When things are going great, it’s easy to get people and agents to believe in you.  It’s during the tough times where you can tell where your true friends, and loyal business partners stand.  I’ve learned a lot in the past few years.  The economy has taken it’s toll on the real estate industry, and we weren’t left untouched.  We’ve cut back, consolidated and tried hard to generate more revenue for the company.  It seemed like we’ve been working twice as hard at times just to stay afloat.  What happened to the good old days of real estate that were here just a few years ago?

For me, the good old days are gone; but gratefully, some of the good old people are here

John Speaking with Dad in background

On 11/11/11 at 11:11 AM, John Reinhardt will be heading up a Broker Brainstorm session for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Executive Forum.  Brokers from around the country will join industry experts and vendors to discuss issues that are most important to the real estate brokerage business.
Pam O’Connor, the CEO of Leading RE will be in attendance at this limited access session that is going to be held in Anaheim, California during the National Association of Realtors annual conference.
Ideas from the event will be posted on this forum.
If you have any topics that you would like to address, please let John know.

Can you believe that the year is almost over?  It seems that they fly by quicker than ever!
Today, I held a managers meeting and I came into the room singing, “99 Days Left to the Year, What are you gonna do? – Achieve Some Goals, Finish Strong, That’s what I’m gonna do!”

The meeting was focused on what actions can we take today to make a difference in the way we finish off the year.  What goals can we set, which plans can we put into place and how can we get our agents motivated to give it that last little kick to end the year a little stronger.  Well, just the fact that we remind everyone that the year is almost over, gets them to look at their goals for the year and compare them to their actual results.  Those that are not on track will be disappointed, but have the opportunity to give it a final push towards the finish line.  The agents that are already at or ahead of their goals will see that and these achievers will most likely readjust their goals upward to make it one of their best years ever.

I’m a firm believer that action brings