Realtor “Atta-Boy”: “Nice Listing!” A new listing has a surprising number of parallels with the opening of a Broadway play. There’s the opening night anticipation. There are the hopes (and fears) about whether the audience (prospective Buyers) will like it. And there can be a sense of dread about what the toughest critics will have...Read More
Standing Out in a Crowd Vacuum On an especially busy Tuesday in March or April, it’s not unusual for the Edina Realty – City Lakes office to have 11 homes on Broker Tour** all by itself. So, you know it’s a slow week when that’s the TOTAL number of Twin Cities homes on tour, excluding St....Read More
Tough Crowd (& Not Very Hungry*) At least in the Twin Cities, Realtors traditionally debut their new listings on Broker Tour, held each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. To get their fellow agents to come, the listing (host) agent will often offer food, prizes or other goodies like gas cards or restaurant vouchers....Read More
Late Lunch in the Resource Room If you were tied up with a closing and missed Broker Tour yesterday (as I did), there’s another way to tell how busy it was: by how much food is left in the Resource Room mid-afternoon (note: that’s where listing agents hosting homes on tour typically leave any leftovers)....Read More
“Three Strikes & You’re Out!” Even under the best of circumstances, today’s deluge over much of the Twin Cities would have kept down attendance on Broker Tour (held each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.). However, combine that with the first day back after a long holiday weekend (strike #2); and the fact that...Read More
Make That, “Nine Pounds Minutes To 11 a.m.” “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” –Proverb The real estate corollary to the above? “If you’re running (just a little bit) late for your own Broker Open . . . everything looks like a clock.” Which is how I briefly mistook...Read More
