Empowering Real Estate Professionals

Getting the Buyer “Exclusivity” Contract signed

Wednesday May 16^th 2012

11-12pm (PST) 2-3pm (EST)

 FREE

 Hosted by: Chris Alston and Bob Stewart

Click this link to sign up à http://bit.ly/JPSg9n

Have you been working with a buyer for weeks or longer, and have them end up using another agent to buy a home?  Or are you showing property to buyers that still have not decided to work with you?  Would you ever list a house without a listing contract that ties you into an actual contract?

This weeks ActiveRain University Webinar will talk about just that!  Ways to get the buyer exclusivity contract signed with your buyers.  It is also known as a “Buyer-Broker” agreement in some parts of the country.

Did you know that most top agents from across the country use them?  And would never work with a buyer without one?  And most are afraid to use them, thinking they would scare away their buyers.

Join us for another action packed, hour of learning!  Bob Stewart and I look forward to having you join in another free session from ActiveRain University.

See you in the Rain!

-Chris  (are you following me on twitter? @chris_alston 

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston 

All times are PST

• 5/16/1211-12pm            Getting the Buyer Exclusivity Contract Signed http://bit.ly/JPSg9n
• 5/30/1211-12pm            How to Grow Your Real Estate Business From People You Know.
• 6/6/12   11-12pm            Open Houses: Grow Your Business With Successful Open Houses.
• 6/13/1211-12pm            Awesome Listing Presentation.  Shine, and Get That Listing!   

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking  

  All times are PST

• 5/16/125:30-6:30pm      Farming. Ways to Grow Your Real Estate Business http://bit.ly/J98hWq
• 5/30/125:30-6:30pm      Listing Pres: Shine, and Get That Listing!    http://bit.ly/HJtHvb

Low and No Cost Ways to Market Your Business

Wednesday May 9^th, 2012

11am – 12pm (PST) FREE  2-3pm (EST)

Click this link to sign up à http://bit.ly/JZ1xRF

Hosted by: Chris Alston and Bob Stewart

Have you been thinking about marketing your real estate business, but are afraid to break the bank trying to do it?  Or maybe you are realizing that you are spending way too much and are not sure what you could do that would not be as much every month?

Well, this weeks ActiveRain University webinar will be all about marketing!  We will talk about ways to market that does cost money, and then show ways to do it for free.  We will end the hour with ideas on how to add to your free marketing by paying to get more for your buck.

Join me, and Bob Stewart with ActiveRain for another action packed hour!

See you in the Rain!

-Chris

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston 

All times are PST!

• 5/16/1211-12pm            Getting the Buyer Exclusivity Contract Signed
• 5/30/1211-12pm            How to Grow Your Real Estate Business From People You Know.
• 6/6/12   11-12pm            Open Houses: You Can Grow Your Real Estate Business With Successful Open Houses.
• 6/13/1211-12pm            Doing An Awesome Listing Presentation: Ideas to Help You Shine, and Get That Listing! 

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

All times are PST!

• 5/9/12   1-2pm      How to Grow Your Biz From People You Know. http://bit.ly/HRW9wi
• 5/16/125:30-6:30pm   Farming Ways to Grow YBusiness http://bit.ly/J98hWq
• 5/30/125:30-6:30pm      Doing An Awesome Listing Presentation:  http://bit.ly/HJtHvb

So have you been thinking about twitter?

Tech Talk about Twitter is a webinar to help you better understand twitter, and ways to get started with the social media site.  Come with your questions, thoughts and ideas as we will do our best to help you get off and running on the right foot!

Tech Talk about Twitter will be hosted with Chris Alston (That’s me!) and our very own Bob Stewart!

Have you ever had any one of these questions?

·       What is it?

·       How to use it?

·       Why should you use it?

·       Can you actually use it in your real estate career

·       How to sign up for it?

·       What it means to tweet?

·       What is means to use a hash tag, or using a “handle”

Well, this is the class for you! Sign up today.

• When?                   Wednesday April 11^th
• Time?                   11-12pm PST (2-3pm EST)
• Where?                  http://bit.ly/HiVF1P <-- Click this link to sign up now!
• Who?                    ActiveRain, Chris Alston, and Bob Stewart
• Sign up?                click the link above, sign up and log in Wednesday!

We look forward to having you on the call next week!

