With house prices still hanging down around historic lows, some experts have posed the question: Why aren’t more people buying homes? It’s a legitimate query. Judging by real estate price cycles in the past, when prices sink to this level there tends to follow a...
Today’s Workplace Revolves Around Communication Skills
More than ever technology in the workplace has made it critical for all workers (that means you too, real estate professional) to develop top notch communication skills. It used to be that the grump in the corner could sit there and get away with poor writing and...
Remember to Be Area Agnostic
Sometimes it is a good idea for a blog to go back to the basics and review some of the founding concepts for the benefit of new readers. A few years back, more than he cares to mention sometimes, Jason Hartman created the term Area Agnostic. The phrase has nothing at...
Paid Vs. Free Digital Content Approaches a Key Barrier
Those of us who were surfing the Internet back in the old days (1995) remember a time when it was expected that all digital content would be free. After all, the Internet was supposed to be the last bastion of freedom and equality. Free digital content was the rule...
Do You Have an Online “Home Base” for Potential Clients?
We've talked in the past about how critical it is to understand the local nature of real estate. Part of “localizing” your business is to create an online home base through which to interact and dispense expertise to potential clients. In short, you need a vibrant,...
Are You Podcasting Yet?
While the AIPIS blog isn’t widely known as one about podcasting, we are ALL about any sort of marketing endeavor that helps our students and clients expand their business. Have you ever given any thought as to how producing a podcast might improve your bottom line? By...
AIPIS 32 – Successful Real Estate Investing and Franchising with Anthony Lolli
Join Jason Hartman for an interview with successful founder of Rapid Realty, Anthony Lolli. Listen to the show at: www.AIPIS.org. Anthony became interested in real estate at the age of 19, motivated by a friend’s dad that quickly made money on real estate following a...
Private Lending is a New Opportunity for AIPIS Clients
AIPIS founder, Jason Hartman, a veteran of thousands of real estate deals, is excited to bring an under-the-radar investment opportunity to AIPIS students and members. You may have heard the term before – hard money lending - as it is often referred to in the media,...
Should Your Real Estate Business be More Social?
Everyone's heard of social media, right? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. It seems like everyone and their stray dog has a Facebook page or is tweeting their head off, but is it right for your business? The reality is this. There's no sense in diving head first into...
7 Ways to Network Your Career Effectively
Hate it or love it, there's no denying the fact that networking your real estate career is critical. What is networking? A hundred people might define the term a hundred different ways but here's one way to look at it. Networking are the sorts of “unofficial” things...