Lake Lanier Antique Cottage In Tryon, North Carolina

     In Tryon, North Carolina, there is a super antique shop.  The name of that antique shop is Lake Lanier Country Cottage.  It is a super shop because it has lots of super antique stuff.  The antiques at Lake Lanier Country Cottage are priced right.  There are plenty of bargains there.  There are several vendors that have booths and are constantly changing and updating the inventory.  There is lots of variety.  There is antique furniture.  There is antique tools.  There is antique glassware and pottery.  There is antique outdoor stuff like dinner bells and bird baths. 

     Not everything at Lake Lanier Country Cottage is antique.  They have newer stuff that many people call vintage or collectibles like Star Wars or Barbie.  Depending on how old you are, you may not consider a Marilyn Munroe poster as a antique. 


     Lake Lanier Antique Cottage is located at 974 South Trade Street in Tryon.  Trade street is US Hiway 176, which is the main road that runs from Landrum, South Carolina to Saluda, North Carolina.  If you find yourself in Saluda or Landrum, just drive a couple of miles to the state line, there is Lake Lanier Country Cottage.  You will probably go home with some new antiques. 

     If you have any antiques that you would like to sell, call me at 828 440 1064

In Real Estate What I Should Have Known When I Started

     When I was instructing real estate license classes, I told this story at the end of almost every class.  I tell it the last hour of the last day.

     My first contract that I ever wrote fell apart and did not close.  I really needed that commission.  It was a house on a corner lot on a dirt street.  The day before closing, the title company discovered a special assessment from the county to pave the road, $2800.  The seller refused to pay it.  The buyer refused to pay it.  The transaction did not close.  I did not know how to handle the problem.

     Could I handle that problem today?  Of course I could.  I probably would not even break a sweat solving that problem today.  When you are new, you don't know much.  I had no idea how to solve that problem.  This was a big problem.  They are all big problems when you don't how to solve them.  Looking back, I suppose my broker did not know how to solve this problem either.

     I tell this story to my real estate students to let them know that what seems like a major problem when you are new will seem like a minor problem in a couple of years.  Everything in real estate gets easier and easier.  It does not get harder and harder.  As you learn more, you know where the potholes in the road to success are.  You don't even have the problems.  When one does come up, you know how to handle it.

     Another thing I wish I knew back then is how important that first broker is.  As I mentioned, my broker did not know how to solve this problem.  I should have taken a hint and started looking for a more knowledgeable broker.  What a difference that would have made.  It is easier to learn with a good teacher teaching you.

     Find a good broker,teacher, trainer from the beginning.  I survived.  Many new Realtors don't survive a bad beginning broker.  I wish I had known that when I was a brand new real estate agent.  Can this person teach me the skills I need is your most important question when choosing your first broker.  

Post A You Tube Video For Fun And Profit.

     If you have paid any attention to my recent blogposts, you know I firmly believe you need to be posting You Tube videos to promote your business.  I know you are having a hard time coming up with ideas of what to post on You Tube.  Here is how you get good ideas.

     You look at your own problems.  Chances are other people have the same problems that you have.  You invent a solution to your problem and share what you learned with others.

     Moving is a major pain.  Many people hire professional movers.  Many other people "do it yourself"  with the old trusty U haul truck.

     A for sale by owner is a do it yourselfer.  What if you posted a series of videos about moving.  You could have one for what to do thirty days out, then twenty days out, then ten days out, then on moving day.  You could have a video about safety tips.  You could have a video about packing the truck.  You could post a video changing addresses and how important that is.  You could end every video with,"Or you could hire a professional".  In the background is your contact information and a link to your website and your video about how to get your house sold quickly. 

     When you discover a for sale by owner or anyone that is moving soon, get their email address and send them a link to this series of videos.  This was just an idea that rolled across my mind as I was taking the U Haul truck back to the store.

     It is the 21st century.  You Tube is the second largest search engine on the planet.  If you are in business, you need to show up when someone searches for how to do something that your business does.  If you don't, your competitor will.

     The real estate business is changing .  You have to get your phone to ring.  You Tube is working for your fellow Realtor.  Make it work for you.  If you are new in real estate and need some training or mentoring, contact me.  www.ronclimer.com                   www.climerconsulting.com

      

North Carolina Real Estate Math Help

     If you are enrolled in real estate school in North Carolina, you may be having a challenge with the math.  If you are, here is some help.  I have posted ten videos on You Tube to help real estate students understand the real estate math that is in the real estate course in North Carolina.  Here is a link to one of the videos.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp0blrLu9xs   This video is question 1 through 5 from the textbook, "Modern Real Estate Practice in North Carolina"  There are nine more videos to help you with your North Carolina real estate course.I have explained about five questions per video.   If you are soon taking the north Carolina real estate exam, watch all ten of the North Carolina real estate math videos.

     I hope this will help you .  If it does , share this with your classmates.