Do you follow me on twitter? @chris_alston

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston 

·       4/11/12  1-2pm                  Low cost ways to market your biz                 http://bit.ly/y1lhOx

·       4/25/11  1-2pm                  Gett the Buyer Excluse Contract                   http://bit.ly/zbUME2     

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University 

·       4/11/12    11-12pm             Tech Talk about Twitter                              http://bit.ly/HiVF1P

·       4/25/12    11-12pm             Low and no cost ways to market your biz        http://bit.ly/HIlASa

Helping Buyers, When Purchasing Distressed Properties (REO’s and Short Sales)

New webinar on Wednesday April 4^th, 2012.  10-11am PST.  (1-2PM EST)

FREE – ActiveRain University Presents

Instructor : Chris Alston / Host: Bob Stewart  

Join me for another training session with ActiveRain University and Chris Alston Training-Cunsulting-Speaking.  This week’s topic is on helping buyers understand the process when wanting to buy distressed properties.  This includes REO’s, Short Sales, HUD homes, FDIC homes and homes in disrepair.  What to expect, how to persue it, how to write offers, what banks and sellers are expecting and what mind set do you need to have to excel at this type of business.

This one hour webinar will share with you the options you have as an agent considering chasing REO listings, working towards Short Sale listings or diving into the buy side first.

• When:                    April 4^th, 2012
• Time:                     10-11am PST (1-2pm EST)
• Where:                   http://bit.ly/zrqbkV
• Cost:                      FREE
• Sign up?                 Just click the link below.  Call or email we if you have any questions. :)

I look forward to having you on the webinar this week!

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston

• 4/4/12     10-11am          Helping Buyers Buy Distressed Properties   http://bit.ly/zrqbkV
• 4/11/12   10-11am          Tech Talk about Twitter
• 4/25/12   10-11am          Low and no cost ways to market your biz    

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

• 4/4/12   5:30-6:30pm   Tech Talk about Twitter                               http://bit.ly/FOiYM0        
• 4/11/12 1-2pm              Low and no cost ways to market your biz      http://bit.ly/y1lhOx
• 4/25/11 1-2pm              Getting the Buyer Exclusivity Contract sgnd  http://bit.ly/zbUME2       

****All Times are PST (Pacific Standard Times)

 Do you follow me on twitter? @chris_alston

12 things you can do to dominate on facebook!  FREE WEBINAR!

Using facebook for many of us is a daily thing.  Some are causal users where some of us are addicted to it, and check in as soon as we wake up and some before we fall asleep.

We use it… But some of us forget that it is a powerful tool that can be used in our real estate business. 

Our success in real estate will be in direct proportion to the amount of people who when they think of real estate (buying or selling) they think of us.  So what better way to increase mindshare in your sphere of influence than facebook?

Wednesday March 28^th, ActiveRain University will be doing just that!  Helping you learn 12 ways to get better at using facebook in growing your real estate business.

When?            Wednesday March 28^th, 2012

Time?              10-11am PST (1-2pm EST)

Where?           http://bit.ly/zZdtDY

Cost?               FREE!

Sign up?         Just click the link above, and sign up.

Never used a webinar?

Well, just sign up for it.  Then on Wednesday just click the link that the sign up gives you, click “ok” or “allow” for the go-to-webinar box to open, and that’s it!  In a few minutes I will come on with Bob Stewart for a LIVE class.  On your computer will be the actual powerpoint that I will be using so you can follow along.  It’s easy, and you will be a pro after the first time!

ActiveRain University presents another awesome webinar on Wednesday March 21^st 2012 from 10-11am PST (1-2PM EST). 

The topic this week is on STAGING! 

This information packed webinar will help you in your listing presentations, and position yourself to stand out above the crowd! 

Staging is not just about hiring someone to help make the house presentable; it is about getting it to tip-top shape and keeping it that way.  It’s about helping buyers visualize themselves in their new home.  We will explore the options of staging yourself, having someone on your team to it, and what it’s like when you hire a professional.  We will go over the pro’s and cons of staging, how it can increase your reputation and to help you self discover if and when it is best for you and your business.

Come join us for another awesome event with me (Chris Alston) and Bob Stewart!

-Chris Alston

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Do you follow me on www.twitter.com/chris_alston ?

Are we friends on www.facebook.com/chrisalston ?

Do you follow my training site at www.facebook.com/realestatetrainer ? 

