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What Brad Pitt Can Teach Us About Real Estate

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Sounds fishy, right? While surely Brad Pitt has purchased and sold a number of homes, it is Brad Pitt’s portrayal of Billy Beane in the movie Moneyball that can really teach us a lot about the way we think about real estate. Don’t worry. If you have not seen the movie yet, we won’t be [...]

January 23, 2012 3 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Proven Methods for Generating Short Sale Leads

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With 2012 just around the corner, there is no better time then the present in order to plan for 2012. Want to learn how to close more deals in 2012 than you did in 2011? Want to learn how to close more deals in 2012 than ever before? Who doesn’t? The key is to generate [...]

November 10, 2011 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing a New Approach to Lead Generation

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Well, maybe this approach is not so new—but perhaps it is a different way to think about things. The other day I watched a video that arrived in my inbox. To me, it’s a compelling video that says a lot about directions and avenues that we need to take in our marketing and lead generation [...]

June 2, 2011 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Motorcycle for Sale, Buy with Emotion

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American author, salesman, and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, is well known for his quote, “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” And, I’ve gotta say that Ziglar is probably correct in his assessment. (Why wouldn’t he be? He’s a renowned and well-respected motivational speaker and salesman.) Here’s a perfect example of buying for emotional reasons. My lovely [...]

May 2, 2011 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What We Can All Learn from Elizabeth Taylor

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In case you haven’t already heard, Elizabeth Taylor passed away last Wednesday, March 23rd. An icon in her own right, she was the first female actress to garner one million dollars for a film, and this was for her movie, Cleopatra. But, no doubt that Taylor was much more famous for her eight marriages. As [...]

March 28, 2011 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Free Short Sale Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know About HAFA and More

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If you have nothing planned for this Thursday March 3 at 10:00 a.m. PST, then I would love for you to join me for a short sale webinar. Who is leading the webinar? I am. I’m Melissa Zavala, a Broker in North San Diego County and a Short Sale Expeditor®. In 2010, my staff and [...]

February 28, 2011 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing a Surefire Method for Getting Short Sales Approved

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People often ask how we are able to get so many of our short sales approved very quickly and efficiently. We’ve been known to tell those folks about our special magic wand, a batphone, and our tin can phone directly to the short sale decision makers at the banks. After all, if Commissioner Gordon had [...]

January 8, 2011 4 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is the Meat Dress Really Necessary?

I was checking out stuff on facebook yesterday and I saw that one of my colleagues—another local real estate agent—had let it all hang out. What do I mean by that? Well, on her facebook page, she shared her candid thoughts about Tuesday’s election. I know that I am going to get comments from both [...]

November 4, 2010 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS POST →