Jim’s Blog
Here’s an Owner Offering a Mercedes Benz as a Bonus Commission!
As the economy continues to transition into a world where it's becoming more challenging to close transactions, you have to hand it to Michael Hartel, Nick Velasquez, and Grant Clancy of Colliers International. For their 90,385 square-foot listing in Anaheim, California, they've gotten their owner to agree to offer a Mercedes Benz as a bonus to the broker who leases the facility for a minimum of seven years...
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...