Leanne Smith

thanks for the answers, heres another question, who are you doing the bpo's for? the potential seller? how many listings have you taken? how many have closed escrow? They are requesting a $100.00 to start with them, so I just want to get a little more feed back please. also, are the listings you are taking all short sales?
thank you!! - Thu May 8 2008, 20:23

they would have a Notice Of Default already filed on them in order for realty trac to get that inof out to the public. In Ca once a notice of default has been filed the property owner has 120 days to remedy the $$ problem. bascially they have to pay what's owed ontheir property. from there it goes to trustee sale at your county. Hope this helps! - Thu May 8 2008, 06:13

any more great ideas to share? - Sun May 4 2008, 07:38

ok, now we have a lot about short sales... anybody else have a way to share that they have been growing their RE business? We would all love to hear about it!!
cheers
Leanne - Mon Apr 28 2008, 06:34

Mike thank you for the post! very insightful, I discovered Gary Kellers book 4 years ago, very valuable in building my team! I still pick it up a couple times a year to keep my self on track! I have been coach for about 10 years, first Mike Ferry's co now Tom Ferry's co, Kay Fairchild is my coach she handles mega listings and 150+ reo's a year... Very powerful teacher! who do you coach with? I started this thread to try and help agents from beginning to veterans share ideas and build their biz, I have been a successful agent for 15 years this June! I have TP as well but never used the program you mentioned, I will be sure to check it out! thanks for the tip...
cheers
Leanne - Sat Apr 26 2008, 07:27

truly excellent post!! thank tim! I hope that everyone out there is reading this post!! If I could just tweak my short sale success I would be willing to do a lot more of them!!! How often do you try and contact the back after you submit the package? thank you so much for sharing with all of us this valuable info!!
cheers
Leanne - Fri Apr 25 2008, 06:48

tim and Julie, I really appreciate your response, I can appreciate you trying to generate business for your short sale classes, But how about answering this for me and the rest of us here. I can list short sale properties all day every day, getting them closed is the trick. Give us the top 3 things that you do to get a bank to accept your short sale offers.... thank you in advance..
Leanne - Thu Apr 24 2008, 20:31

thank you for your answer richard! amazingly enough I must go against the grain a lot! although my website, which is free via alamode, is updated now with all of my current listings, I let go of realtor.com a year ago and it hasn't hurt my business at all! It is true that I am more of a listing agent then buyers, I get a better response from my signs then internet, my listings are plastered every where on the next due to c21, trulia, direct mls feeds, postlets and craigslist, I am in a rural area so that could be part of it... when I go on a listing appt. the mass amount of internet coverage I do have is more then enough to make even the most picky seller happy... well just my two cents worth... hopefully another agent out there will be able to learn something from it all...
cheers
Leanne - Wed Apr 23 2008, 07:18

Janelle, thank you for your post. I have been an agent for about 15 years, and agree with what you are saying. I have found that going back to basics is almost not enough anymore!! Nobody alive has worked this kinda of market (at least where I am) so it's kind of fun to do new things and tweak the old. I have been coached on and off for the past 10 years and decided a few weeks ago it is time to get a new coach. Right now we all have a huge opportunity to dominate our markets, this is my intention in my own.. On this site in the past few weeks I have read some fantatsic posts, with fantastic ideas on building your biz, thanks to everyone who is sharing and helping me and others build their biz. My number one source for listings right now 1. NOD's 2.REO's 3. past expireds 4. refferral. what our your best listing sources everyone?
good luck out there
agent- leanne - Mon Apr 21 2008, 07:41

I am on reotrans and have received one reo listing so far, It's only been a few months, so far so good. I am in a rural area and not many agents here have reo experience so it probably helps me a bit...
good luck
Leanne - Sun May 4 2008, 07:31

About 10 years ago I started coaching with Mike Ferry, my business doubled. I had no idea that agents could sell so much real estate (I was sheltered I guess!), about 3 years ago I was ready for a change and switched over to TOM Ferry, again my business has grown, currently my coach is Kay Fairchild the reo queen out of SC, she is helping me build a large reo business. I really really liked the book millionaire agent, I first read it about 4 years ago but, I review it a few times a year to stay on track, I have been to many seminars over the past fifteen years, walter sanford was really good too! I believe that when you are ready to take your business to the next level it helps to have a coach that can get you there.... It has really worked for me! When I first started out in re if I had a coach, it would have saved me a ton of time, and frustration!
good luck out there...
Leanne - Sun May 4 2008, 07:21