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March 2019

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Knowledge Refresh: Weave Your Green Expertise into Listing Presentations​

With the spring selling season in full swing, you’ll likely be meeting with more clients who want advice about listing their homes. 
 
And though you already know the ins and outs of listing presentations and marketing properties, weaving in your green skills into those presentations may require some tweaks. 
 
Review your Green Day 2 materials to be sure you’re not missing out on opportunities to fully highlight your green skills during client meetings. 
 
Here are some strategies.  

February 2019

June Newsletter

Knowledge Refresh: Planning Home Improvement Projects​

Clients starting major home improvement projects often don’t understand what they’re getting themselves into. 
 

You can provide additional value by helping them think through things like budgeting, scheduling, and ways to improve the odds that their project will go off with minimum of disruption.

Your Green Course offers some information on the topic that you can use as a guide. Here are five considerations.

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Answer the Green Call to Action

“You vote with your money. By changing one house at a time, we can do something big. You have to be daring.”
--Joanne Douds CIPS, FIABCI, GMS, GREEN, sales associate with Weichert REALTORS®, Maplewood, N.J.

“The NAR Green Designation is a call to action,” says Joanne Douds. 

It’s a call she answered immediately after receiving her designation in 2009. 
 

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This Month's Tips: Kitchen, bath Design Trends

See what’s trending in bathroom and kitchen design. Two Houzz studies bring you up to speed on the latest.

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Top LEED States, Who's Shopping for Homes​

The National Association of Homebuilders’ Housing Trends Report shows who’s shopping for homes and buyers’ perceptions about inventory and affordability.