The Office on Fire!

Long & Foster has a new video channel, and has produced 72 videos that agents can use and share as part of their marketing efforts. Topics include everything from home decorating, home gyms, and outdoor living, to closings, appraisals, and escaping foreclosure. Links are provided, enabling agents to share these videos on their Facebook, blog or website. These professionally produced videos are provided to Long & Foster agents free of charge to assist them in marketing and lead generation.

Visit the L&F Video Channel here.

Soon, Roanoke area Long & Foster agents will be able to offer VoicePad on their listings. VoicePad enables potential purchasers to hear descriptive information about a listed property by calling an 800 number listed on the “for sale” sign. Agents can then follow up with any callers on a property, generating leads for the agent and getting more homes sold! VoicePad is offered free of charge as a service from Long & Foster to it’s agents.

Roanoke North agents enjoyed a presentation on personal branding and marketing from Jan Paine of Hobbs-Herder today. Topics included “differentiating oneself from the competition,” and “examples of excellence in branding.” A professional listing presentation was distributed to each agent, and further resources were made available on the web. Jan did an outstanding job with the presentation, and agents thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

The next educational opportunity for Roanoke North agents will be offered on Thursday, Feb 18, which will be a seminar at the office on obtaining leads by personal referral and word-of-mouth.

For a career at the #1 real estate company in SW Virginia, call Dolores Farmer, Managing Broker at 540-966-1839. Experienced agents-we have the tools and staff support you need to succeed. New agents-we have thorough training that will give you the confidence to excel in real estate sales.

Long & Foster® Real Estate, Inc., in conjunction with the Platinum Group, has created another option to assist agents with short sale transactions.

Services for L&F agents include:
·         Educating the seller and agent on the process

·         Working with the seller to gather the necessary hardship documentation

·         Working with the lenders to get the deal through

·         Providing status reports to the agent during the entire short sale process

Have you shied away from short sales, and perhaps lost money because you don’t feel confident handling them? At L&F, we have the answer in place!

In the Roanoke Valley, call Manager Dolores Farmer at 540-520-5444 or email dolores.farmer@longandfoster.com for more information or to meet and discuss your career.

Mike Koval is introduced by Pat Clark

Mike Koval, CIO for Long & Foster Real Estate,  addressed SW Virginia Long & Foster agents today, and provided details on a host of new technology being instituted at Long & Foster during the next six months. Managers at Long & Foster are being trained and each agent will receive individual assistance and attention when incorporating the new tools into their business. This is a time of change, and Long & Foster agents are ready to thrive!  Benefits that L&F agents will see include:

• The ability to access and use Microsoft Office 2010 Software from any internet-connected computer,
• brand new computers and faster internet in every office,
• free Customer Relationship and Transaction Management tools similar to Top Producer,
• Windows 7 on office computers,
• automatic submission of property data and agent web page keywords to Google, Bing and Yahoo,
• free YouTube videos for homes with 40+ photos,
• free “all new” agent websites (multiple sites per agent ok..have one for a subdivision, a builder, etc.  also are team-friendly,)
• customer information “syncs” from the websites to Outlook and the CRM software,
• VoicePad with lead capture, custom agent portal pages,
• online document storage and sharing for all agents,
• vastly increased mailbox space,
• tremendous discounts on Dell OptiPlex computers with Windows 7, and *much* more!

For a career at the #1 real estate company in SW Virginia, call Dolores Farmer, Managing Broker at 540-966-1839. Experienced agents-we have the tools you need to succeed. New agents-training classes start Sept. 17th in Roanoke.

L&F agents, you now have the option to turn the tough parts of handling a short sale listing over to the Platinum Group and let them handle contacting the creditors, negotiating with the bank, getting the hardship letters written, and much more! Exclusive for L&F agents…this can free you up to go sell something and let someone else deal with the headaches. Come see me for a copy of the handouts from sales meeting. This program was very well received!