Brad Hanks's Blog (4)

Checking my email at 7:00 a.m. on a Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, I had two messages alerting me to a new user soliciting other members to chat with her on webcam (and it didn't appear these would be "G" rated conversations). I quickly went on the site and banned the member. First off, let me apologize to other members of The Real Estate Network here on Ning for the inappropriate use of the network by this member. We take pride in providing valuable content and a means for other real estate p… Continue

I was recently talking with my manager about how challenging the market continues to be. He was recounting a conversaton he had with a broker from another office, an 18 year veteran, who was struggling. Doug mentioned that this broker had always done the things that define a successful real estate professional: geographic farming, cold calling, great client follow-up, direct mail, etc. And even though that broker continued to do those things that had defined his success in the past, nothing seem… Continue

Received this in an email this afternoon. The original author's name had been removed, so I don't know whom to give credit to, but thought it offered an interesting perspective on the current bailout plan. What do you think? ;-) -------------------------------------- I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our… Continue

"How Do I Make Money With Social Networking?" Good question. One I receive quite frequently. I wish there were an easy answer, but it's just not that simple. I mean, you can make money by being involved in social networking, but it takes time. It also requires being involved. First, the time thing. Just like anything else in sales, there will be some time involved before you realize a payout. Anyone that pitches you on something with an immediate payoff from implementing t… Continue