Morning Mojo: A Jolt of Inspiration
Expansion!!!!!!!!!
By: Tom Tognoli
Chief Operating Officer
Every quarter when a company reports their earnings, the analysts talk about the company’s earnings as a factor of top line growth or expense reduction. Is the company expanding, innovating, and doing more business so it can thrive in the years to come or is it just cutting and slashing expenses, holding on for dear life, to hit its profit numbers for investors? During any crisis or recession all smart companies will cut expenses and become more conservative, however, the best companies know that to succeed in the years to come it is about being innovating and doing more…not less. Actually the best companies not only know how to survive in challenging times, but they know how to capitalize on them and propel them to even greater long term success. They know the best time to expand is when everyone else is contracting. Read More
Intero Insider: Candid Insight from Intero CEOFed opens the year with a Plea for housing
By: Gino Blefari
President and CEO
2012 is going to be a big political year for housing – and not just due to the presidential elections. The Federal Reserve has already kicked off the year by stepping into delicate political territory with its letter and white paper outlining U.S. housing problems to the congressional committees in charge of banking and financial services.
The move was quite surprising, given that the Fed was not given a formal request. The actual letter begins with: “Restoring the health of the housing market is a necessary part of a broader strategy for economic recovery.” Read More
Wellness Tips: Healthy Body, Healthy BusinessDiabetes...can you make the choice?
By: Tammy Parkinson
Personal Trainer/Nutritionist
Do you know someone who is overweight? Do you know someone who is obese? Do you know someone who has type 2 diabetes? If you know a person who has type 2 diabetes, do they also have high cholesterol and even elevated blood pressure? Maybe I am talking about you…or someone close to you? It is daunting to realize some of the following facts: Read More
Thoughts on Leadership: Empowering the Leader in YouThriving in Uncertainty
By: Gino Blefari
President and CEO
“The best – perhaps even the only – way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
Last week I introduced the book GREAT BY CHOICE: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins. I would like to share with you over the next several weeks Jim Collins’ insight on how the choices we make determine our success. Read More
Cool Apps: New Real Estate Tech Tools
Get it Done in 2012
By: John Thompson
Executive Vice President
With New Year’s Resolutions comes great accountability. Yeah, right. If that were true, we’d be the fittest, smartest, most motivated, wealthiest and generous people on the planet. We’d be nearly superhuman.
But really, why set goals or take aims into the future without intention to take the first and follow-through steps necessary to get there?
Try iDoneThis, a simple “accountability” app that simply asks you via email: “What’d you get done today?” then tracks your answers and tells you what you’ve accomplished. Seeing strides made yesterday can motivate you to forge ahead even stronger today and tomorrow.Read More
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Chinese Property Malaise Ripples Wider
Housing Prices Fall for a Fourth Month Affects Local Retail Businesses
Editors Note: Consider how much your housing market affects the local economy
China's property prices fell for the fourth straight month in December, adding further pressure on Chinese consumers at a time when both the domestic and global economy increasingly depend on their spending.
The government had hoped that its efforts to rein in soaring real-estate prices would mean more Chinese would be able to buy homes, which in turn would keep demand for home furnishings humming. But the uncertainty around housing prices has scared away many new home buyers, making for a deeper-than-expected impact on the housing market and beyond.
The entire shopping plaza has been empty… If they don't buy homes, we don't sell sofas. The drop in customers, which Ms. Zhang estimated at about 50%, reflects the standstill in the housing market.Read More
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The INTERO Way
We seek to recruit entrepreneurs interested in building a real estate network dedicated to empowering people to achieve their dreams.
Imagine a train. It’s filled with top-producing REALTORS®. Agents, young and old, experienced and new. All are looking for—or are open to the idea of—a new place to hang their hats. A brokerage whose culture and brand gets them to where they want to go. Career-wise. And in life.
- How do you convince these passengers to step off at your station? That’s called recruiting.
- Once at the station, how do you get them to not re-board the train? That’s called retention.
We are now offering a 60-day free trial period for qualified applicants in our Infinity Coaching Program.
