The Lynchburg Association of Realtors monthly meeting was well attended today as Mr. LeRoy Houser, a CRS Senior Instructor, presented "Real Estate 10.0" a course he wrote and developed. I've taken several of Mr. Housers' courses before and he's one of the most informative and interesting speakers I've heard. In this course he presented statistics that every Realtor (R) should know regarding the current buyer's market. Especially interesting were "The 2008 National Association of Realtors (R) Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers" that can be found on realtor.org.
In 2008, 91% of home buyers under the age of 44 searched the internet for their new home. One of the most important areas LeRoy addressed was social media networking and that you must have a blog! A show of hands revealed very few agents in a room of 200 were actually networking online. He talked about Activerain, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn as networks Realtors (R) must be a part of to find buyers and sellers in todays market. Some of the other topics he addressed were:
- 15 Ideas for Every Realtor
- Using Your Database to Make More Money
- Pricing Strategies for a Buyer's Market
- The Components of an Awesome Presentation
- How to Make Money in a Buyer's Market
- How to SELL Unsold Inventory
Mr. Houser listed Activerain as one of the websites Realtors should be using. He also put Activerain as one of his FOUR COOL PLACES TO VISIT.
I will receive 6 hours of CE for attending today's class, but more importantly, I left feeling energized and ready to apply many of the ideas Mr. Houser spoke about. If you ever have the opportunity to take one of his classes please do. LeRoy Houser lives in Chesterfield, Virginia and can be reached at:
LeRoy Houser, LeRoy Houser Seminars, Inc
4600 Ecoff, Ave Ste 101 Chester, VA 23831
(804) 796-1119
LeRoy Houser@comcast.net
RE/MAX 1st Olympic Realtors
(434) 546-0369 C
(434) 832-0941 F
(434) 832-1100 O
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