John Powell of Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty was interviewed for the Investing in Real Estate publication.
Help-U-Sell Real Estate is featured in a new publication called “Investing in Real Estate.” Produced as an independent supplement to USA Today, it was distributed in select markets, including Phoenix, the Carolinas, Los Angeles and DC/Baltimore.
Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty‘s John Powell offered advice for investors who are looking for a representative in the article titled “Game of Homes: Finding Your Agent.” One of Powell’s pieces of wisdom: “Remember that your Realtor’s market knowledge affects whether or not you make a good investment.”
We also have an advertisement in the publication that promotes Market Sketch, our new real-time, local data tool.
Regardless of your location, you can view and download the entire publication online. Feel free to share it on your social media accounts and with your clients.
Help-U-Sell Real Estate has launched a new tool that provides home buyers and sellers real-time information about their local real estate markets.
Called Market Sketch, the tool uses local Multiple Listing Service data to display statistics such as median list prices, average square footage, days on market, and total inventory for the selected city. Users can also choose to view statistics by property type, including land, multifamily and single-family. Once enough data have been collected, users will be able to customize the time frame. Charts compare the number of properties sold per month and the median price per square foot, among other facts.
Help-U-Sell Real Estate's new Market Sketch tool displays real-time local real estate information, including days on market and total inventory.
In addition to graphs and charts, written sections explain the status of the local real estate market. Brokers can personalize certain elements, and the office’s contact information is included.
Brokers will be able to send the information to their buyers and sellers via a direct link, and users can register to receive their local Market Sketch via a monthly email. If the broker wishes to use Market Sketch as a lead-generation registration tool, he or she can opt to require registration before a user can view the most recent statistics.
The broker’s current listings are displayed in the right-hand column to encourage users to browse properties for sale. Dynamic interest rate charts, and daily mortgage and interest rate news show up below the current listings.
See an example of Market Sketch on Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties’ site.
Matt Kellam's office, Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty, closed 12 transaction sides in July.The dog days of summer didn’t slow down our top-producing offices in July.
1) Still holding down #1, Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties finished the month with a sweet 16 closed sides. Two were buyer sides, 10 were seller sides, and two were dual-sided transactions.
2) Help-U-Sell Detwiler Realty, in Carlisle, Penn., had 14 closed sides: one buyer, seven seller, and three dual-sided transactions.
3) Also in Pennsylvania, Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty wrapped up July with a dozen closed sides, consisting of nine buyer sides, one seller side, and one dual-sided transaction.
4) Help-U-Sell Grein Group, serving Stafford, Va., closed 10 sides. The breakdown was three buyer sides, five seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.
Congratulations! We can’t wait to see what you all accomplish this month!
Help-U-Sell Real Estate is making it easier for its franchisees to localize their testimonials pages.
Word of mouth, especially in the service sector, has always been one of the top ways people make buying decisions. In this information age where it’s so easy to share reviews, word of mouth is more important than ever.
Testimonials can and do bring new clients to Help-U-Sell Real Estate brokers regularly. Help-U-Sell Federal City Realty’s Marc Dosik reports that he has acquired buyers and sellers through the power of positive reviews on Yahoo! and Zillow, to name two. Steve Vincent, broker/owner of Help-U-Sell Triad Realty, posts his testimonials to his Facebook business page, and sometimes his clients write their testimonials directly on his page.
Each of our franchisees have a Testimonials page on the broker site, as well. Many are still populated with the national testimonials provided by the home office. We strongly encourage localizing this page with your clients singing your praises, but we know this is easier said than done. To help our brokers get more local feedback, we are working on creating an automated email that will send out a testimonial request form to a seller as soon as the transaction is marked “closed” in the Office Management System. Once the form is filled out and sent back, the broker can review the response and make any necessary changes before posting it on the Testimonials page.
We plan to have this completed in time for the Success Summit in October.
Tell us your success stories that came from testimonials.
The third annual Help-U-Sell Success Summit will cover marketing, technology and coaching topics as selected by our brokers.
As many of you know, our third annual Success Summit will take place from October 22-24 in Las Vegas. Read more about it, including how to book your hotel rooms, in an earlier Connect post.
Who’s Coming
So far, we have about 30 registered attendees from coast to coast: Virginia and North Carolina to Arizona and California. If you have not yet registered, please do so at seminars.helpusell.com.
What’s on the Agenda
The survey results are in! Thank you all for responding to the Summit Survey. In the coming weeks, we will flesh out the agenda. Based on your input, topics will include:
* brainstorming new marketing materials
* creating your marketing plan and analysis
* optimizing your Facebook business page
* generating web leads
* creating drip email campaigns
* taking your business to the next level
* troubleshooting your office
Many of you told us that learning from your fellow Help-U-Sell brokers was highly important, so we will also set aside time for fluid, purposeful networking conversations.
We have other surprises up our sleeves that you won’t want to miss. See you in Vegas!
