Real Estate Career

WHoooooHoooooo! Another RE Bar Camp!!

IT’S COMING!!! Another RE Bar Camp. I will not go into the reason it is called RE Bar Camp…but just know this is a really exciting day for all those in the real estate industry…and also a really unconventional way to learn. A LOT. In ONE day! This is a sharing, teaching, learning, socializing, free-form day of classes. Which by the way…is comprised of unknown specific subjects! What? One may ask? How can a full day of learning NOT be “planned”. Easy. These super-brain-social-media folks have perfected the process. When the literally HUNDREDS of folks arrive the morning of the event they check in and see a large white board divided into rows and columns. Each row is assigned a time. Each column is assigned a room. Anyone can be a presenter and everyone is a collaborator. So…folks just take the initiative to write the subject they want to share on the board in one of the spaces. Maybe you know a lot about making Flip Videos…lead a session. Are you a TWITTER MASTER? Share what you are doing. Do you know something about making Facebook fan pages successful? PLEASE…do tell! How about blogs? Have you figured out a way to get your blog out there resulting in additional business?... 

A New Company, A New World and an Avatar!

WOW…I am  REALLY on a steep learning curve with a GREAT company! I recently made a HUGE change by moving my real estate license to a  firm that is very new to Arizona. After much due diligence and prayer I left my last company where I have been selling real estate for over 17 years and made the move. The company is called eXp Realty, LLC. They are a TRULY progressive, technically forward, green company. What is so different? Well…for one they have a virtual office in TELESPACE. It is SO COOL. I can go there any time of the day or night and take classes, get questions answered and generally network and learn with other eXp agents from many states around the country. It is very common for the President and CEO to be available to help with questions as well as having access to some truly “BIG BRAIN” IT folks. Since they are as technically forward as they are…they can help with a wide variety of technical issues. The first time my husband saw me working while in the virtual world he said, “You gave up FARMVILLE for your New Years resolution…now what game are you playing?” I explained to him that this was my new office and I am in a class….in real time…participating... 

Hang Your Christmas Lights in Arizona

As I was driving along the other day I wondered where the idea of Christmas lights came from. Each year thousands of people spend countless hours preparing their homes with strands of lights and extensive decorations to ring in the holiday season. So I went on a quest to share the origins of Christmas lights with our EXP Realty travelers and home buyers, and share some of the excellent displays of holiday cheer in my neighborhood. Originally the custom was to decorate a Christmas tree with lights, but it wasn’t until the 1960s in the U.S. when tract housing become increasing popular that lining the eaves of homes with lights grew in popularity. Back in the 17th century a tradition of using small candles to light up the tree started. It took a couple of centuries before the practice grew in popularity and spread to Germany and Eastern Europe. Initially the candles were melted against the tree or attached with pins. Later in the 19th and 20th century candle holders were used and later lanterns which held the candles. With the advent of electricity Christmas tree decoration was ready to take a big leap. Towards the end of the 19th century; 1882 to be exact, Edward Johnson an assistant... 

Stop Being Just A Realtor

eXp Realty is a National Real Estate Brokerage with a business environment for collaborating and supporting agents with their listings and transactions. eXp Realty was launched in Arizona and Washington in the Fall of 2009.  By January 2010 we will be in 10 states with plans to be in over 25 states by Summer 2010   Top 11 Reasons Agents are Joining eXp Realty The Industry’s Best Residual Recruiting/Revenue Share Program Our Amazing Integrated Web Solutions/SEO Group Multiple Revenue Streams and Business Planning/Accountability Workshops Collaborative Blogging Platforms – Be at the Top of Google Searches Our eXplosive Lead Generation Programs Low Splits and Fees Cutting Edge Real Estate Agent Tech Tools Free Personal RE Blog Hosting & Free Business Cards Green, Paperless, Low Carbon Footprint On Demand RE Training by Top Facilitators from around the World via 24/7 Access to eXp Virtual and eXp University eXp is at the Forefront of Sponsoring Local Social Events, RE Camps, Meetups & Networking Events! Contact me for more information vicki.botkin@exprealty.com 480-213-4880  

What is a Fully Immersive Real Estate Company?

Stefan Swanepoel, author of Swanepoel superimposed Charles Darwin’s primary theory on the subject of the survival of today’s real estate brokerages in an effort to get minds thinking critically about how they should prepare for the real estate industry’s future – ? No void remains empty forever, and the question at hand is ‘Can today’s existing real estate brokerages reengineer themselves into the right kind of new company to fill the void being created in the industry today?’” For more information on the exciting opportunities we are creating for Real Estate Agents and the industry shift we are initiating contact me brian@phoenixpowersearch.com or call me immediately at 480-650-7712