Posts Tagged ‘Screw’
1 Quick and Easy Way to Get HUNDREDS of Extra Man Hours Out of Your Staff.
You know, when you do a lot of volume in REO, you spend a lot of time looking at the big picture and you sometimes forget about the small improvements that could greatly impact the efficiency and morale of your team. Sit here for just a moment now and imagine that you are sitting in your office chair trying to get a little work done. As you stare at the words on your computer screen, words that look a lot like the ones you see on your screen now, black on a white background, you begin to feel yourself tuning in. The more you stare at these words and the the tasks they represent, the more you settle into your place and get so focused that you can almost feel your chest rise and fall with each breath you take. You are in your zone, to the point that you are feeling super energized and ready to accomplish the work of two or maybe even three people. Then all of a sudden...
Secrets of BIG REO Brokers
The REO business is really something that amazes me at times. I look around and I wonder "how does this guy (or girl) stay in business" ALL the time. I'm always visiting properties and seeing windows and doors unsecured, obvious vandalism occurring and not being noticed, unattended roof leaks...and on an on. It is very easy to see why Asset Managers get so upset with brokers who don't pay attention to their properties. It seems as if brokers just say "well my clients are out of state so they'll never know if I don't visit my properties every month"....BS!
3 Sure Fire Ways to Keep Your REO Listings and to Get More...
Sometimes we get so caught up in building and marketing our businesses that we just sort of "overlook" what's happening "in" our business. Now you all know what a huge proponent I am of working "on" your business rather than "in" it, and I truly don't see the practice of stopping to look around at your own business once in a while as anything different. I have always kind of liked the idea of having a friend periodically call your business as a buyer and seeing how the call is handled. The results may scare you.
Keeping Your REO Asset Managers Up to Date - A Quick Email Goes a Long Way
When you begin handling hundreds of properties at once you'll very quickly understand the value of controlling unnecessary phone calls and emails. Look, this business is just like any other. You can't leave your clients "hanging" and not expect to get nasty emails or urgent phone calls that totally screw up your frame of mind and disrupt your flow. If you are anything like me at all you know how bad a threatening email from an AM can set you off. When this happens in my business you BETTER hide your butt in a closet if you are the guy who caused it.
