Team Meeting Agenda Notes | BHGREGG Icon Agents | The Woodlands and Magnolia | May 28th 2013

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!1.  Welcome!Texas!American!Title!Company!2.  Pocket!Lis:ng!and!Buyer!Needs!3.  ListAToALast!Make!Our!Own!Market!Lis:ng!campaign!update.!4.  How!to!take!advantage!of!your!FREE!Just!Lis:ng!and!Sold!Post!Cards!5.  Orange!Coming!Soon!Sign!Rider!reminders.!6.  How!to!share!your!Haves,!Wants!and!Pocket!Lis:ngs!with!other!GG!offices!on!Back!

Agent.!7.  How!To!and!How!Now!To!sell!your!Own!Lis:ngs.!8.  !Promising,!profitable!and!legi:mate!Lease!With!Purchase!Op:on!contracts.!9.  Two!GG!exclusive!and!limited!sea:ng!workshops!that!focus!on!The!Best!of!

MYBHGGreenHouse.!!June!11th!@!The!Woodlands!Homefinding!Center.!!Register!on!BA.!10.  Discuss!Modern!Day!Seller’s!Market!Marke:ng!Presenta:on.!11.  Market!Reports!–!Will!the!price!of!real!estate!rise!UP,!UP,!UP?!

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As per managers’ meeting, we followed up on whether or not your agents are receiving opportunities to mail “Just Listed” properties, which is sent to them via xpressdocs.com once the new listing hits the Greenhouse. The program is active however, we found an area where notifications were being blocked from coming through to e-mail and we have fixed it.Please ask your agents to mark in their spam filter to never block [email protected].

As a result, agents may soon be receiving some rather old opportunities to send a “Just Listed” card to a radius around their listing via APM as the filter allows these old e-mails through.

The upside is it is fixed on our end and – when they take a new listing, the APM will notify them, if their e-mail client accepts them.

Thanks - Toni Director, Strategic InitiativesBetter Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene10575 Katy Frwy., Suite 100Houston, Texas 77024Office: 713-465-6644Cell: 713-826-1187

Remember to include your own Name Rider with your Cell Phone

when using the Coming Soon rider.

Also, please call Jessie and have her note your Pocket Listing in our Coming Soon Rider Log. This way when the curious call

we’ll know which property they are calling on.

Now you can Post/Share your HAVES and Wants with

nearby market centers Champions/1960, West Lake

Houston and Conroe. Here’s how:

We are now able to offer all team members the opportunity to show many of your lease clients a much larger range of properties through our relationship with Hyperion Homes.

Their Lease with Purchase Right program is outlined in the attachment. Basically, those renters who would love to own their home but can not based on some glitch in credit or not having enough saved up for a down payment may apply on line and when approved for the program, they can look at homes for sale instead of just homes for lease. When they find a property, you write an offer for Hyperion to buy the house for cash. You are paid the commission as buyer’s agent for Hyperion and they will write the lease for your tenant to occupy the house. The resident will have a fully disclosed agreement to purchase the house at any time and for the cost as shown on the attached.

So many families have been caught in the ‘crunch’ of the last few years and I think this program benefits these people and benefits our agents with a better pay check than a rental provides. I am hoping agents who have already seen the program will contact some of their potential tenants right away and get them to go on line and apply. The application cost is $50.00 and if they do not qualify, the app fee will be returned to them.

We will have a presentation with questions and answers at The Woodlands Home Finding Center, June 4th @ 11am. Seating is limited to 35 so register on BackAgent to reserve your spot. It is such a simple concept and simple program, the meeting would need to be no longer than 30 minutes unless some agents stay for specific questions. There is no referral fee on these transactions and agents will be paid at their split. I am sure you can think of past and present prospects who would benefit from this.

I’m anxious to see how this goes as I like the idea of an investor with an eye to putting the probable buyer in a home which is one way for us to preserve our neighborhoods in this high investor buyer market.

My thanks to all of you as alway. Marilyn Eiland

Hyperion Lease with Purchase Right Option

Free Money Making Tools in the BHG Greenhouse

Live BHG Presenters! Straight from New Jersey to The Woodlands June 11th. Who is invited: Awesome BHGRE Gary Greene Agents in The Woodlands, Magnolia, Lake Conroe and Lake Houston

Where: The Woodlands Homefinding CenterWhen: June 11th Session 1 1:30 – 3:00 Session 2 3:30 – 5:00 What: A jumpstart into the money making features of the Greenhouse including:

a. Intro to the plethora of exciting free digital and print marketing pieces in the new Digital Marketing Center.

b. Setting up your contacts, leads, past clients and friends on pre-built customizable campaigns.Something for everyone; from wine tasting, to home maintenance and real estate tips. Free!

c. Creating free marketing pieces for your listings that auto-populate with your MLS photos – including Single Property Websites.

d. Overview of the robust Contact Relationship Module (CRM). No need to buy Top Producer! Integrates with Lead Router.It is all right here at no cost to you….AND mobile enabled!

e. A quick peek of the online resources at your fingertips should you need help along the way.

f. And finally, tips on organizing your dashboard to get to what you need quickly!

Seats are limited so you must register to reserve your spot on

BackAgent. Thank you.

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2. Provide you with ideas and recommendations that will enhance the presentation of your home to the

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your home. 6. At your request, I will obtain information and a sample quote on insurance for your home in order to

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What would you imagine the market will look like beginning January 2014 whenmany of new multi-story office towers are ready for their inbound corporateemployee transferees. What about when the Grand Parkway is complete.

What does this mean to you?

If you’re thinking of making a move, you better get a move on. The cost ofeverything is going up. Although you’ll pay higher prices today compared to lastyear at this time, or even three months ago, you’ll be patting yourself on your backwhen you see how impressively steady real estate prices rise.

