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April 19th, 2010 
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- ISBN13: 9780071739382
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER USA TODAY MONEY BESTSELLER“Tough times make or break people. My friend Gary teaches you how to make the tragic into magic. Read & reap from this great book.”
–Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator, #1 New York Times best selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul
Co-author, Cracking the Millionaire Code, The One Minute Millionaire, and Cash in a Flash. Author, Richest Kids in Amer… More >>
SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times
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I am glad I bought this book. I bought and enjoyed the Millionaire RE Agent and RE Investor.
That being said, I don’t think it is a great book and that’s why I gave it 3 stars. I think the author is a little too dependent on scripts and formulas to work your way out of a slump. If he would update it a tad to account for the fact that most consumers are extremely averse to script heavy agents, it would have been better.
But I do like the fact that he is inspiring, and stresses the can-do attitude that hey, no one’s coming to help, you have got to do it yourself. I appreciate that inspiration. I wish he would have written more on that.
On the other hand, if you are a less tech heavy agent, you will like his very detailed and practical methods. It is not my cup of tea (yet, maybe the shift will change my mind!).
Rating: 3 / 5
I waited for this book with great anticipation and was not disappointed when I finally got my hands on a copy — this is career-changing, paradigm shifting information.
I work as the manager of an 80 agent office in Palm Beach, FL and know first-hand the challenges that agents today are facing. The advice given in this book is the exact same advice I’ve been preaching for months now, delivered in a concise, action-oriented, laser specific format that covers all of the bases and provides all of the key insights needed by any agent committed to growing their business and prospering in today’s market:
* Mindset — getting your ‘head-straight’ for today’s market environment.
* Expense Management — leading with revenue in tough times.
* Leverage — accomplishing more through collaboration with others.
* LEAD GENERATION tactics that work.
* LEAD CONVERSION skills and scripts that get results.
* How to maximize your use of the internet to capture and retain clients.
* PRICING RIGHT so your properties sell faster than your competition’s.
* Staging strategies that get your properties sold more quickly.
* Skills and scripts for overcoming you buyer’s reluctance.
* The basics of creative financing strategies to get your listings sold.
* Short sale, foreclosure and bank owned property strategies and tactics that work.
* Special advice for seeing your properties through to closing.
As a real estate author myself (The WealthLoop Series Beginner’s Guide to Building Wealth Buying Houses: The Foolproof Roadmap to Real Estate Riches Without the Risks and Hassles of Landlording) I realize that the shelves are brimming with real estate books. I can honestly say that given today’s real estate market environment, if an agent were only allowed to read one real estate book in the coming two years, THIS would be the book that I would recommend! In fact, we are in the process of implementing a complete twelve week training program for my Palm Beach office that’s wholly based on the insights gleaned from this book — I believe it is that important.
Rating: 5 / 5
SHIFT was fantastic! If you are a real estate agent I’m sure your business has shifted to some degree. If you don’t implement these 12 tactics, you may find yourself working in another field, or maybe you already are. It was so refreshing to read a real estate book that is accurate with what is going on! Sounds easy? Well it is. The truth is everyone can do, but not everyone will (quoted from the book). Agents in my office that have implemented these 12 tactics are pulling unbelievable numbers. Our entire training system is now revolving around these 12 tactics and by the way, it’s not a spend money book. You can implement these tactics in your business without spending anything. If you are an agent, do yourself a favor, get the book and master it!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is POWERFUL and exactly what every agents needs that is trying to survive in this real estate market. It is the plan of attack to become an agent who doesn’t just survive but thrive and builds market share that will impact and shape their future real estate business. Gary and his team create a road map on what an agent needs to do to turn this real estate market into an real estate opportunity. Every agent should have this and all of Gary Keller’s book in their library. Shift knocks it out of the park!
Rating: 5 / 5
Gary Keller is an exceptionally clear and insightful thinker. He does a brilliant job of organizing and presenting material in such a way that his reader can more easily understand it and, of greater importance, then put it to effective use. If you want great information about how to implement proven ideas, this is the book for you! ‘Shift’ is a road map which could guide and inform the development of real estate agents’ careers during trying times. Agents can now push aside fear and transform their businesses!!
Rating: 5 / 5