By exitrealty / June 25, 2020
By Melanie Robitaille, Sr. Staff Writer and Graphic Designer
The hard and fast truth about a reputation is that it takes years to build, and in the B2C world of ecommerce, a few mere keystrokes and a millisecond click to damage.
The moment you embark in business, your every encounter whether in-person or online (which, let’s face it, most are these days), is measured. Whether with clients or suppliers of today or to...
By exitrealty / June 29, 2020
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
Bob Dylan famously sang, “The times they are a’changin’” and following are a few ways they’re a’changin’ as a result of COVID-19’s business as unusual.
People are becoming accustomed to working from home so we’re going to see a lot of open commercial spaces. Change always inspires creative entrepreneurs, some of whom create the change and others react to it. As a result, we’r...
By exitrealty / June 18, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
In real estate, rarely are rankings of people or companies uniform across the board. What algorithms are used? How much do advertising dollars influence the findings? Instead of looking to external sources for validation, how about instead we measure ourselves and determine our own success based on our track record of doing what we said we were going to do? The measure of a pers...
By exitrealty / June 26, 2020
by Maegan Carrasquillo, Staff Writer
We’ve all heard the expression, “hitch your wagon to a star.” It’s the notion of seeking out those who shine and learning how to excel right along with them.
Recent theories suggest that having a strong, positive role model – especially as a young girl growing up in today’s world – can pack a three-fold inspirational, behavioral, and potentiality punch.
“Role models are important especially for...
By exitrealty / June 8, 2020
We asked Kristen Trembinski, Regional Owner of EXIT Realty Northern Ontario and Broker/Owner of EXIT Realty Lake Superior, Brokerage, in Sault Ste. Marie, to reflect on the silver lining for real estate professionals in the cloud of social distancing.
One of the best changes that has come out of this time is the increased interaction and relations with our sales representatives/brokers. When things began to unfold, and it was obvious that our...
By exitrealty / June 17, 2020
You know, for real estate agents there’s not much financial security. When the only income streams are taking listing and making sales, agents tend to live pay check-to-pay check, spending their commission in advance and rarely saving for the future.
You’re only as good as your last transaction and when you stop selling your income stops flowing. But all over the USA and Canada, real estate professionals have discovered an additional reve...
By exitrealty / May 27, 2020
One of the biggest challenges facing those bitten by the entrepreneurial bug is starting from scratch with a dream and then building an infrastructure for it to thrive as a viable business. Many successful entrepreneurs become part of a franchise organization to benefit from an established business model, brand recognition and systems which provide a proven track to run on, so they can blast off the blocks with a solid h...
