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Building of the Day

Bucks County Association of REALTORS

I always enjoyed my trips to Buck County. I had a Classmate from the Naval Academy who lived in Huntington Valley, right off of County Line Road and I... https://t.co/UorYpy0pDF

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Long Term (Strategic) Planning

Key components of a Strategic Plan - Your Strategic Plan should include a Mission Statement, a Vision Statement, Strategic Objectives (long term),... https://t.co/I4sWk5vgBc

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Agency Relationships - Dual Agency.

This brief is from the California Supreme Court Case, Hiroshi Horiike VS Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company et al (11/21/16). If you... https://t.co/zoqEUUe8Bs

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Planning - Strategic Planning Process Requires:

• Defining Association Values, Vision, Mission, Objectives and Goals
• Gathering Data through member survey
• Analyzing Data by an... https://t.co/2bBYbtbWp3

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Planning - Panning means different things to different people. When I think of Planning, I think of two types...
Tactical - Short term, getting it done, an execution check list... https://t.co/XvgJE3yL6r

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Change...Strategic and Business Planning

Strategic Planning requires Strategic Thinking and Perspective - The World is Changing…Faster each day:

Strategic Planning:
• Is an... https://t.co/blXrNCpYsh

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TBT - REALTOR Brochure from the 1980s.

How much of this message has changed?

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"You can expect the future to take a definite form or you can treat it as hazily uncertain...

But If you expect an indefinite future ruled by randomness, you'll give up on trying to master it"

Peter... https://t.co/egr9IsInCI

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Lesson Plan For The Future - Antitrust and MLS

Knowledge is Power...

Do you have to belong to a REALTOR Asociation to have access to the MLS?

Answer:
In some states the answer is yes.
Based on 2 court... https://t.co/lyJFHnomGq

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TBT - Prospecting

One of my favorite sayings to people in sales is:

"Contacts Create Contracts." Said another way: "Contact with people creates opportunity." If you are not selling or listing enough real... https://t.co/U6Wl1gyEVR

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Lesson Plan For The Future

The History of For Sale Listings on the Internet...Knowledge is power.

There has been a lot of speculation over the years, about how listings got to the Internet, how REALTOR Dot Com... https://t.co/bWJalVrjab

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Recent MLS Ransom and Bitcoin.

The recent ransomware attack on Metrolist (Sacramento MLS) required that the ransom be paid in Bitcoin.

If your MLS or association were to be held ransom, do you have access to... https://t.co/ckwx3VRfde

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Change...

"Incremental Change is not enough for many companies today.

They don't need to change what is;

They need to create what isn't."

The Reinvention Rollercoaster

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Personnel Management...

"The best and most dedicated people are volunteers, for they have the opportunity to do something else with their lives."

Peter Drucker - Father of Modern... https://t.co/3yFuNE4ZV8

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Building of The Day

Burbanks Association of REALTORS...(Close to "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" from Laugh In Days).

Buildings are part of the identity and culture of organizations, especially our REALTOR... https://t.co/2ayIwqf0Nv

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More of life will continue to move online.

If you have not taken the time to begin to school yourself on the social and cultural revolutions that are taking place online, it is not too late. It is important... https://t.co/iLs2tnIxhB

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Quotes of the Day...

"Is the game over?"

"Only if no one changes the game."

Life After Google

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Knowledge is power...

A tweet from https://t.co/w6alSACrbM CEO Rich Barton (also a founder of Expedia, Glassdoor, and Nextdoor).

Note his last sentence of the tweet:
"...as we further transform the real estate... https://t.co/QkOfcSV5pd

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Received from Stefan Swanepoel today from his Mega1000 report. While you may not agree with his conclusions, it is interesting to look at the facts. Who is selling the most real estate and where is the industry... https://t.co/bENUyfb8kK

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Lesson Plan For The Future

Personal Finance

If your personal finances are out of line, your life is out of line.

I have been saying in personal finance classes over the last 30 years. Don't gloss over this... https://t.co/JgeHNvl2dv