Fayetteville, NC Real Estate Blog

You might have read my earlier blog about Joe Williams coming to Fayetteville, NC Thursday to do a free seminar.  That is how I started out my day.  My day was going very good and I was really enjoying my socializing and learning experience.

Little did I know that a past associate of a company that I was associated with and a friend was having a completely different destiny.

This young man was a father and soon to be a father again.  In a split second...he was gone.  The Lord called him home...Goodbye Shawn....I will see you again one day soon...

Below is the story....I cannot type anything more about this....

2 Killed in Separate Fayetteville Wrecks

Posted: Jun. 7, 2007

Fayetteville - One man was killed Thursday in a three-car wreck on Ramsey Street in front of the Veterans Administration hospital, police said.

A Nissan Pathfinder crossed the center line at about 11:15 a.m. and collided head-on with a Ford Escort, killing the driver of the Escort, Shawn T. Chance, 25, of 1644 Kara Court, police said.

A Chevrolet Corsica collided with the Escort after the Pathfinder hit it, police said.

The driver of the Pathfinder, Matthew Desessa, 20, of 1118 W. Rowan St., Apt. B, and the driver of the Corsica, Kimberly Watkins, 42, of 636 Tokay Drive, were taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.

Southbound and northbound lanes of Ramsey Street were closed near the intersection with Cochran Avenue while police investigated the wreck.

No charges have been filed in the case, which remains under investigation.

What a great way to start the day!

Joe Williams of the famous duo Keller and Williams Realty came to Fayetteville today.  It was a free breakfast and motivational seminar put on by my office and open to every real estate agent in the area hosted at the prestigious Highland Country Club.

Yes, this was partially a recruiting event as everything is....but it was more of a thing that Joe Williams does.  He loves to meet people and to share his experiences.

What a nice guy Joe Williams is!  Just like a regular everyday person.  You would never know he was as important to the Keller and Williams company as he is.  Walked right up and shook my hand and talked to me like we had been friends for years.  IT was surely an experience that I will remember for a long time to come.  He just instills confidence when he speaks.  He was so confident of himself that he told the crowd that he could come here...put in a month of learning Fayetteville and be SERIOUS competition to anyone in the business.  He stressed the importance of knowing your statistics and inventory that is on the market and being the "leader" when it comes to real estate in your market area.

There was a great turnout...I don't know the exact number but the room was quite full.  We had agents from every company, well many of them, from our area.  As I socialized with other agents and met those I had not yet had the pleasure I couldn't help but notice the amount of different companies represented by the nametags I saw.

I have to say...if you get the opportunity to hear Joe Williams speak then by all means GO!  It doesn't matter if you represent Keller Williams Realty...this is worth a few hours of your day.

Want to find out what some things are that got Keller Williams Realty to where they are today?  Stop by your local bookstore and pick up a copy of the "Millionaire Real Estate Agent".  This book was written reflecting the experiences of Gary Keller and Joe Williams on the way to building one of the largest real estate companies around.  It is all there...available to the public...THIS availability is what the Keller Williams philosiphy is about.  We are a learning company always ready to assist any agent in any way we can to make us all successful. 

Take a look....I think you will like what you see!

As for me...if Joe Williams comes back to town this is definitely going to be on my schedule!

Stopped by my local library today.  Did the usual and went through the real estate book section.  You see...I am a bit of a book worm which in itself is strange as when I was a kid I would rather do anything than read a book.  As an adult that has changed.  I don't know why.

Now the title points out a quick no no in today's word...cold calling.  But at the top of the cover the headline caught my eye so I decided it was a good choice for a lazy Sunday afternoon read.  The headline was "Learn how to earn $100,000 YOUR FIRST YEAR in Real Estate".

"Succeed in Real Estate without Cold Calling"  written by Phil Gerisilo and Rob Lebow.

This book is copyrighted 2005 so I presume it is fairly new as I thumb through the opening pages.

The jest of the book is about the six myths that we as real estate professionals suscribe to and the fact that we continue to promote these beliefs and ways to look around them.

The six myths are:

1. You won't make any money the first six months in real estate.

2. You have to work very long hours, six and seven days a week.

3. You have to show customers (his words not mine) a lot of houses before they choose one.

4. Open houses are a waste of time.

5. You need to do lots of paperwork to be successful.

6. The sales formula - you need lots of fancy training and high pressure sales techniqes to succeed.

The book starts out and ends as a story of a new real estate agent taking a family trip and somehow sitting beside a famous real estate trainer on the plane.  Most of the story is a conversation between the two.  This book does make some good points and really does bring to light some of the ways we think and how easy we believe all of the "nay-sayers" of the world.

This book is 137 pages long and can be read in just one evening. 

Overall it is not a bad read and it does open some points to consideration.  On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give this book a 7.5.

I wish you good reading and remember...NEVER STOP LEARNING!