Betty's Blog
Genius!
by Betty Winn on 12/02/16
I was so intrigued by the cell phone business card holder provided by Julie Rother at OnQFinancial. I held it, placed it up to my phone trying to see how it would work. I finally bit the bullet… decided to take the risk… I pulled of the paper exposing the sticky stuff and placed it securely on the back of my cell. Then, I attempted to prop up the phone… fiddling for a few seconds until… snap! “What?” I said. Then turned my phone over to see the arc, then confidently set my cell phone down on my desk in perfect position for receiving and making phone calls.
Someone at OnQFinancial’s R&D department is a genius. Oh,
and… I also put some of my business cards in the holder.
Have a fabulous day!
The Cheese Effect
by Betty Winn on 06/30/16
You may not like to do this, BUT...
by Betty Winn on 06/07/16
Inventory Update!
by Betty Winn on 05/01/16WOW! I just checked the single family residential inventory and it went from 947 to 1347 units in less than a month. That is impressive! It looks like the listing agents are really getting out there and doing their thing! This is wonderful news for the new licensees entering into our industry. We still need to keep informed about the new home subdivisions, vacant land and custom builders. Congratulations, we are going to have a wonderfully prosperous selling season!
Low Inventory? Time to Reinvent!
by Betty Winn on 04/28/16
Change is Good... Very Good!
by Betty Winn on 04/02/16
It has been too long since I wrote on my blog. So let’s get up to date! The school has been very busy in the first quarter of 2016. Eighteen out of twenty-one students have passed their state exams the first time. That is an 86% pass ratio.
We brought on some new instructors to help with our first ever morning pre-licensing course to complement our normal afternoon and evening sessions. The morning class students graduate this week and will take their finals the following Monday. After three months of marketing the next morning session, which was supposed to start mid-April, we did not receive enough interest to proceed. We have scheduled the next morning session for mid-August.
Our continuing education schedule for this year has been consistent with two in January and one in both February and March.
We are offering a free class in April presented by Arizona Department of Water Resources and sponsored by Empire West Title Agency. There is no continuing education credit for this class but real estate professionals sometimes need the information not just CE credit.
May brings a special CE class titled “A more detailed look at 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges”. Carmine DiFulvio of First American Exchange Company will be our instructor. Empire West Title Agency and OnQFinancial are our sponsors.
We have the six hour ADRE required Contract Writing classes scheduled monthly through June. Existing licensees can take this class along with the new licensee candidates and receive continuing education credit.
Information for all our classes can be found under the Licensing Course, CE Prescott or Contract Writing tabs.
The next step for Winn School of Real Estate is to offer online continuing education courses. We also want to present computer-based pre-licensing in the future. We are working with World Continuing Education Alliance to create and develop our first CE class. Our hope is to be live before the end of summer.
Well, that wraps up the update. Please check in once in a while and I will try to write more often.
Don't Give Up!
by Betty Winn on 11/12/15The students from the final evening class and final day class of 2015 are preparing to pass my final and their state exams to become licensed real estate salespeople. I received this article in my email box this morning and wanted to share it with them and with anyone trying to improve their lives. Check it out at http://confidenceandjoy.com/have-you-failed-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Confidenceandjoycom+%28ConfidenceAndJoy.com%29
2016 Comes with Changes... Some Exciting!
by Betty Winn on 10/23/15
Local Young Boy Needs Help!
by Betty Winn on 07/22/15I do not usually use my blog for non business related items. But, I was compelled to revise this stance when one of my students relayed a very distressing story about a local young boy who was shot in the eye with an arrow by another young boy. (this was of course an accident)
Great Article in the Daily Courier!
by Betty Winn on 07/20/15The Daily Courier printed a very nice article about Realtors and Technology. You can view the article at their site and on my Facebook page.