Come and learn how to maximize the power of Facebook! You will come away with new ways to build relationships, increase your business and maximize your revenue using this marvelous social media tool.

FaceBiz

Sponsored By: Title Security

Held At: 6390 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson, AZ

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Friday, June 25, 2010

Opening escrow takes a contract and a check. Closing escrow takes skill, knowledge and expertise. We make sorting through preliminary title requirements easy. Every real estate agent should know the reasons behind certain title requirements. Full of practical real world examples and tips from actual escrow officers and title professionals regarding the meeting of certain requirements to avoid costly delays and leave your client happy and satisfied.

Solving Title Issues



Sponsored By:  Title Security

Held At:  6390 E. Tanque Verde,  Tucson, Arizona

1:00 PM to 4:00PM – Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Buyers and sellers tell us precisely what we need to do in order to get them to hire us and be satisfied customers. That information is in the NAR Profile of Homebuyers and sellers. Use the power of those statistics to increase your conversion ratio and serve your clients with ease and success.  

Successful Marketing Reports



Special: A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Hearth Foundation!

Sponsored By: The Hearth Foundation

Held At: Tucson Association of Realtors(R), 2445 N. Tucson Blvd.

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM – Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Do you know what your clients know? Do you know where they are getting their information?  Find out where the best information is, how your clients are using it and how you can use it to maintain your credibility and your expertise.

This is a real world disclosure class with tools you can use. Understand the wealth of information at your fingertips and how easy it is to disseminate it to your clients and customers. By learning how to use links to internet disclosure information, you will be able to increase your productivity and business!

Disclosure In An Internet World

Special:  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Hearth Foundation!

Sponsored By: The Hearth Foundation

Held At: Tucson Association of Realtors(R), 2445 N. Tucson Blvd.

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Have you been thinking about creating or updating your website? Are you looking to save money? Are you tired of paying webmasters, hosting fees and other charges? You can create your own webpage and blog in a day for FREE!

If we understood how professionals are using blogs then we could use them to get customers. You can maximize the power of internet resources, upload links and photos. Know how to use new and innovative tools like Google docs, alerts and calendars to fully realize your potential, minimize your time and maximize your income.

WebBiz

Sponsored By: Stewart Title

Held At: 3939 E. Broadway, Tucson, Arizona

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Monday, May 24, 2010

“A New Way Of Negotiating Using The Wave Theory”

Every real estate contract, whether it be a Buyer Broker Agreement, a Listing Agreement or a Purchase Contract, is a series of negotiations.  This class explores the cycles and helps you improve your skill level in communicating before, during and after the negotiation.

The Contract – A Series Of Non-Stop Negotiations

Sponsored By: Fidelity National Title

Held At: 1630 E. River Rd. #120

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Wednesday, May 19, 2010

No theory. No preaching. No 1960’s Fair Housing discussions. This class is straight talk about what you need to know about diversity in your neighborhood in order to be successful. Since all real estate is local wouldn’t you really like to know what diversity means in your ‘hood ‘and how it is affecting the day to day practice of your profession. This is the real world Fair Housing class you have been waiting for.

We will change the way you look at fair housing forever!

Diversity In The Hood

Sponsored By: Landmark Title

Held At: 7090 N. Oracle Rd., #152, Tucson, Arizona

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM – Thursday, April 29, 2010

Course Creators and Southeast Association of Realtors proudly present InstaTekkie in Sierra Vista, Arizona.  This two day program is a hands on computer training experience designed to help business professionals create and post videos to the internet, maximize their use of  Facebook, Linkedin and other industry specific sites.  They are introduced to Blogging and shown how to IntraBlog!  It is a whole new world and students will become a force to reckon with in this social media crazed environment while learning to master today’s technology.

Sponsored By: Southeast Association Of Real Estate
Held At: 125 Second St., Sierra Vista, Arizona

Only 2 Spaces Left! Call Kris at 520.360.0280

The Heath brothers strike again! You may recognize them as the authors of the best selling “Made to Stick”. Their most recent work Switch is subtitled “How to Change Things When Change is Hard” and you will find lots of good practical information here. Their insights into what inspires people to change habits and actions is useful in any business and the information is interwoven with stories about single individuals and entire companies that brought about meaningful change. Building on the analogy of an elephant and its rider allows Dan & Chip Heath to demonstrate the barriers that often exist to change and communicate effective ways of overcoming the obstacles.

They illustrate the fact that all successful change follows a predictable pattern, even if we have failed to recognize it until them highlight the pattern and techniques that lead to effective change. So whether you are trying to implement new ideas for educational programs, get businesses to utilize social media more, lead a team that needs cohesion or are engaged in the promotion of social causes, you will find important insights and strategies in the book, Switch.

You can learn much more about Switch and the Heath Brothers from either their website or on their facebook fanpage.

Highly recommended reading for the age of change that we are all negotiating.

Chip Heath is a professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dan heath is a senior fellow at Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE).

In today’s high tech world of real estate agents should know that consumers are consistently using databases on the internet to find properties in places other than traditional MLS systems. Here are a few of the top sites being used by consumers, the link to them and a few facts you should know in regard to exploring these sites. They can be utilized by listing agents as a value added service and used by buyer representatives as an additional channels to find your buyers the home of their dreams. Just click on the name of the site to connect.

GOOGLE BASE

A free property listing database within Google that has the additional feature of placing a listing location on Google maps. You can link directly back to your website or the original location of the listing information.

CRAIGS LIST

You can list properties for free on Craigs List. You are able to upload photos and links. In addition consider using Craigs List as a way of providing items of value in the classified or real estate section. You could offer FREE market reports, tips that buyers and sellers should know and other reports and information to drive Craigs List traffic to your site.

LIST HUB

A service which will distribute your listings to multiple internet sites

YAHOO REAL ESTATE

Although Yahoo does charge a fee for listings, those buyers and sellers who are devoted Yahoo users will find additional value in the listing of properties on this site.

ZILLOW

The most misunderstood real estate site on the internet. Although Zillow creates automated valuations of properties, it is also a great listing database, a way to interact with consumers and a way to connect with future clients. Did you know you can change the zestimate for a home? Create your own estimate? Edit a home’s facts to make Zillow more accurate?

You can learn more about how to use Zillow with Course Creators video training cd, “Maximizing Zillow and Trulia”

TRULIA

With over 5 million unique visitors who are in the buying process and also looking for agents, you can post your listings for free on Trulia.You can also engage in direct conversations with interested buyers and sellers through Trulia voices. You can create open house invites and post pictures of your listings.

You can learn more about how to use Zillow with Course Creators video training cd, “Maximizing Zillow and Trulia”