches and even very detailed ones but this can do SO MUCH MORE. This system is like those of us that have Blackberrys. Palms, and IPhones but only make and receive calls. Every once in a while we check email, send text, and maybe check the weather forecast but the day that someone sits down with us and says "Let me show you what all this thing can do" is when your world gets turned upside down! You wonder "Why the heck have I not REALLY been using this thing?".
That was the light bulb that went off in my head this afternoon.
In addition to using using the system, I was introduced to a program called JingProject. Basically what it does is take screens shots of your computer and saves them as a file. Once you have done that you can add arrows and even text. So how would this be helpful? Let's say you have a client looking to buy a home close to a certain hospital. You can do your MLS search and pull up your map of the area. From there you can take a screen shot of the map, draw an arrow to the subject hospital and write "Hospital". Then you can send the screen shot as an attachment in an email! There are many other helpful ways this tool can be used.
Most MLS systems offer FREE classes. If you want to be a better agent and more useful to your clients (BUYERS AND SELLERS) then go get caught up on all the latest gadgets etc.
Stephen Strickhausen
Keller Williams Realty
9175 Carothers Pky Suite 110
615-778-1818
Sstrickhausen@gmail.com
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The age old expression "Now is the time to buy" has been worn out by Realtors in ANY market it seems. I have heard from many "buyers" that they are sick of hearing that phrase.
I know that Realtors are salespeople and WANT clients who are ready to buy. That in turn can give the impression of desperation and possibly trying to make ANY market look like "Now is the time to buy".
Just within the past two weeks I have had several buyers state that they wished they had bought LAST MONTH when interest rates were in the 4's.
You read correctly.... buyers who basically told me "We wished we had listened". Some of these same buyers are also first time buyers and of course could have added an $8,000 check to sweeten the pot. Just within the past two weeks I have now picked up past clients who were looking at one time but decided to wait out the interest rates to hit rock bottom.
You won't hear me quote anything about "Now is the......" on this blog. I think with the fact that the $8,000 tax credit runs out on November 30th and rates STILL in the 5's that the common sense will speak for itself.
Agents' mindset shouldn't be "salespeople" as much as it should be "Educators".
Stephen Strickhausen
Keller Williams Realty
9175 Carothers Pky Suite 110
615-778-1818
Sstrickhausen@gmail.com
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Franklin Homes for Sale, Nashville homes for Sale, Property in Brentwood TN, Franklin TN Real Estate, Franklin TN Realtor, Franklin MLS search, Nashville MLS search, Green Hills TN Properties for sale, Spring Hill TN Homes for sale, Belle Meade, Middle Tennessee, Music City, Stephen Strickhausen, and Keller Williams do not necessarily reflect any of the views or beliefs held by Active Rain or it’s employees.
So I took the day off. Normally I do a video blog on a daily basis. Today I decided NOT to talk about Real Estate and give everyone a good laugh. I went to college with some friends who are now in a band called SAFETYSUIT. They have great music and are great guys. In fact, if you happen to be from Nashville then support your local Nashville and vote for them on VH1. They have been in the top 10 for the past 3 weeks!
They do video blogs while on the road and in the process have played a few pranks on the bass player (Jeremy Henshaw). The pranks generally have to do with scaring him while he sleeps. This one is called "The Scare Part Two". ENJOY
Stephen Strickhausen
Keller Williams Realty
9175 Carothers Pky Suite 110
615-778-1818
Sstrickhausen@gmail.com
I really enjoy blogging...especially here on Active Rain. Within the past couple of weeks I have really started looking into doing "Video Blogs". My video blogs have been so effective that it is hard to come back to AR and do "regular" old text blogging. I have several other blog platforms that I use such as TRULIA and BLOGGER (Which by the way allows video). In addition to those I am able to post the video blogs all across the internet. Sites like Myspace and Youtube rank your blog so high that it is hard to deny the power of it. The more I do it the less I want to use AR.
Now someone correct me if I am wrong but I don't see anywhere to post videos through our blogs on AR! The combination of text and video 
is a POWERFUL tool. I have had other Rainers tell me that their listings that were posted on AR will show up in Google over many other search results. That is JUST TEXT! If you are familiar with SEO and what Google looks at to rank sites then you will know that video has a soft spot in the heart of Google. Imagine putting video tours and blogs on Active Rain! NOW THAT IS POWERFUL
My video blogs are sometimes showing up on the FIRST PAGE within 30minutes of posting. You can't deny the power of that. I have also done some fairly generic tags for those blogs and STILL they are showing up top. With that being said, "ACTIVE RAIN.... WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CATCH UP??"
Stephen Strickhausen
Keller Williams Realty
9175 Carothers Pky Suite110
615-778-1818
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