Category Archives: real estate news

The $2,000 Happy Hour Story

BY Ryan ON 05/20/2013

I spend all day every day telling people to work their sphere of influence on social media. You only get one chance to make a powerful first impression as well as a lasting online relationship. I’ll [..]

On-Page SEO 101 by Andy Fulton of Real Estate.com

BY Ryan ON 05/3/2013

On-Page SEO 101 Search engine optimization (“SEO”) can be a scary term for those who don’t know what it is. Images of lines upon lines of code or Internet wizardry may spring into the minds of the [..]

How To Get Over 200 Facebook Comments Fast

BY Ryan ON 04/20/2013

One of the hardest things for human beings to do is to be authentic. It’s been my experience if you point the finger, you are generally hiding something. I’ve never been one to point fingers [..]

The Reason Real Estate Agents Are Not Sending You Their Loans

BY Ryan ON 04/15/2013

Have you ever taken a moment to count all of the different vendors trying to get in with Agents? Let me tell you, no matter what you sell to Realtors, you are not alone. Real Estate Agents are one of the [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: The Reasons Salespeople Need an Angle

BY Ryan ON 04/12/2013

Everybody in sales has heard the word “angle” used as a synonym of leverage. In many cases an angle can mean leverage but there is a history and a reason the word angle has been tossed around [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: Video Marketing that Sells Real Estate with Colleen Frost

BY Ryan ON 02/27/2013

You know when you meet that one person that you just clique with instantly? For me, that person is the lovely and energetic Colleen Frost. The first time I met her we talked about a facebook strategy. [..]

The 5 Biggest Struggles Facing a Loan Officer Job in 2013

BY Ryan ON 02/25/2013

Recently I sent out a survey to 100 producing LOs and asked them what the #1 struggle with their loan officer job is right now. Out of 100 responses I quickly saw a pattern. There are always a few “weird” [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: Stephan Piscano CEO of Listedby.com

BY Ryan ON 02/20/2013

About 4 months ago, through a mutual connection on linkedin, I was introduced to Stephan Piscano the CEO of the killer new website (to use a general term) www.ListedBy.com. Stephan built ListedBy from [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: POWER Sold Academy with Anthony Russo

BY Ryan ON 01/16/2013

I started this radio show over 2 years ago to be able to give back to our community. I started this show to help fix with “info needs” and problems that we face as entrepreneurs. Because of [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: Adapt or Die with Robert J Russell

BY Ryan ON 11/28/2012

This week on the show I was fortunate enough to have Robert J Russell as my guest. A few years ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Robert J Russell Radio Show. Matter of fact, it was my very [..]

ListedBy is an Awesome New Website for Real Estate Buyers and Sellers

BY Ryan ON 11/19/2012

Anytime a new technology comes out, a few hardworking people who rise to the challenge, can find gold in it. I believe ListedBy.com is gold. It’s a new spin on real estate combined with social media. ListedBy.com [..]

Hardcore Closer’s Review of the Revestor Website from Shark Tank

BY Ryan ON 11/11/2012 - Add Comment

Friday night my wife and I were watching MY favorite TV show Shark Tank. There was this guy on there pitching this “Revestor” website. To me, the product seemed cool and could totally serve [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: The Biggest Niche in Real Estate with NO Competition with Amin Rad

BY Ryan ON 11/7/2012 - Add Comment

This week as I continue in my battle to remember to say “Rock Star Closer Radio” as opposed to “Sales Finesse”. It’s a struggle, I should find a 12 step program for it. Oh [..]

The Rent is TOO DAMN High [Ryan's Rants]

BY Ryan ON 10/19/2012

I just paid $6.49 at lunch today for beans and rice with a tortilla. WTF is going on with prices across the board? Our chip bags are filled with air, our cuts of meat are getting smaller and the COST OF [..]

iPhone and Android Apps That Make a Realtors Job Easier

BY Ryan ON 09/10/2012

It’s about to be the time of the year when the sun goes down at 6pm and it gets dark quickly. As a realtor, you do most of your showings and listing appointments after your clients get off work. [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: FUEL for Your Fire with Maria Mull

BY Ryan ON 09/5/2012

This week my friend Maria Mull shares some of her real estate wisdom with us. I met Maria at the Inman Connect conference in San Francisco a couple of months ago. Maria is THE recruiter with Atlantic [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: Virtually Touring with Michelle Sharpe of Obeo

BY Ryan ON 08/29/2012

This week I had the privilege of having Michelle Sharpe, the VP of OBEO Canada, on the show. Michelle shares the story of OBEO and how they are changing the way virtual real estate is done. The products [..]

Rock Star Closer Radio: Live From Inman Connect with Wendy Forsythe

BY Ryan ON 08/1/2012

Today I had no battle plan what so ever. The only plan I did have, was that I was going to do this show on the fly. I figured that I would just find random people to put on the spot, on the show. Well, [..]