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston

• 3/21/12   10-11am          The Value of Staging                                http://bit.ly/xokRje
• 3/28/12   10-11am          Dominate Real Estate with Facebook          http://bit.ly/zZdtDY
• 4/4/12     10-11am          Helping Buyers Buy Distressed Properties   http://bit.ly/zrqbkV
• 4/11/12   10-11am          Tech Talk about Twitter
• 4/25/12   10-11am          Low and no cost ways to market your biz    

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

• 3/14/122:30-3:30pm      Seller Staging Strategies                           http://bit.ly/x32uLu
• 3/21/125:30-6:30pm      Dominate Facebook as a Real Estate Agenthttp://bit.ly/xpv3AO
• 3/28/121-2pm               Working with Buyers of Distressed homes    http://bit.ly/xqIZZG
• 4/4/12   5:30-6:30pm      Tech Talk about Twitter                            http://bit.ly/FOiYM0        
• 4/11/121-2pm               Low and no cost ways to market your biz    http://bit.ly/y1lhOx
• 4/25/111-2pm               Getting the Buyer Exclusivity Contract sgnd  http://bit.ly/zbUME2       

****All Times are PST (Pacific Standard Times)

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Driving to work today, I just couldn't get this darn song out of my head.  I have a pretty short commute every day, less than 4 miles, and only a few stoplights.  So I usually forget to turn on the darn radio, and usually just listen to all the voices in my head as I drive to work and sometimes have conversations with them.  Ok, I'm kidding about the voices, but not kidding about this song that was stuck in my head.

I knew EVERY word to it, as I imagined myself singing to a sold out crowd at some distant arena with lights and smoke and speakers and the crowd...  As I perform this make believe concert not only do I know the words, but I know the notes to the song.  The rhythms, the guitar licks, the percussion, the tempo.  I even know the facial expressions I need to make to ensure the song is even more awesome.  I can sing every verse, every line, every grunt, every woot!

As I drive in the rain on my short commute, I sometimes look around at the other people driving with me.  Just a few feet from my window, yet miles away like they don't exist.  There is a door that shut and a window separating us which means we are not allowed to acknowledge each other or something.  I see some drinking coffee (like me), some using their phones which is not allowed in California, some picking their noses and there is me...  Singing this song, at a make believe concert with the crowd going wild.  

When I arrive at work, I stop and think...

Why is it that I know all the words to this song, yet I sometimes forget the words to a simple script to close a buyer or close a potential seller...  And the script that I can use in real estate is only two or three sentences...

Maybe we should learn our scrips by singing them?

Ugh!

-Chris

Do you follow me on twitter? www.twitter.com/chris_alston

Do you follow me on facebook? www.facebook.com/realestatetrainer

Are we friends on facebook? www.facebook.com/chrisalston

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston

• 3/14/12   10-11am          Getting Your Buyers off the Fence              http://bit.ly/zBKst1
• 3/21/12   10-11am          The Value of Staging                                http://bit.ly/xokRje
• 3/28/12   10-11am          Dominate Real Estate with Facebook          http://bit.ly/zZdtDY
• 4/4/12     10-11am         Helping Buyers Buy Distressed Properties     http://bit.ly/zrqbkV

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

• 3/14/122:30-3:30pm      Seller Staging Strategies                           http://bit.ly/x32uLu
• 3/21/125:30-6:30pm      Dominate Facebook as a Real Estate Agenthttp://bit.ly/xpv3AO
• 3/28/121-2pm               Working with Buyers of Distressed homes    http://bit.ly/xqIZZG        

All times are PST Pacific Standard Time.  Eastern add 3 hours.

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Motivational Monday - Narrow your focus!

We tend to do so many things at the same time, with or without success.  It seems that when it comes to our job, we sometimes have a hard time saying no.

We try this, and that, and some of this and a little of that, and think that we need to have five pots on the fire at the same to put us in a position to ensure that we will have success...  OR capture that one lead.  

So we blog, AND use facebook, and twitter, and call expireds, and go to lunch, and coffee, and door knock and host seminars, and tour...  We try to do everything, and sometimes it leads to limited success.

BUT, 

To have a more fulfilling life and career, try narrowing your focus.  Try and do that one thing, and only that one thing.  You will see better results at that then trying to do 10 at the same time.

So to have a larger, more fulfilling life... Narrow what it is you are focusing on.

So LEARN how to do one thing before you try something new.  Learn how to do it in a way that will knock it out of the park!  And you wil notice a higher level of success when you focus on one thing as opposed to several at the same time.

This idea can also be used when spending time with your family.  

