Words from Rita: He who holds the listings, rules!

Words from Rita: He who holds the listings, rules!

Career, Champions, Real Estate
The summer is now arriving and along with the warmer weather there will be hotter sales! Historically, the late spring and early summer are robust months for agents. Right now the best time spent during your work day is to prospect for listings. Years back there was a saying, “he who holds the listings, rules” and in this new market, that saying is certainly true. Remember, when prospecting and showing to always demonstrate your intelligence by getting your client’s name pronounced and  then spelled correctly. When filling out a listing or sales contract, be sure the spelling is accurate and all blanks are filled in.  Recently, a multi-million dollar buyer  stated, that he felt he had the wrong agent because names were misspelled, and blanks left unchecked on the offer.…
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Use Education to Boost Your Career

Use Education to Boost Your Career

Career, Motivation
Your career is defined by you and your vision of success. When you think about your success and your future successes, first list your current “aha moments”. What are the specifics you are most proud of? Always keep in mind you have successes in your personal world as well as your public or business world.  Often our personal successes with family, children, and friends help us overcome a disappointing business situation. Without question, when baby starts walking, talking and mom and dad gets to bask in the joy of that moment all other negativities are gone.  When your teen wins a sports tournament, or your child makes cheerleading, or college entrance, all other daily woes from business are temporarily taken away from your brain. These daily personal successes should get…
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I am a Champion: Raynard Burnett

I am a Champion: Raynard Burnett

Career, Champions, Motivation, Real Estate
Welcome to our new blog segment: "I am a Champion."  This new segment highlights a student from one of our seven campuses and will post once a month.  Our goal is to show you some stellar people and highlight the fact that our students come from all walks of life.  We know everyone has a different story to tell and we want to help tell it. So, please read on about our first Champion, Raynard Burnett. "I AM YOUR EMPLOYEE" “The first year in any business is the hardest. That is when people just give up because they are not prepared for the challenge.” “I researched and expected challenges before getting in and I was prepared.” Champions School of Real Estate student Raynard Burnett attributes his success as a new…
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Now is the Time!

Now is the Time!

Business, Career, Motivation, Real Estate
If you are considering changing to a career in real estate, NOW is the time. Based on the companies moving to Texas, The Research Center at Texas A&M University predicts our economy will continue to grow over the next 10+ years with a boom year possible in 2017.Texas is seeing the most active inflow of population from California, Florida and Louisiana. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to launch your career in this economy! Champions School of Real Estate offers classes for many fields within the real estate industry. Maybe you want to become a residential or commercial real estate agent; perhaps your interest is in the mortgage side of the business and you want to learn how to find money and originate loans for homebuyers. Champions offers the courses…
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