Real Estate with Kelly - Interviews, Rants, Views, Lessons for life and business!

Be a sponge. Hmmm. That’s sounds weird doesn’t it. Well here is where the idea came from. I ran across something in my desk the other day. Back in 2007, one of my agents, had a son who was an artist and one of my other agents had a client who wrote a childrens' book. It turned out that...

You can search a lot of these topics on Youtube and these people have a lot of followers.  I am blown away at their commitment to these activities to be honest.  Here’s the thing.  The National Association of REAL ESTATE tells me that 20% of the licensees practicing real estate right now are new...

Be a sponge. Hmmm. That’s sounds weird doesn’t it. Well here is where the idea came from. I ran across something in my desk the other day. Back in 2007, one of my agents, had a son who was an artist and one of my other agents had a client who wrote a childrens' book. It turned out that...

How do you create allys out of your competition? What a crazy question huh? When you think about it, how many industries out there will think of it as an advantage to align with their competition to increase their business effectiveness? Interesting isn’t it...

I admit, that there are some years that are hotter than others. Its true. It does happen. But what if, that was just bonus. Your Goals that you set out to achieve should be taking care of all aspects of “Why” you are setting the goals, in the first place. Right. That is how it should be. In the “regular markets” ...

I want to encourage you to use this time to re-charge. Spend time with loved ones and family and friends. Make connections and attend the various events to nurture relationships for the future. In order to set things up to have a great year, the next year, there are some things that I do every single year...

Today we are going to discuss how easy it is to create an amazing Real Estate Business. I am going to give you the 3 secrets that will make you $200,000 in the next 3 months! I am so excited to reveal these simple and easy steps that you can do pretty well while you are sleeping to make $200,000 in...

The subtleties are not so obvious. There are patterns that a lot of us adopt that keep us in the pen with the Chickens… We all say, we want to be Eagles but we act like Chickens sometimes. Here are some examples. Chickens and Eagles are both Birds. They both have wings. But that is basically it for similarities. First of all, Eagles are ...

Prepping your clients so that they know what to expect can make a huge difference in your business. This is more important than you know. Setting Expectations. Take the time to create clarity on the process, on expectations, on what they are expected to do or not do is so, so, so, important. I am going to cover just 2 areas that I suggest...

I'm actually here with my wife, Nicole and we are gonna let you in on our lives a little bit today. Nicole has been working with me for 9 years now and a lot of people here will be wondering "How the heck can you work with your wife?". Vice-versa "How on earth can you tolerate your husband every single day?" Before we get started, I want...

I actually think that this should be added to the 9 Facets of what a 4X Agent becomes…that would make it 10 I guess. A nice round number. A 4X Agent has an attitude of gratitude. It is that important. Its as important as all of those facets. If you haven’t listened to that series or watched it on Youtube, then I would encourage...

Have you experienced the feeling of being out of control. Out of balance. Have you ever felt that you need to act like a mother hen and hatch your listings...or experienced that insecurity that your clients would hop on over to work with another agent if you weren’t totally on top of things?

Have any of you experienced this? You have investors that own properties and now it is time to sell. But there are people living in those homes that you have to deal with. How do you approach dealing with the Tenants in the homes…that is what we are going to talk about today. Over the years I have run into a lot of crazy scenarios...

In order to reach higher levels in income in any occupation, more often than not, it is compulsory that a certain level of education or a certain degree be obtained. Given that we can become licensed Real Estate professionals fairly easily. We order up and take a licensing course that can be completed in 3 to 12 months at a cost...

Most deals are all about the numbers. When people are selling a home they are looking at the numbers to see what they can NET on the sale of the home. The other end of the transaction is what they are buying. Financing, most of the time has to do with the numbers. In order to do your best for your client, do you understand...

The subject of FEAR appears in all parts of our life. Its everywhere and the intensity of FEAR is experienced by different people at different levels in all various types of situations and subject matter... It’s everywhere. I think that Tim Ferriss’ quote is really applicable but not always true in all situations. FEAR can serve us too. Right?

You either develop a weak Internal Locus of Control or you develop a strong Internal Locus of Control. It is never too late. Realizing and Recognizing it is the first thing. Then you go to work. We will help you. That’s how the 4X formula Real Estate course is designed. As we move through the course you will be in a process of building...

You can’t improve or change what you don’t measure. That’s the first lesson here. Do you know for certain where your business comes from mostly? DO you know for certain where the most economical business comes from? The most desirable business? The easiest business? The Least Stressful business? The most gratifying business?

Trust is the basis of all relationship. What happens when Trust is compromised before you have had a chance to build up the Trust Account? What happens? The relationship will crumble. It is very hard to put back together again. Studies have shown that if someone is angry for some reason it can be repaired but if someone...

If you want to do 80 to 100 deals per year…do you believe that if you work really, really, hard you can pull it off in one month? No! That’s silly right? Of course not. But if you have a plan to do that amount of deals and put in the effort and execute the plan and you have taken the time to hone and develop your skills and knowledge...

Be Intentional…about everything. Show up. Show up and do. Show up and create. Show up and influence. Show up ready. Show up prepared. Show up with a clear understanding of the goals that you want to achieve. Show up. Operate on Purpose with Intention is the only way to operate or else you flounder. It is a frazzled existence.

I find that if we take time to simply understand ourselves we learn how to make minor adjustments in certain aspects of our lives. We begin to recalibrate some of our habitual thought patterns and suddenly we begin to surprise ourselves at our own accomplishments. This is a wonderful feeling when it happens.

We are now into #3 on our list.  We are recording a 9 part series on what it means to be a 4X Agent and the crucial aspects that we focus on in our Real Estate course.  If this is the first episode that you are listening to, I encourage you to go back and listen to the last 2 episodes about being a professional and begin accountable.

Have you ever had an experience where it was really tough to honor your word? What happened? Did you figure out how to make it happen? Or did you end up disappointing someone? Have you ever trusted someone with their word and then they failed to honor their word but afterwards, they explain...

What does it mean to be a 4X Agent? What are the characteristics of the 4X Agent?  Who do you become?  I came up with 9 critical facets that I believe are extremely important in order to enjoy a successful Real Estate career and enjoy the Dream Business. Here are the 9 facets that we need to integrate...