HomeGain hosted its second “Ask The Experts” live real estate forum yesterday. Due to the success of the August Ask The Experts, HomeGain kept to its original format and featured four experts to each speak on a different real estate issue and answer questions from the audience.
Several hundred real estate agents and brokers registered for the event to listen to Mitch Ribak, Alisha Wade, Joseph Ferrara and Brian Brady give advice for succeeding in a turbulent market.
If you weren’t able attend, or would like to hear it again, you can listen to the December 4th Ask The Experts recording at your convenience.
What was each experts topic?
Mitch Ribak of Tropical Realty of Suntree and eHomes Realty Network (and also a BuyerLink agent) spoke on the topic of Web Lead Conversion, which included:
- Setting up a Free Foreclosure List capture form on your website
- Sending an email to your entire database featuring the Top 10 foreclosures in each price category
- Organizing first-time buyer seminars
- Sending a “just checking in” email to your database.
- Calling every lead in your database who has accessed listings you have sent in the last 30 days
Alisha Wade of RE/MAX Achievers in Arizona and Realty One Group in Nevada (and a long-time AgentEvaluator Platinum Club agent) delivered advice on how to handle foreclosures:
- Educating the client
- Differences between an REO property and a short sale
- What is “As Is”?
- Bank addendums
- Title company (location)
- Late fees
- Inspections
- Topics to blog
- Promoting your real estate blog
- SEO
- Conversion
- Start with the goal in mind
- Suggest real estate as an asset class for long-term appreciation
- Determine amount available for investment
- Calculate needed return to meet goal
- Calculate needed IRR
- Gain commitment
Visit Mitch’s Blog to hear Brian’s comprehensive 40-minute financial planning strategy session.
We look forward to seeing you at the next Ask The Experts on March 19, 2009.
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Wow it is great to see you have put such a great panel of experts together. That is quite the accomplishment in and off itself.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Thank you for all the great information.
August 5th, 2011 at 11:39 am