Our last few blogs were dedicated to promoting the Atlanta sales market to agents throughout the United States.  Historically, we never promoted ourselves outside of Atlanta because the Wynd Realty business model isn’t allowed in most of America.   NAR rules.  With agents across the U.S. realizing the Atlanta market is open we decided to run … Code of Ethics; Really? Read More ..read more

Real estate has sales all wrong!  If you ask a Corporate VP of Sales or any professional services firm, they will tell you “Sales” is a two-step process.   There is a traditional “sales team” as well as an “implementation team”.   Each team is led by a manager with the appropriate personality traits for the role.  … Great to Have a Strong Bench Read More ..read more

Atlanta is an “open” market.  Any real estate agent, anywhere in the United States, can work in Georgia with virtually no up-front expense.  This is because Atlanta is a non-NAR market.  Our MLS is NOT owned by NAR and is a for-profit company.  In realty terms, Atlanta operates very differently than anywhere else in America. … Want a Sales Office in Atlanta, GA? Read More ..read more

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. What do Brokers do?  I really don’t know.  Despite our name, we have never considered ourselves a “realty” company.  We are a “service provider” extending brokerage services to real estate agents.  What’s the difference?  Well, lots of … Are Real Estate Franchises Dead? Read More ..read more

For the last several years home buyers and sellers have had their rights as Americans continuously questioned and held under attack.  Powerful third-party “Appraiser Cabals” are slowly taking over the home buying process. Their increasing deployment appears to be nothing more than a sham dedicated to stripping Americans of their homes and of whatever “profits” … Appraisers Are Killing Our Freedom Read More ..read more

Everyone has a first time.  Fumbling around in the dark, not really knowing what you’re doing.  Hoping, praying it’s not noticeable this is your first time!  At some point a successful part-time buyer’s agent will be asked to List a home.  Ah, the horrors of success.  What’s an agent going to say; no?  For part-time … Now What? Read More ..read more

Dollar for dollar, there is no better investment in terms of cost over potential than a real estate license.   Everyone should have a real estate license.  They should teach it in High School and let every graduate take the test.  To “old schoolers” this would amount to hearsay and a “cheapening” of the trade.  Yeah, … Real Estate as a Consumer Sport Read More ..read more

A new agent recently asked if we distributed “leads” and if any our agents were designated “showing” agents?  Clearly life would be so much easier if we simply sent checks.  Sign up to be a realtor, put a sign in the yard, and start collecting checks.  Sadly, I wonder if people think this is the … Managing Expectations Read More ..read more

It had been years since we engaged with an E&O company, so we wondered if maybe something within that industry had changed?  Spoiler alert: it hasn’t.    I have never understood the concept of E&O insurance for real estate agents.  This is because I either know nothing about the E&O marketplace OR, I know the … E&O Insurance: Take as Needed Read More ..read more

One sure way to have property values take off like a rocket is to have famous Politicians living in the neighborhood.    Think Hyannis Port, San Clemente, Mount Vernon.  Even Plains Georgia.  Politicians have certainly had positive effects on the value of real estate all around them.  But has that trend ever gone the other way?  … Cobb County’s Space Laser Problem Read More ..read more