Jim’s Blog
Should You Be Calling Owners Who Have Loans Coming Due?
They showed me how you can lookup a specific geographical area, and their software will then show you the loans that are coming due on buildings within that area, together with the ownership information, and in many situations, the owner's phone number and email address, too...
What We Need to Know About These Bank Failures
We've heard many times over the years about the dangers of Ponzi schemes, but when we look at how the banking industry is really run, how different is it in reality from being a Ponzi scheme?
Getting Your Property Owners to Sell at Today’s Prices
So many brokers are scratching their heads right now, as they're dealing with the gap between what buyers now want to pay when purchasing property, vs. what the sellers still want to receive for their property...
How to Schedule Follow-Up Calls With Your Commercial Real Estate Prospects
When you're in the middle of a prospecting call with someone, and the person has an upcoming requirement that you'll want to be following-up on, what's a good way to schedule that follow-up time with them? Because many brokers will just say something like, "Can I call you again in a week?", which may or may not be the ideal time frame for your prospect...
Here’s the Scariest Real Estate Tax I’ve Ever Seen
Imagine selling your property, and now being required to pay a tax of more than $1,000,000.00 in order to transfer the title to the buyer...
Designing Your Broker Game Plan for Success in 2023
With the Holidays now upon us, you've got several weeks right now to design your game plan for success for the New Year, if you haven't already done so. Otherwise things are going to be heating up for you once again right after the New Year very quickly, getting you right back into your same old routine from 2022, if you don't take the time to focus on making the necessary changes right now...
“Call Me After the First of the Year”
Now that we’re getting into the Holiday Season, we’re transitioning into a kind of broker time warp. Nothing is as it seems, time feels like it’s beginning to slow down, and our world seems to be transitioning into slow motion…