If you don’t have to sell, sit tight and watch your equity blossom. If you want tosell don’t short change yourself – Read This.

The supply of For Sale homes will be perpetually wafer thin.

Last year at this time there were 668 properties (in all price ranges) For Sale in TheWoodlands. Due to organic demand and record breaking sales activity there arecurrently only 414 properties (in all price ranges) For Sale in The Woodlands. Moreeye opening, today there are only 33 properties For Sale in The Woodlands under$200,000.

Buyers: This means that you’re going to have to be super aggressive in finding asuitable property and fighting your way to a acceptable contract. Of the 947 closedsales Year-To-Date one-in-four sold within five days, many with multiple offers andover list price. Like I said, move fast and flexible.

When fresh inventory hits the market you’ll want to know about it pronto. To keepfrom losing out, have your trusted real estate agent set you up with an email auto-notification based on your unique and specific requirements. With our new FusionMLS system when a listing agent enters their shiny new listing data, property photosand information into the MLS system and hits the This-New-Listing-Is-Officially-On-The-Market button, within a few heart beats you will receive an instant emailalert. It doesn’t matter if the new listing goes live at high noon, midnight oranytime in-between you’ll know about cool, hot new listings that meet yourpersonal criteria before the uninformed and slow-moving tortoise like masses. Now

that you know before your bidding against you home buying competitors everyoneelse, move swiftly. Stories about hot new listings hitting the market and attractingmultiple showings and offers on the first or second day are not exaggerated. Movefast and you’ll be moving in. Congratulations! Let me know if you need an NewListing Alert setup – Ken Brand 832-797-1779.

We’re seeing more and more off the MLS radar inventory sold via jungle drums,whisper campaigns and real estate agent grape vines. Savvy listing agents prepping anew listing for market and always-on selling agents are exchanging phone calls, textsand emails about upcoming inventory. Many properties sell privately before theyhit the MLS mass market. Ask your trusted real estate agent to send emails toknown top listing agents, put a ear to the ground, make some phone calls and see ifthey can learn about fresh soon-to-be-on-the-market listings before everyone else. Let me know if you want to know about Pocket Listings – Ken Brand 832-797-1779.

Once you find a property keep this in mind:

Anticipate competing offers and consider adjusting sweetening (without souringyour satisfaction) your offer accordingly. Values are risings, don’t wring your handsover a few thousand dollars. Today’s insanely low mortgage rates make affordabilitya once in a life time gift. For every thousand dollars you borrow on a thirtyyear mortgage your monthly payment will rise a measly five bucks or so. Thatmeans if you and the seller are ten thousand dollars apart from an agreed up price,you’re really not talking about ten thousand dollars, because you’re financing yourpurchase you’re really talking about fifty bucks more a month. Come on now. What’s the big deal. If it’s the property for you and yours, make your move. Remember, odds are, if it’s an attractive enough property for you to be interested,no doubt other qualified buyers will be attracted too. Those other people areyour competition! Don’t let them drink your milkshake. You will begin to buildequity by owning now, not looking and waiting for deals and steals – they don’texist.

Don’t be embarrassed, too prideful or penny wise and pound foolish to offer full orover list price . In this market offers submitted at or slightly above list price arenecessary to win. These committed buyers usually walk away with prize. When youfind what you like, it’s fine to end the home search tour and put in an immediateoffer. If you like it love it, buy own it. Plus, keep in the mind the mortgage companywill complete a property value appraisal. If the property doesn’t appraise for thecontract price you can always bail or renegotiate.

Consider Your Terms Of Purchase: To hone an edge and stand out in thesellers eyes consider sweetening the terms of your offer.

Larger down-payment.Bigger earnest money deposit.Short trigger point deadlines and exit clauses for things like the Option Periodand days for financing approval.Provide the seller with written mortgage pre-approval from your lender.Flexible closing date.Possible seller lease back.A personal letter to the seller sharing a little bit about yourself and yoursituation sometimes helps the seller choose one bidding buyers offer over theother.

What To Expect On Inspections and Repairs: After your contract is executedyou’ll have an opportunity to have the property inspected. Because you’re notbuying a brand new home it’s common to turn up a long or short list of items thataren’t perfect. Understand accept that in a seller’s market a seller is less inclined topay for the repair of cosmetic items. Have your agent get a bid on the inspectionitems you’d like to have completed. If the seller won’t pay for them don’t get angryor take your eyes off your prize, your real estate agent will have the names andnumbers of reputable repair and home improvement people who can get the jobdone for you fast and affordably. Or if you’re a DIY kinda person, go for it. Don’tlose out because the seller won’t make the property perfect or spend a few hundreddollars in cosmetic type repairs. If you like it, buy it own it.

The bottom line for buyers.

Use these tips and you’ll successfully navigate today’s new strong-like-bull seller’smarket realities with a smile and success. Good luck, speed and grace

A few more facts about The Woodlands Closed Sales |

January 1st to May 27th, 2013

Closed Sales = 947 [Up 16.4%]

Average Sold Price: $389,784 [Up $22,369 | 6%]

Median Sold Price: $293,000 [Up $11,400 | 4.1%]

Average Price Per Square Foot: 2,992 Square Feet @ $134.94 Per Square Foot [2012 = 3,060 @ $120.50 Per Square Foot]

Average Days On Market: 45 Days [2012 = 70 Days On Market]

Average Sold Price To List Price % = 98% [2012 = 96%]

Closed Sales – The Woodlands / 1.1.13 to 5.27.13

Closed Sales – The Woodlands / 1.1.12 to 5.27.12

Thanks for reading. If I can be helpful – Ken Brand 832-797-1779.

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Team Meeting Agenda Notes | BHGREGG Icon Agents | The Woodlands and Magnolia | May 28th 2013

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