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Join our BOLD Day Challenge!

bold-day-challenge-card It's official! The BOLD Day Challenge launched on January 1st and we're off to a great start! What is the BOLD Day Challenge you ask? It is a One thank you note per day initiative to bring gratitude front and center. There are many professional and personal reasons to write thank you notes, and we are laying it down!

Gratitude Marketing is not new. News organizations as Huffington Post, Inc., Forbes, and Inman news regularly feature articles on the benefits of and how to write a personal note. W…

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Bold Moves Real Estate hosts Seller's Workshop!

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Bold Moves Real Estate is hosting a Seller's Workshop, Tuesday, January 13th at 6PM at Flour Girls Baking Co., located at 230 Huttleston Ave.,Fairhaven, MA.  This will be an informal, round table meeting with no obligation.  Everyone is invited to attend.

Are you contemplating selling your home?  This is a great opportunity to have all your questions answered.

The event will feature Dave Garro, a real estate agent at Bold Moves Real Estate.  He will be ready and willing to answer your real estate …

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Who is a Typical Realtor?

Scorecard bookWhat makes a Typical Realtor?  The National Association of Realtors  (NAR), just published a 2014 Member Profile Report.    The "Typical Realtor":  Has a Median Gross Income of $47,700

    Sales Volume:  %1.8 Million

Transactions: 12

What types of Transactions?Forty-six % of residential brokerage specialists had a transaction involving a foreclosure and 42% had a transaction involving  a short saleTwenty-two % of residential brokerage specialists had at least one commercial transaction si…

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Unique Ways to Market to Clients in December!

Agent RisingAccording to Inman in an article by Kat Bremhorst,  the holidays may be a crazy time, but people are still out there buying and selling homes.  Here are some ways to reach out to your past, present and future clients during the holiday season.

Hire a helper to leave your mark around the neighborhood.  Hire a local neighborhood  kid to shovel and salt driveways.  Have him leave a card with a holiday greeting with your name.

Reach out to your past clients with a pop-by gift.   Make it something us…

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Showing Gratitude Attracts Clients!

importance-of-gratitudeWant to impress clients and earn their business? Show gratitude! A recent study by the American Marketing Association shows that Gratitude Marketing is the missing ingredient that makes the difference in customers choosing to use a business or not. Until now, Gratitude Marketing, which is also called Appreciation Marketing assumed that it was a combination of customer-business trust and commitment that accounted for how much money was earned from client loyalty. Not so, new research found. There…

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Winter Real Estate!

Agent RisingWinter Real Estate! What  does it mean?  Is it slow or busy?  According to Trulia, winter is a great time to sell a home.  According to a 2013 study the likelihood of selling a D.C. home within six months in the winter is 67%, while it's only 57% in summer and 60% in spring.

Many homeowners read the articles which tell them winter is the worst time to put their house on the market and decide to wait.  This leads to less houses on the market, which is actually a good situation when they  are try…

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BOLD Moves Real Estate Delivers Turkeys!

BOLDIES delivering turkeys100 Turkeys are going to feed 2000 people who are being delivered Thanksgiving Dinner. Additional turkeys will be given to families to cook their own Thanksgiving meal.

This weekend BOLD Moves Real Estate as well as Agent Rising collected and helped deliver turkeys with the Acts 29 Project serving the Greater New Bedford Area. We were thrilled to help this year, and are looking forward to next year!

Jamie Casey is part of a Group called Acts 29 Project, with this call to action:  ”Please join us a…

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What Do Sellers Need to Hear Before They List?

Agent RisingAccording to a recent blog by Trulia, what should you be telling  your seller before they list their house?   Sellers may be thinking that inventory is low right now in the housing market, hence their home will sell quickly and easily at the price they'd like.  This may not necessarily be the case and can lead to disappointment.  Here are some tips to make it a "win win" for everyone.

Staging really helps sell a house.  It is always work the cost and effort to stage their house.  What if they are…

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Rainy Day Showings!

umbrellaRainy Day Showings!  It's a miserable day and the rain is coming down and the last thing you want to do is show a house, but showings in the rain do have some advantages.  If someone is willing to come out in the rain to look at a house, you know they are pretty serious  and very interested in the house.  They are able to see how the house operates in the rain.  Is the cellar wet?  Are the gutters clear? Does the roof leak?  Do you get drenched at the door?  This can be very helpful to a buyer.…

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Bold Moves Real Estate Tour!

Agent RisingBold Moves Real Estate Tour! Bold Moves Real Estate had an office tour yesterday encompassing 5 new properties our agents have just listed.  Once a month we embark on a tour of our new listings.  What better way to make us better agents, than viewing our in-house listings for our potential buyers.  This keeps all the agents fresh on Bold Move Listings so we are better able to help our clients.  It also gives the listing agent ideas for staging, price adjustments and better ways to showcase the h…

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