Mama Liz's Blog: November 2009

 What happens in a real estate office should not stay in the office --- that is, if it is all good stuff.

On a daily basis, sales agents come and go exchanging hellos. The broker in charge (in the future to be called the broker) greets the agents and the public. The broker works with the staff to make the office friendly, warm and enjoyable, but professional.

The broker is experienced and very knowledgeable of real estate.  The broker treats the sales agents with respect & as professionals who have a brain

The in-house loan officer goes about taking loan applications.

The broker deals with "issues" of the sales agents in such a way to build up the agent, not make them feel terrible.  The broker fights for the agents in difficult situations  when he/she knows the agent has not done anything illegal or immoral.  The sales agents know that the broker "has their backs".

Very difficult situations are dealt with in a stern, but loving manner by the broker. The sales agent learns from the situations so as not to make the same mistake again, but still feels like the broker is "with" them.

The broker cheers when a sales agent brings in a listing --- thumbs up all over the office.

The broker cheers when a sales agent brings in a pending sale --- thumbs up all over the office.

When a sales agent brings in a closing, there is celebration. The broker makes every effort to put a smiley face on the check.

The sales agents in the office grieve with a fellow agent if they have a death and they celebrate with a fellow agent who has a wedding, a birth or a graduation.

Now this is the kind of office everyone wants to be a part of and you want to shout from the hills.

 Be an owner of something is the dream of many Americans ---what would you like to own?

* A real estate company?    

* A mortgage company?

* A staging company?

* A retail store?

* etc.

If you would like to be an owner of  your real estate co, there are many ways to do this.  I can suggest a simple really easy and inexpensive way for you to do that.

Just take a look and see if there is anything you like about this real estate company. You may want to be an owner.

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved. This post may be re-blogged only with a link back to this post.*Be an Owner*

I thought this post so appropriate, I just had to re-blog it.  Hopefully, my local readers who are real estate agents will read and let me know.

Agent-Owners are found everywhere --- meaning that agents who own their homes are true agent owners, but what this post is about is the agent-owners of a real estate company.

How many real estate companies do you know that has 100% ownership by its agents?  If you know of one, I would like to know.

There are currently approximately 480 agent-owners in The AgentOwned Realty Company.

What does it mean to be an agent-owner?

One must be a licensed real estate professional with any one of the AgentOwned Realty offices.

The agent-owner is an owner of the office in which he/she is licensed. The only owners of that office are the agents in that office.  Yes, the agent-owners own 100% of the dividend stock of their individual offices.

The best part is that the agent-owners have all the benefits of ownership without any of the liabilities.

What?  Yes, the liabilities are absorbed by the AgentOwned Realty Services Group ---this means that the Services Group signs all the leases, guarantees the funds with which to operate, etc.

So when the manager helps the office make a profit, that money belongs to the agent-owners. 

Income from the sister companies goes to the bottom line of the individual offices to offset their operating expenses, therefore having more commission monies for its agent-owners.

Another huge benefit of owning their own real estate companies is that there are no junk fees --- there is no use to take money out of one pocket and put it in the other pocket of the agent-owners.

If one has ever thought of owning their own real estate company,
Liz Loadholt can show you how  to become an agent-owner.                                    

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved. This post may be re-blogged only with a link back to this post. *Agent-Owners*

 
Now which holiday is more important?  Halloween is a fun holiday, but in my opinion, Thanksgiving should get more respect.

The stores look at Halloween and Christmas as their big events --- Thanksgiving kinda gets left out ---

Sure, there are some things in the stores for Thanksgiving, but very little in comparison.

I am not putting down the importance of the true meaning of Christmas -- it is most important to me. 


Thanksgiving --- to give thanks for our country --- it is becoming more important daily that we be thankful for the country we used to have and that we have today --- we don't know about tomorrow,do we?

The stores don't even wait until after Thanksgiving to start Christmas.  I think this is wrong.

I don't know about you, but I take Thanksgiving very seriously.

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved. This post may be re-blogged only with a link back to this post.*Thanksgiving, Christmas or Halloween?*

If you missed the first post on this subject, please read Is it a Contract? before you continue here.

The latest is that the seller's attorney as written to the buyer and said the seller intended to sue, but that according to the contract, the parties must go through mediation first.  This letter suggested 3 attorneys that the seller would approve as a mediator.

BTW, in my opinion, there is no contract because the closing date (Time is of the Essence) has passed as well as the 10 day extension in the contract (Time is of the Essence) has passed.

The builder is accusing the buyer of not proceeding in a timely manner through the process.

To this date, there is still no CO for the property.

We are researching the mediation process of the NAR because this is what the contract calls for. Tomorrow, Monday, we will be able to get the information we need so that we can advise the buyer (we,of course,have advised the buyer to obtain an attorney).

The saga will continue.

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved. This post may be re-blogged only with a link back to this post.*Is It A Contract - Part 2*

 We, at the AgentOwned Realty Johnnie Dodds office is very excited that one of their senior agent-owners has found a partner.

June Kemmerlin has been with AgentOwned Realty for 16 years --- we suffered the loss of her first husband along with her about 6 years ago.

Rudy Maetzner, a long time Charlestonian, was married to Joan Maetzner who was an excellent real estate professional with a different company.  However, most Realtors knew her --I knew her but not as well as June.  June attended the funeral of Joan about 3 years ago.

June and Rudy began going to dinner as friends just to have someone to go out with.

Their 2 year relationship ended up with a wedding yesterday, Nov. 21, 2009.These are a couple of photos taken at a drop-in that our office had for them.

Both of them are in their mid to late seventies.

We are thrilled that they have found each other --- the wedding was beautiful.

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © 2009 By Liz Loadholt, All Rights Reserved.