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Successful Real Estate Open Houses

Staging property increases a Seller's real estate price

When staging a real estate property incorporate the visual as well as the other 4 senses

As a Realtor you will be holding open houses to attract as many buyers as possible in order to fulfill your fiduciary relationship to your Real Estate Seller in getting the highest price possible.

You also want to establish a good impression on potential real estate buyers and perhaps bond with them so that you can nurture them into a future loyal client. To do all the above and create a property to remember it is imperative that you hire a real estate stager.

My new book, Getting the Property SOUL’D – A Breakthrough System of Successful Stress-Free Buying and Selling, is filled with stories about those clients who listened to my advice and those who did not. The results are very clear: those sellers who hired stagers and created a pleasing neutral environment had quick well priced sales.  Those sellers who insisted on doing their own thing in their own way got much less desirable results and those sellers who would not do anything at all fared the worst.

When a buyer enters a home, he knows when a seller doesn’t care much about their property. and even if it is just needing a thorough cleaning and emptying out of the seller’s belongings, a buyer will want to negotiate, because he/she can’t see beyond all the dirt and stuff.

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How Real Estate Staging Can Up Your Game—And Your Profit!

Be realistic about pricing real estate

To get the big bucks Sellers of real estate need to Stage

In real estate, you will frequently come across a client who has a completely false idea of what their property is worth.

On the one hand, you may have a client who seriously underestimates their property, and you get to be the one to tell them the good news. However, much more often it’s the opposite: Real estate clients who think their property is worth more than it is.

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How do Successful Salespeople Stay Motivated?

Internal positive energy important in sales success

Inner energy is the secret to success in life, relationships and real estate

The most important thing in real estate—and life—is not our outer get-up-and-go but what I call our inner energy.

At some point we got the idea that if all of the materialistic exterior circumstances of our lives appear to be going well, then all is well in our hearts and minds. We think that if we solve our external problems, we will be okay.

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Real Estate: Codependency is a NO NO

Be empathetic with real estate buyers and sellers

Realtors would do well to practice empathy rather than sympathy when working with real estate clients

Real estate sales is an art where–and those in the industry can well attest–the success and failure of a particular project is frequently separated by a razor’s edge.

Issues so small that they go unnoticed or are deemed inconsequential can fester resentment between inexperienced Realtors and their real estate clients, causing deals to fall through. But if you keep a close eye on what seem to be minor details, you can use them to your advantage, and can bring even the rockiest situation to a fruitful conclusion.

One such subtlety you need to pay attention to as a real estate agent is the difference between being sympathetic or empathetic toward your clients. Empathy is defined as being affected by another person’s feelings, moods, or behavior. Being sympathetic, on the other hand, is to understand but not personally identify with someone else’s feelings or situation. Sympathy allows for some distance between you and the other person. While I may sound like your sixth-grade teacher handing out a pop vocabulary quiz, in reality I’m giving you an important lesson in eliminating codependency from business partnerships.

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Real Estate Success Formula SOUL’D Chapter 5: CONFIDENCE

Salespeople need to exhibit confidence

One of the eight virtues of real estate success is confidence as outlined in my new book SOUL’D

In real estate, you will frequently come across a real estate client who has a completely false idea of what their property is worth.

On the one hand, you may have a client who seriously underestimates their property, and you get to be the one to tell them the good news. However, much more often it’s the opposite: real estate clients who think their property is worth more than it is.

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Real Estate Success Formula SOUL’D Chapter 2 Courage

Real Estate success requires courage and clarity

Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Sellers and Real Estate Agents need courage to get their goals accomplished

In real estate or life whenever you and I embark on anything new, we most likely will have to step outside our comfort zone.

For some this exploration is exciting and empowering. For others, especially in a real estate context, this can be a scary prospect. How do we overcome our fears of the unknown so we can do our best job in helping real estate clients find the right home under the right circumstances, and make the sale? 

Or, if we are the Real Estate Seller, how can we be more realistic in our pricing and expectations rather than allowing emotions to cloud our judgment when pricing?  Market indicators might not be what we want to hear, but if not listened to can derail any real estate transaction. (more…)

Real Estate Greed Is Like the Drama and Intrigue during Henry VIII

Paula Pagano Realtor

Make sure real estate contracts are signed

San Francisco real estate is expensive and when a lot of money is involved real estate clients can get greedy.

Never mind that I helped a couple for five months prepare their house for sale! As a real estate expert with well-earned contact referrals, I came up with a great solution to re-design their entrance so Real Estate Buyers would enter on the main level and not the bedroom level which these clients were doing. 

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Use Real Estate Technology But Don’t Let It Be The Boss

Technology can help real estate marketing success

Technology can help real estate buyers and real estate sellers but make sure you use real estate agents’ advice

Real estate agents are mesmerized by the possibilities of social media and the potential real estate success it can bring.

But is technology in real estate more than it is cracked up to be? Yes and No.

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The Best Real Estate Agent For You

A good Realtor is able to find the right property for their client

Lots of different types of real estate agents out there

Real estate agents come in all different shapes and sizes, strengths and specialties.

Finding the right property for a real estate client can be a time consuming complicated process especially in a competitive real estate market like San Francisco when big money is involved.

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Want More Real Estate Success? Physical Exercise Works Wonders

Exercise also important for Real Estate Agents

Healthy Mind-Body important for Real Estate Buyers and Real Estate Sellers

Real estate is a stressful profession as well as a stressful life transition.

Whether you are a Real Estate Buyer, Real Estate Seller or Real Estate Agent we all need to be reminded how important it is to have a healthy Mind-Body.

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