With the explosion of social networking this phrase is rarely uttered verbally.  Now, we see this in the form of an e-mail stating that we have a new “friend request”.  Sometimes we are lucky and it is someone from our past employment or school that we had lost touch with and sometimes we aren’t so lucky. Finding new friends online isn’t as easy as finding some pictures of people that you think look nice and making a request.  Sure they may add you as friend to be nice,... 

Many real estate agents jump into social networking with the thought they will instantly get a flood of business if they just go and add as many people as they can to their network.  With almost reckless abandon these agents new to social networking start adding anyone they can find an e-mail address for, whether or not they can even remember how they have that e-mail address.  Maybe this sounds odd to you, maybe it doesn’t, let’s look deeper at getting started with social networking... 

What is the favorite type of business that every real estate professional always talks about that is their favorite? Think about it before you answer. Think about what is the nicest, easiest, and best part of real estate that you like or a friend of yours likes. Is it referral business? According to studies by NAR (national association of Realtors) and other associations well over 40% of clients find the real estate agent that is going to help them by asking a friend for a referral. So how do we... 

What can a comedian teach real estate agents about social networking? He can teach all of us quite a bit. Dane Cook may be more known for his stand-up comedy, roles in movies, and just being really funny but he was and is an early adopter of social networking. In particular Dane Cook is social networker with his website at myspace. Many people are familiar with myspace and attribute it only to teens having fun, putting up pictures, and watching videos. Myspace is much more than that and Dane Cook...