Last Tuesday and Wednesday we spent the day in the Marriot in Meridian, ID learning the new CORE 2019 as well as a full day lesson in adult learning given by the talented Theresa Barnabei. She taught, “Creating The Ideal Classroom Experience”. It was a very informative class and she taught us some basic techniques […]
I have been getting asked this question by quite a few folks considering getting their license. Most folks with their finger on the pulse of the economy and housing market understand that we have been riding high for quite a few years now. The Boise Valley started it’s residential turn-around in 2012-ish. Since 2013 we
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As a real estate professional, one of the things you will want to do is encourage the younger demographic to purchase their homes instead of renting. Millennials took over the largest home-buying demographic in 2017 and it’s not going to change soon. Some young folks don’t have the mindset of homeownership or it feels like
One of the classes we offer at Genesis Real Estate School is a Post license Pricing, Marketing, and Advertising. While the class covers all 3 topics, there is a great deal dedicated to pricing a property correctly. This is important for many reasons. Here, in the Treasure Valley, sellers have owned the market for a
The Idaho Real Estate Commission is designed and maintained to protect the public in the arena of real estate. One of the longest lasting and more scrutinized facet of real estate is advertising. In Idaho, we MUST advertise our brokerage name on EVERYTHING we use for advertising. This includes yard signs, business cards, flyers, newspaper
Today I want to touch on the importance of building and maintaining your sphere of influence or database. So much of any new real estate agent’s business will come from the people that know you, like you, and trust you. Our goal as a brand new Idaho real estate agent is to build a list
Is the name of the meeting I attended at BRR with many other Realtors along with a professor from BSU, a gentleman from City of Boise, and a journalist from the Idaho Press. It was a great discussion on talks and potential ways Boise is working to make more affordable housing available in the Metro
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When folks first get into real estate, they always ask about the best types of marketing. They want to know the fastest and best ways to obtain new real estate business that is cost effective and efficient. This is one area of real estate selling that hasn’t changed over the years even with some of
In Idaho real estate, education is essential. In order to obtain your license, you must first take module 1 and module 2 which equate into 90 classroom hours prior to obtaining your license. After you’ve obtained an active Idaho real estate license, you must continue to take CE courses that equate into every year’s Idaho
Today, I did a video asking everyone if our real estate market is inflated. Boise’s median income varies from 49K to 55K depending on what source you get it from. In a “affordability distribution” report we received from Boise Regional Realtors at the beginning of this year, it indicated that if a family had a
