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See You in November!

We’re finalizing plans for next month’s Success Summit, which will take place Nov. 12-13 in Orlando. This year, the focus will be on Help-U-Sell® Core Marketing and will feature special guest Pete Codella, who will teach us how to build and maintain a profitable online presence. We’ll also unveil new technology and have fun mingling with and learning from each other. Some of our top producers will be sharing their secrets to success, as well.

Read more about the Success Summit and register at http://seminars.helpusell.com.

If you can, come early for REALTORS Conference & Expo. We’ll be in the expo hall again this year.

Check out this rendering of our booth! It’s similar to last year’s but with a more contemporary light gray color and red carpet to match the new marketing materials.

Help-U-Sell Real Estate Booth Rendering — Our booth for this year's REALTORS Conference & Expo

We would love for you to help out at the booth (#619) or just stop by to say “hi.” Expo-only passes for NAR members are just $25, and the Clarion Inn & Suites will honor our $92/night room rate before and after the Summit. Our block of rooms is almost sold out, so call the hotel (800-826-4847) and make your reservations as soon as possible.

Mark Your Calendars for November Events

It’s only four months until our big events in November! Have you made your plans yet? If not, here’s a quick overview.

Sticking with last year’s Disney location, the 2012 REALTORS Conference & Expo is in Orlando from Nov. 9-12. We’ll have the same booth, too. If you’re planning to attend the conference, please stop by to see us (and we’d love to have you help out) at booth 619.

Note: Early bird registration ends Aug. 15, so look at your budget and see if you can fit NAR into it.

Realtors Conference & Expo, Orlando — This year's Realtors Conference & Expo is in Orlando. Make plans to join us!

Like last year, the Success Summit will immediately follow NAR, but it will last just 1.5 days, from midday Nov. 12 through the evening of Nov. 13. We’ll be sharing and communing, learning from a few special guests and, more than likely, focusing on marketing. Our host hotel is Clarion Inn & Suites at International Drive. Call 407-351-5100 and mention Help-U-Sell Real Estate to get our special rate of $92/night, including breakfast.

We hope to see you all this fall!

What We’re Thankful For

We have a lot to be thankful for at Help-U-Sell this year. Here are just a few of our blessings.

Help-U-Sell Real Estate Booth — We are grateful for all of our brokers who spent time in our booth at NAR!

We just came back from a great week at the REALTORS Conference & Expo and our Success Summit.
We have some of the best and brightest brokers as part of the Help-U-Sell family.
Our technology tools keep expanding, with this year’s QR-code generator and the almost-complete mobile site/app being two of the stars.
A fresh new look that reflects where we’re headed.

What are you giving thanks for this Thursday?

Help-U-Sell Success Summit

We’re in the middle of our Help-U-Sell Success Summit 2011. We’ve heard from Patricia Boyd about Creative Financing and Nick Taylor of Zillow, as well as our own brokers and our home office. Right now, we’re getting great information from our ‘Good Things Happening’ Star Panel. Moderated by John Powell of Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty, it stars Tammy Whitehead of Help-U-Sell Riverside Realty, Stephen Taber of Help-U-Sell West Valley Specialists and Kimberly Zelena of Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate.

Everyone on the panel has at least 50 percent of their sales from short sales and foreclosures.

Whitehead says she’s traditional Help-U-Sell Real Estate. She rarely places homes on the MLS. She encourages sellers to show their own houses, as well. She tells them, “you’re saving $16,000 [by showing your home yourself],” says Whitehead of Help-U-Sell Riverside Realty. “Let’s try this for 30 days.”

Zelena shared some marketing tips. “You have to have a lot of patience,” says Zelena. “You have to be nice.” She also does charity work, including selling candles as a fundraiser, and turns her ETMs into JPEGs to post on Facebook.

Powell says, “Do a set fee. Give your sellers a lot of signs for their open houses.” Taber says foreclosures bring in a lot of leads. He’s a one-man show, but he’s looking to hire an agent. He wants to split his time between REOs and short sales.

“I make sure at least once a week I give an update on each REO,” Taber says. “Treat the bank like any other seller.”

Attend Next Month’s Realtors Expo On Us!

Join us for the REALTORS Expo in Anaheim for free. To register, visit Realtors.org/conference, choose the “Expo-Only” pass and enter the code VIP11A1052. The National Association of Realtors expo runs from Friday, Nov. 11 through Monday, Nov. 14. You can view a full invitation with more details here. Once you’re at the expo, stop by our booth (#519) to see us!

Help-U-Sell brokers, the Success Summit (also free), immediately follows the Expo. Register for the summit on our Help-U-Sell Franchise Opportunity Center.

We hope to see you all next month in Anaheim!