Friday, February 27, 2009

LINKED IN COMPANY NEWSLETTER

Understanding The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
What the stimulus package means to you and your customers
As trusted advisors to your customers and clients, helping them make intelligent decisions has never been as important as it is now. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress passed two weeks ago has been confusing everyone as it traveled between Senate and House committees to eventual passage. The attached flyer is important to your current business because you may have a pending transaction that will benefit from this bill. You may also use this flyer to send to a past client who closed on an eligible property since January 1, 2009, and more importantly, who in your sphere may have been on the fence about a purchase of a home?Remember, your customers have been seeing and hearing our Qualified Answers TV and radio campaign and you should note that it is clearly directed to the first-time home buyer. The stimulus package also addresses the first-time home buyer as its main target to help jump-start the economy as noted in the attached flyer.Click Here for the CBWS Stimulus FlyerClick Here for the CBKT Stimulus Flyer

Qualified Answers Campaign Update
Don't forget to use the Qualified Answers Agent resources materials available to you.Click Here for the King Thompson Qualified Answers E-CardClick Here for the West Shell Qualified Answers E-CardClick Here for the King Thompson Qualified Answers FlyerClick Here for the West Shell Qualified Answers FlyerAlso, Please view the following two videos for more information about our current campaigns in our local markets.
Introduction and TV spotTV spot only
Please feel free to use these links from our YouTube Channel for your own blogs, personal sites, profile pages and social networking.



2008 Recognition and Awards Events
How's your office Spirit planning coming? We can't wait to see it at the Awards Events!
Cincinnati:Tuesday, March 24Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza8:30-9:30 Continental Breakfast/9:30 ProgramRSVP to your OA no later than 5:00pm Wednesday, March 18

Our Service Guarantees Make Home Loans Easy
Tell your customers to call your local Mortgage Advisor to get a same-day loan decision, guaranteed!

Our Guarantees Make the Mortgage Process Easier
Buying a home may be the largest financial transaction your customers will ever make. That's why it's important for customers to work with a lender they can trust, who will guide them through the process. When you recommend Coldwell Banker Home Loans, we'll give your customers a smooth and easy mortgage experience. That's more than just a promise-because we back up our program with the strongest service guarantees in the industry.
It starts with our pre-approval decision.
We make home loans easy, the minute your customers contact us. We'll give them a same-day loan decision, guaranteed-or we'll pay them $250. In fact, most loan decisions are made within 20 minutes. With a pre-approval letter in hand, your customers will know exactly how much house they can afford when they begin house-hunting. And we'll tell them up front exactly what they need to do to get to closing. Once they've found a property and registered their loan with us, an experienced loan processor will assist them at each phase of the mortgage process.
We guarantee to close on time.
We take the time to tell your customers up front exactly what they need to do to get to closing to reduce any chance of delay. But that's not all-we'll meet your customer's requested closing date, guaranteed, or we'll reduce their interest rate by 1/8 of one percent for the life of their loan.** Now, that's service!
Ask your customers to contact your local Mortgage Advisor for a free, same-day loan decision-guaranteed!
**Approved, conventional, purchase loans only. Excludes loans for REO homes. Closing date to be mutually agreed upon between customer and us, and customer must provide all required documentation. Timely request for adjustment under guarantee is required.

Concierge News
Helping You Build Customers For Life
It's RCI Time!
Watch your e-mail for the RCI Spring flyer and order form for our group RCI order. Deadline for orders is March 11 so act quickly!
Welcome to P&G Property Solutions, recommended by Gary Rogers of the Wyoming office. P&G specializes in mold testing and remediation as well as replacement windows, gutter guard systems and power washing.

Contact the Concierge
Cincinnati: 513-794-9464 -or- concierge-cbws@cbws.com


Carp's Corner - Let Go of the Ego
By: Sean Carpenter

You've all heard the saying "people don't care what you know until they know that you care." This holds true in any sales position, especially real estate. If you truly want to achieve levels of success that you haven't experienced before, you'll need to "let go of the ego."
Please don't get me wrong. I understand that everyone has an ego and it will manifest itself in different ways. For many of our industry's top producers, it was part ego that got them where they are today - a true desire to be recognized as one of the best. Just be sure to remind yourself every now and then that this business isn't about you - it's about the clients you serve and the other people you interact with.
To read more of Let Go of the Ego, visit Sean's blog at www.therealtorstoolbox.blogspot.com/

January CE Classes
Upcoming Schedule
Cincinnati:
Core Law: Wednesday, 3/4, 10am-1pm - Northeast Office
Principles of Personal Business Management: Thursday, 3/5, 1pm-4pm - Wyoming Office
Professional Home Inspection Benefits: Wednesday, 3/11, 9am-12pm - Anderson Office
Negotiating to a Win-Win: Wednesday, 3/18, 1pm-4pm - Northeast Office
For additional information or to register, contact susan.trefilek@cbws.com.

Upcoming C:BOLT Sessions
Do I Need An MBA To Do A BMA? Wednesday, 2/25, 1pm - Joanne Figge
Turning Research Into Results - Understanding Who Your Clients Are in 2009 Wednesday, 2/25, 1pm - Sean Carpenter
It's A Contact Sport Wednesday, 3/4, 1pm - Jenny Ward

SEAN CARPENTER NEWS

Greetings All,

As the “trusted advisors” to your clients in today’s ever-changing real estate landscape, understanding what your clients may be thinking and how their decisions are based may put you in a good position.

Each year the National Association of Realtors® conducts their Home Buyer and Seller Profile to gain understanding into many aspects of the real estate transaction. I recently recorded a CBOLT session called “Turning Research into Results: Finding Out Who Your Clients are in 2009” that explored the facts and figures of this report.

I would highly recommend that you make every effort to listen to this session and become more knowledgeable on some of the statistics that resulted from this profile. It will give you some great insight and talking points for use with your clients in 2009.

Here is the link to the session. Enjoy!

https://cbolt.webex.com/cbolt/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=21369992&act=pb&rKey=2798055137E9BE74


Sean M. CarpenterDirector Of Training & Education, Ohio NRT
Coldwell Banker King Thompson
Coldwell Banker West Shell
614-889-0808- (Office)
614-526-5600- (Direct)
513-686-7643 - (Cincinnati Office)

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