The real estate profession is NOTHING like HGTV or the Property Brothers. Its a sales profession. It’s the hardest thing you will do next to committed relationships and raising children.
Listen With Your Eyes
Hi, Everybody, Cheryl Knowlton, coming at you with this week’s book of the week. This week’s favorite book is called Attention Pays by Need James. I adore her and I absolutely love her book. Listen to me One of the things that I love the most about her book was a story she shares about her nephew. She was trying …
Did you know you can use your smart phone to find you?
We often use our computers to help find our phones, but did you know that by activating a simple app on your phone, your loved ones can find you in an emergency.
Parking Lot Awareness
Hi, everybody, Cheryl Knowlton, coming at you with another safety tip for today. Today I’m going to get very honest with you about something I had to learn as a new safety habit as a real estate professional. That is parking lot awareness. I cannot tell you how many times I have driven either to my model home or to …
Real Estate Safety Matters: Texting and Driving
The National Association of Realtors published some statistics in the Real Estate Safety Matters course manual that the average person on, while texting, has their eyes off the road for a whopping 5 seconds. Before you think that is a long time…
Real Estate Safety Matters
Hi, Everybody, my name is Cheryl Knowlton. It was my honor and privilege to be invited by the National Association of Realtors in September of 2018 to be their Safety presenter for their webinar. This went out to all 1.3 million members of the National Association of Realtors in over 80 countries. The subject of that webinar was on habits …
Realtor Code of Ethics Preamble
Hi, everybody, Cheryl Knowlton coming at you today with the Realtor Code of Ethics Preamble. I am so proud to be a real estate professional and hope that you are too, especially when we realize what it is we’re actually doing. Preamble Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and widely allocated ownership depend the survival and growth …
LIsting Appointment Safety
1- Google the seller: find out what you can to verify who they are. 2- Ask the Seller how they found you. 3- Take someone with you–another agent or collegue..someone. 4- Always allow seller to go first and never go into a basement.
Habits
Hi, everybody, Cheryl Knowlton coming at you with a very, very important piece today. It’s about habit. I love this poem and would love to share it with you. I can’t take credit for it. The Habit Poem I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down …
SMARTY Goals
Hi, everybody, Cheryl Knowlton coming at you with this week’s book report. This week’s book of the week is this wonderful little book called Make It Happen: The Eleven Practices of Peak Performers by my friend and colleague Michelle McCullough. Specifically, I want to talk to you about the SMARTY goals, because I love this so much. In 1981, a …