By exitrealty / February 23, 2021
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
In real estate, our livelihood depends on how well we talk to people, but more than that, it depends on how well we listen. Journalist Celeste Headlee, said, “There is no reason to learn how to show you’re paying attention, if you are in fact paying attention.” Being present, and really listening without interrupting, asking thoughtful, open-ended questions r...
By exitrealty / March 1, 2021
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
Everyone was born with special gifts, and everyone has special and unique purposes for being here. And yet, for some reason, we lump ourselves and others into a preconceived mold. When someone does or says something that falls outside of that mold, it’s so easy to judge them for it. The interesting thing is, it doesn’t matter whether we’re in a good or bad frame of mind; we judge t...
By exitrealty / February 11, 2021
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
During this time of business as unusual, I can’t think of a better opportunity to work on yourself. Author and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, famously advised, “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” Owning your personal power is a way to effect positive change in your own life and broaden your circle of influence.
- Be authentic
By exitrealty / February 19, 2021
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
We in the real estate industry deal with a mountain of technology and an avalanche of information. We shovel through big data in the hope of wowing our potential customers, but I believe the thing that really matters is not our ability to package up this data and present it in bite-sized pieces but rather our ability to relate to people.
The customer buys you first and then buy...
By exitrealty / January 11, 2021
By Melanie Robitaille, Sr. Staff Writer and Graphic Designer
If you’ve been in the real estate business as long as Ed and Janie Andrews, you draw on past experiences to help see you through hardships. But what happens when those times are completely unprecedented? When the going got really tough for the co-owners of EXIT Real Estate Solutions, they faced the same two choices of many du...
By exitrealty / January 12, 2021
Real estate data services and research firm, T3 Sixty, announced its Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200) list ranking EXIT Realty Corp. International’s Founder and Chairman, Steve Morris, and CEO, Tami Bonnell among the real estate industry’s top executives.
According to T3 Sixty, the company “extensively analyzes executives and C-suite leaders of all significant, large and strategically importan...
By exitrealty / January 28, 2021
By Maegan Carrasquillo, Staff Writer
Diane Farr, Broker/Owner of EXIT Realty of the Smokies in Kodak, TN, didn’t always work in the real estate field. She joined the United States Air Force right out of high school and copied morse code during Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Two things remain the same according to Diane; patience and organizational skills are a must on the job both then and now.
During a recent...
