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For the Holidays 2009
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Our office will be closed from Thursday, December 24
through Sunday December 27, 2009.
Happy Thanksgiving 2009
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First, just for your information, we will be closed Thursday and Friday, 11-26 and 27. But, feel free to call or email. We’ll be checking both over the holiday.
Here are some things I’m thankful for this year:
- Our Clients – thanks to all of you!
- Living in the United States – it’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better than anywhere else I know of.
- Our Military – those men and women, and their families, who give their all to keep us safe.
- My family – they are my strength.
- My friends – they give me peace.
- Good health – when I think of all the people who are suffering and in pain, I’m so very thankful for the good health I enjoy.
- And, the list goes on. . .
I hope all of you take a few minutes at this time of year to think about how truly blessed you are. Even in times of trouble, the blessings we enjoy outweigh those of so many people around the world.
Green Real Estate: Niche or Necessity?
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Have you written your post yet?
If You’re not Taking Climate Change Personally,
You Should Be!!
As a real estate professional, you are in a unique position to really make a difference. Naturally, we all need to do what we can to reduce our “carbon footprint”. But, as a real estate agent or broker, you can affect more than your own contribution to climate change. You can affect a community!
You Need to be Prepared – The Climate Change Issue Isn’t Going Away
- Do you really understand what it means to go green? Are you staying up to date with green real estate issues?
- Studies conducted by McGraw Hill show that 2/3 of consumers are paying attention to “buying green”. Do you know how that will affect you and your clients?
- How long do you think it will be before MLS organizations routinely add data fields to their databases to track green issues related to your listings? How will that affect your buyers and sellers?
- If a buyer or listing client asks you how to improve a home’s “green rating”, how well prepared are you to give them informed answers?
- What if H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, passes with a provision that would create a system of energy labels for homes and buildings across the country? Are you ready to help a seller raise their rating or a buyer determine the cost for making adjustments themselves?
- Do you know the professionals in your area who are well-versed in building or retrofitting homes to be more green?
Why Go Green?
You don’t need a primer on the dangers of climate change. The devastation to the planet is well known. And, it’s happening now. Heads of state are meeting in Copenhagen this year to work toward setting internationally binding targets to limit carbon emission. When that type of an agreement is finalized, the push for green real estate will escalate even further.
I don’t think getting a Green Designation is useful just to serve a niche market.
I think it’s a necessity for professionals in the industry now - and in the future!
What do you think?
Post-Memorial Day Celebration
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Make Memorial Day last a bit longer. Take a look at the post on ActiveRain from Nicholas Bush from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Leave a comment and let Nicholas know we’re thinking of him even when it’s not Memorial Day!
It’s Our 5-Year Anniversary!
· CommentsWelcome to the new look of the BRER Blog!
While this blog was established in 2006, Build Real Estate Results with Getting It Write, Inc. has been in business since 2004. So, to celebrate our fifth anniversary, we’ve got a new look - new colors, an updated logo and an updated blog design. We’ll be updating our other two sites over the next few weeks.
I’ve discovered that after upgrading to WordPress 2.7, the images in the posts aren’t aligned properly. So, please bear with us. I’m not going back over the past three years’ worth of posts to get the images aligned properly!
Hope you like the new look!