:)

Chris

Are you following me on twitter? @chris_alston or on facebook? www.facebook.com/chrisalston 

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

• 3/14/122:30-3:30pm      Seller Staging Strategies                           http://bit.ly/x32uLu
• 3/21/125:30-6:30pm      Dominate Facebook as a Real Estate Agenthttp://bit.ly/xpv3AO
• 3/28/121-2pm               Working with Buyers of Distressed homes    http://bit.ly/xqIZZG        

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston

• 3/14/12   10-11am          Getting Your Buyers off the Fence              http://bit.ly/zBKst1
• 3/21/12  10-11am          The Value of Staging                                http://bit.ly/xokRje
• 3/28/12  10-11am          Dominate Real Estate with Facebook          http://bit.ly/zZdtDY
• 4/4/12     10-11am         Helping Buyers Buy Distressed Properties     http://bit.ly/zrqbkV

**All Times are PST (Pacific Standard Time) 

It seems that ever day someone tries to tell you how to lead generate for business.  Someone calls you and tries to sell you something or get you to use this awesome new website.

It seems that someone always has an opinion on what to do, and how to do it.

And without fail, you try it.  You stop what it is you are doing to try this new thing that they are saying will give you success.  Having been convinced by them that the current lead gen ways you are using suck, and that you have to use theirs to be better or the best in their words.

Now some of these ideas may in fact be good ideas, they may have merit.  And trying these new ways may actually bring in tons of leads.  But that is not the point of my rambling today.

The success you get from whatever form of business building you are doing comes from a bell curve, not a straight line up.  So most of us give up on it before we put in enough time to make it effective.  OR we do not put enough effort into that one thing to make it productive.

So look at whatever you are doing. Cold calling, expireds, facebook, twitter, door knocking, etc... Look at it, and see what ways you can make it better.  Learn it, know it, master it, become the king/queen of it.  See what everyone is doing and do it better!  Then, and only then do you try something new.

We all try to do to many things at one time then end up being terrible at them all.

So stop listening to everyone, and see what it is you like to do.  Learn it better, do it better, and master it.  I am sure it will lead to some promising results!

-Chris

 Are you following me on twitter? @chris_alston 

Interested in some great webinars?  (oh yea, and free!)  All times are Pacific. PST

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training-Consulting-Speaking

• 3/14/12 2:30-3:30pm     Seller Staging Strategies                                     http://bit.ly/x32uLu
• 3/21/12 5:30-6:30pm     Dominate Facebook as a Real Estate Agent           http://bit.ly/xpv3AO
• 3/28/12 1-2pm               Working with Buyers of Distressed homes            http://bit.ly/xqIZZG       

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by ActiveRain University with Chris Alston

• 3/14/12   10-11am         Getting Your Buyers off the Fence            http://bit.ly/zBKst1
• 3/21/12   10-11am         The Value of Staging                              http://bit.ly/xokRje
• 3/28/12   10-11am         Dominate Real Estate with Facebook        http://bit.ly/zZdtDY
• 4/4/12     10-11am         Helping Buyers Buy Distressed Properties http://bit.ly/zrqbkV

It is time again for another AWESOME ActiveRain University Webinar hosted by Chris Alston!

This time, it is on learning how to DOMINATE using Facebook

Click here to register: --> http://bit.ly/y1ftR3 

We use Facebook daily to catch up with our friends, chit chat, look up the news, stalk our ex's and much much more.  But we seem to forget that in real estate, we are lead generators, and facebook allows us to accomplish this for FREE.

• Learn how to get your friends to know you are in real estate.
• Learn how to NOT annoy your friends when you talk about real estate.
• Learn how to get MORE connections that matter!
• Learn how to create more interactions with those that matter!
• Learn what creates more Klout.
• Learn how to post pictures, video and content to get people talking
• Learn this and much more!
• Learn how to post your AR blogs on Facebook

Sign up today for the FREE webinar with ActiveRain University.

• When?          Wednesday February 8th. 10-11am PST
• Who?           Chris Alston will be the instructor
• Where?         ActiveRain University
• Cost?           Free
• How?           Click here --> http://bit.ly/y1ftR3

Upcoming ActiveRain University Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston

• 2/8/12 10-11am. PST - Using FACEBOOK to grow your Real Estate Business. http://bit.ly/y1ftR3

Upcoming FREE Webinars Hosted by Chris Alston Real Estate Training

• 2/8/12 5:30pm-6:30pm Lead Capture and Conversion. http://bit.ly/yhsZX8
• 2/22/12 5:30pm-6:30pm Working With Buyers to Buy Distressed Properties. http://bit.ly/wASQQL
• 2/29/12 1pm – 2pm Seller Pricing Strategies. Free. http://bit.ly/wmFC8D