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Working with Sellers

Kick Up Your Game | NAR Recap Presentation

by Brad Sage December 6, 2011 Digital Marketing
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Thank you to everyone that came out and made this event such a success. As promised, here is the presentation from Monday. Listed below are the links referenced in the presentation: https://www.sendoutcards.com/ https://www.starbuckscardb2b.com/cobranded.aspx http://www.bombbomb.com http://bbemaildelivery.com/bbext/?p=land&id=584193be-f217-4cfd-b4df-4ed57d94f124 http://ratedagent.com/ http://mapumental.com/ http://prezi.com/  

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The Sage Second Annual NAR Re-cap

by Larry Sage November 28, 2011 Upcoming Events
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You are invited to join us to hear Larry talk about the highlights from the National Association of Realtors November 2011 Conference. This session will be a great way to keep up-to-date on the latest American trends, technological innovations and marketing initiatives with insights as to how these might affect our Toronto marketplace. LOCATION: Toronto [...]

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Agent Ratings: Are Toronto Agents Ready?

by Evan Sage November 18, 2011 Contentious Issues
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The reputation of all real estate agents is getting dragged through the mud as a result of the haphazard and unethical behaviour of a few, and it’s getting a little tiring. Is it time for the Toronto Real Estate Board to take a page out of a Texas playbook and introduce agent ratings? When you [...]

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Realtor Runway For Men

by Evan Sage November 2, 2011 Working with Buyers
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If a kid dressed up as a real estate agent for Halloween, what would they wear? Dirty khakis?  Sloppy golf shirts?  Lots of cologne? Slip-on running shoes? Is it still important or even necessary for a Realtor to dress well? Considering that we are handling the largest investment that most people make, I think it [...]

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TREB’s New MLS Unveiled

by Evan Sage October 21, 2011 In The News
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I went to the Toronto Real Estate Board’s annual general meeting today, mainly to check out the unveiling of Stratus’ new TMLS. It was held downtown, at the beautiful Art Deco Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place. It was a nice change from fighting commuter traffic just to get out to a dingy hall near the [...]

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Do You Attend All Showings On Your Listings?

by Evan Sage September 23, 2011 Working with Sellers
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Something I have gone back and forth on since I started getting listings is the lockbox vs. attending-all-showings-myself issue. We are paid well to sell a property, whereas a lockbox does not provide a lot of value to the seller. In some cities it is the norm for listing agents to attend all showings; in [...]

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A Toronto Real Estate Agent’s Car Guide

by Evan Sage September 14, 2011 Working with Buyers
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So, you need to have a nice car to be in real estate, right? Is this still true? Some people argue that it isn’t. I am not one of them. I believe in the importance of a first impression. When a Realtor goes to see a new lead for the first time, it is realistic [...]

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It Is Time to Evolve or Die

by Larry Sage July 27, 2011 Marketing

Times are a changing in Toronto Real Estate industry. You don’t have to look any further than a very interesting article that the Toronto Star just published New real estate companies challenge old guard. In the article they highlight three sites that have the potential to shake things up: Sundaybell.com Forfuturesale.com Iwantthathome.ca Taking the time [...]

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iPad for Real Estate: Filling out Offers on your iPad

by Brad Sage July 18, 2011 iPad

One frustration I keep hearing about with the iPad is that Toronto real estate agents are not able to log onto Webforms through TMLS to fill out offers. Through the creative use of two apps, agents can have everything they need to fill out an offer using their iPad. You will need DropBox, PDF Expert, [...]

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Prospects/Contacts Missing from TMLS?

by Brad Sage July 11, 2011 Working with Buyers

I can not tell you the number of agents in our office whose prospects went missing after the re-districting was introduced last week. Fortunately, this information is fairly easy to recover if you know what to do. Here is the .pdf that we sent out to our agents to walk them through how to set [...]

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