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Income Increase Challenge, October Thirty First

     Today is October 31st.  October is over.  Is the number of listings that you took and the number on the rear view mirror the same?  Did you follow the instructions all month long?  Did you learn anything? 

     Here is what I want you to learn.  Aggressive prospecting is the best way to make money quickly.  I believe that you can list and sell a lot more houses in the future than you have in the past.  Calling yesterday's expired listings is such a wonderful place to start.  It is not pleasant but it is lucrative.  Did you get into real estate sales to have a good time or did you get in real estate to make money?  You can always go back on November first and do the  Income Increase Challenge again.  By the way, have you noticed that yesterday's expired have become very scarce on the 28th, 29th , 30th.  There will be a ton of them on the first.  Don't miss it. 

     I hope that you have learned that for sale by owners are great prospects.  I will tell you this.  The ancillary benefits that come from calling and visiting with for sale by owners is far greater than their benefit as a prospect.  You will learn things from visiting with for sale by owners that you just can't learn anywhere else.  Call a few every day.  Go visit with them.  They don't bite and they do list. 

     Blogging and videos are today's news.  This did not exist when I was out on the street.  It is essential in the twenty first century.  No matter what you do, web presence will help your career.   Web presence is vital in today's business world.  If you are reading this, you know that I practice what I preach.  Those hundred videos on You Tube did not just jump up there.  Those three hundred blog posts on "The Best Of Ron Climer" and "Ron Climer Mountain Messages" did not just happen.  Find the time to create web presence.  It is very important.  It is the 21st century. Create web presence. 

     Build your "who you know" list.  Stay in touch.  Stay in touch.  Stay in touch.  Send them some mail at least four times a year. Send them email. 

     Most of all, get face to face with a prospect.  Marketing is great.  Selling happens face to face.  Get face to face with a prospect.  If you wake up without an appointment, you are unemployed.  Make an appointment with a prospect for tomorrow every day. 

     I will continue to write articles of interest to Realtors.  If I can help you get trained, contact me.  Be my friend on Facebook.  I will continue to send out daily inspirations. Forward these to your friends.   Call a prospect today.     www.ronclimer.com

Rookie Realtor, Your Most Important Chore For Today

     Who are you talking to today?  Do you have an appointment with a for sale by owner?  Do you have an appointment with an expired listing?  Do you have an appointment with a buying or selling prospect that was referred to you by a friend or acquaintance?  Do you have an appointment with someone that called you from your name rider on your listing?  Do you have an appointment with someone that responded to the company website because they want to list or sell?  Do you have an appointment with a foreclosure victim that called you because they read your blogpost about the foreclosure process?  Do you have an appointment with an empty house owner that you contacted?  Do you have an appointment with someone that called the office while you were on floor duty?  Do you have an appointment with someone you met at an open house?  Do you have an appointment with a friend or relative that has been pre qualified and wants to move? 

     Appointments are important.  If you don't have any today, I will bet that you are not going to make any money today.  If you don't have an appointment today, contact a prospect and get an appointment.  You must get face to face with a prospect .  Real estate is not a mail order business.  The prospect is not going to look at your picture on your website and email you a listing.  You must get face to face with a prospect.

     This is simple.  Get face to face with a prospect.  Ask them to buy.  Some of them will say yes.

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     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzCdscDqxc
     Watch these videos if you have no appointments today.

October Thirteth Income Increase Challenge.

     Today is the 30th.. Barring luck or a miracle, you have probably all te listings that you are going to get for the month.  Do you know how to create luck?  Work.  Abraham Lincoln said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." . 

     Run yesterday's expired listings off the MLS.  Send mail to them all.  Call the ones that you can get a number for.  If you have been following my instructions, you should be getting some calls from mail you sent out two weeks ago.  You are familiar with the phrase in computer technology, garbage in garbage out.  In sales prospecting the phrase is nothing out nothing in.  If you don't mail the expireds, your competitor will.  She will get those calls.  Use the post cards from the post office.  They are easy and effective.

     Add five for sale by owners to your for sale by owner pile.  Call, at least, one for sale by owner.  Read the article I wrote yesterday about friends that are for sale by owners.

     Add a blog post to your blog.  Remind yourself this is along range project.

     Add ten names to your who you know list.  You should have 300 names on that list.  Did I make that list?  I have only received one Ijustgotintorealestate letter in October.  I have only received about five letters all year. Isn't modern technology great.  You can go to your electronic calendar and make a note now to send out Christmas cards to your who you know list on December 20th.  http://ronclimer.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-can-expect-christmas-card-from.html    Here is a link to an article that I wrote in 2011.  Can you see how this blogging thing is cumulative?  It is a looooooonnnnnng range project.  You have to start and you have to add to it constantly.  My new address is P O Box 403 Tryon, North Carolina 28782.  I hope I get a holiday card from you. 

     Get an appointment with a prospect today. 

     Write down next month's goal.