Sean Murphy, http://www.Rofo.com – San Francisco Office Space

Absolutley use my post with your company. I like the fact that as a consumer I actually have a forum to express areas for improvement based upon personal experiences and some good could actually come of it.

Let me know how it goes.

Phenomenal idea, and I wish I had posted on this topic! As a team, we practice this with our past clients and have had great response. Granted, Michigan has been in the middle of a buyer's market for nearly 4 years, so we've gotten a little extra practice before the rest of the country….
We also add value to our services by being "creatively aggressive" in our marketing and drive to have a conversation about purchasing. I recently did a post on Reverse Offers and how sellers and buyers appreciate the flexibility and unconventional approach.

George

Overall, the thing of it is, real estate has become a web based business.

Today's old guard are no different than their ancestors who in the 20's and 30's probably opted out of using cars or phones because the phone illiterate or auto challenged.

Nevertheless, the industry moves and progresses because it has too, led by consumers who require it. I'm sure there became a point where real estate buyers simply refused to view open homes riding in the back of their agents stagecoach and as a result, cars became mode of transportation choice for agents.

As the web and its vast array of great tool will be one day.

This is actually be a 'fully' decent idea (vbg). I get irritated with myself when I should ALREADY be doing these things.

JASON…without using your name I'm going to read your comments to about 800 in my company later this month, unless you object. We have far too many old guards in our biz that don't understand how important these things are. Thanks!

Great ideas. As we've talked about in the past, it's time that we all started thinking about what "value" we actually bring to our clients before, during and after the transaction. Below is a testimonial from one of the agents that I coach that decided to "add some value" to her after-close transactions in this turbulent market.

“I sent out 12 market updates to clients today- thanks for the recommendation! I am going to do that with all of my clients and friends over the next week, and follow up quarterly with the same report. Whoever did those neighborhood synopses did a great job! I'm going to stay on this track of being in (personal) touch with old clients, I've been neglectful in the past. I thought that e-blasts, newsletters and occasional mailings were enough, but they're not. Thanks for all the recommendations for personalization. I have scheduled 4 coffee meetings and feel great answering their questions and helping them in this crazy time!"

To quote Stan Lee… 'nuff said.