Daily WOW!

"All in the family...."

2006-01-17T21:42:00.000-08:00

Great story from agent Tina Arant in Florida. One recent lead turned into 3 listings: herself, sister, and parents.

Not a bad way to start 2006!

Subject: Success story

Success in the first month...

My first month with HouseValues I recieved my three leads...I did my coaching call and learned to do a quick CMA on the Market Leader system. As I followed up with the post-CMA e-mail and made several attempts to talk one on one with the interested parties, I got a little discouraged with answering machines.

I noticed that one of the prospects had not viewed the CMA yet. So, I phoned and left a message for her that it was ready and she could view it in her e-mail. I always end with "If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or e-mail me." I got a call from the prospect the next day. She lives on the same street as her sister and her parents are on the same block too. They are all looking to sell their homes and move out of state to a large ranch.
I just listed all THREE homes this week!!!
Thank you for kicking off my 2006 year of business!!!
Tina M. Arant
Watson Realty Corp.
Palatka, Florida

14 transactions in 2005

2006-01-09T18:36:00.000-08:00

This note came in from Donna Richey-Harris of RE/MAX HiNet-All Cities on the HouseValues Mastermind Forum.

Donna’s been very successful with HouseValues. Donna knows it takes time to be successful. She did two transactions in 9 months and then ended the year with 14 transactions.

I'm not an HV employee and I'm "actually making money with this service!"

I've said many times before, I didn't have my first transaction for almost 5 months and then I didn't have my second transaction until almost 5 more months. Basically, it took just over 9 months to have 2 transactions, but then I ended the rest of the year with 14 total transactions from HouseValues and JustListed. Once they're in your system and they're cultivated, they just call out of the blue ready to buy.

I have a JustListed lead that came in last March. She said at that time she would buy the following March. I spoke with her last week and we're waiting for her BK to discharge and she's talked with my mortgage person. It looks as though her time frame of March was exactly correct last year. I have another JustListed lead that came in 2 months ago that said April-May time frame. They were in town last week, and we're submitting an offer tomorrow on a house. Their time frame was wrong. You just never know!!

Hang in there and drop off the CMAs.

Donna Harris, REALTOR®Re/Max HiNet-All Cities

Three listings, $1 million dollars

2006-01-03T18:42:00.000-08:00

Here’s a great story sent from an agent in Kentucky to her HouseValues coach, with 3 listings worth over $1 million…..

Happy 2006 to this agent!

From: Barbara Grandon
Subject: Tina Mounger wow

Called this HomePages agent about her new subscription and featured listings. She’s been a HouseValues subscriber since August 2005. She shared with me that due to her HouseValues leads in the last two weeks she has taken 3 listings worth a total of $1 million (3 separate properties) and already has a buyer for the $400k house. Her share will be at least $42,000 in January if they close as expected. And this is in Kentucky!

She admits she was a very hard sell initially, but now says HouseValues is the ‘’best investment’’ and smartest business move she has ever made. Tina attributes her success to ‘’jumping’’ on them once they get the CMAs, and understanding Internet consumers.

Just thought I’d share!

10 million thanks to HouseValues

2005-12-29T18:44:00.000-08:00

That would be $10 million in thanks to HouseValues.

We received a call from Simon Conway in the Orlando area. He wanted to call and thank all of the HouseValues staff for helping him do $10,000,000 in transaction volume this year. This was his best year ever (all done with $250,000 deals) and he attributes this to three things: Our leads, Market Leader, and our company support of him.

Additionally, he’s pre-selling new construction and he already has an additional $10 million in deals that will close in 2007. In his words: “I don’t have to work in 2007 now if I don’t want to because I have enough closings that will happen that year to equal what I earned this year”.

His final comment: “Happy Holidays and THANK YOU to all of the HouseValues staff”

Shout it from the rooftops

2005-12-27T20:55:00.000-08:00

This post from HouseValues subscriber Robert Dekanski on the HouseValues Mastermind Forum...

Posted: 27 Dec 2005 11:07AM
Post subject: First Listing off of HouseValues!!

The subject says it all. I joined HouseValues about two month ago and took my first listing from it last night for $479,900. They were in my pipeline for about 45 days and when I first got to the house he said he loved my followup and the authenticity of my letters, he thought I really wrote them! Then the holiday card I sent to everyone in my pipeline did him in. He said he wanted to try the FSBO route first but when he got the card he realized how on top of my game I was and didn't even bother trying. Besides this great listing I landed, I also gained a friend as him and his wife are two of the sweetest people I have ever met. This system is truly wonderful. I have many other hopefuls I am working with and look foward to listing a few more homes from Housevalues in the weeks to come. Their drip campaign really works and I am glad that my first deal came so soon.

In the beginning, he did not believe...

2005-12-26T20:58:00.000-08:00

It took a lot of work to get this agent to see how to be successful. Now he’s using ALL our products: HouseValues, JustListed, and HomePages. Here's an email from a HouseValues coach..

From: Kathy Makin
Subject: WOW

I have an agent, Phill Cross, that in the beginning did not believe that the HouseValues/JustListed system worked. We would have coaching calls and go over the paradigms and that the prospects can be long term. Today I called him regarding his HomePages subscription and he said he is loving all the aspects of his subscriptions now!

He has already put 5 homes into his HomePages featured homes.
He has had 3 JustListed closings, $11,323 in commissions (2 in December) .
He has had 2 HouseValues closinga, $3,840 in commissions.

He said the commissions he has received from us so far for the year has paid for his subscriptions and he is looking forward to 2006!

Thanks!

The system really does work

2005-12-21T21:00:00.000-08:00

This is an interesting WOW because this subscriber was like many HouseValues agents - he was getting impatient and wondering if this would work.

Then, as HouseValues coach Kristina Humphries says: "BOOM, the transactions started happening". Treat every lead the same, follow-up consistently, build a pipeline, and over time it’ll pay off. It works!

From: Kristina Humphries

I had a great conversation with one of my agents A.J. Jaffray.
JustListed subscriber since 2/05
3 transactions so far.
In addition he has a few more that are going to be moving forward in early 2006.
As of today he has $13,000 in sales, and $6,000 in commissions all from JustListed.
He said that early on he was thinking of canceling due to no response, but a few weeks later…. BOOM the transactions started happening…He said he has been proven wrong, the system really does work!

'Tis the season to make money

2005-12-20T21:05:00.000-08:00

Tis the season to review results from the year.

* $108K from HouseValues leads
* Using Market Leader to manage a pipeline almost 5 times that big!

Happy Holidays to Roger….

From: Deborah Domenico, HouseValues Coach
Roger Nakazawa; he's been with us for nearly 2 years now. Just look at Success Stats for 2005!

2005 transaction value: $4,959,375
2005 commissions earned: $108,673 (and this is just from his HouseValues business. His total for the year is over $500,000.)

And he says that next year is going to be even better! How does he know? Because he is maintaining a pipeline of long-term success, of course.

This email from an agent says it all...

2005-12-19T21:07:00.000-08:00

From: kelly vinson
Posted At: Sunday, December 18, 2005
Subject: Thank you HouseValues!

Just a quick note to say, "I LOVE HOUSEVALUES!" I pay 3 other lead services and get nothing compared to the service through HouseValues. It's not just the leads (though they are nice), it's the automatic follow up, the ability to send a Christmas greeting, the monthly newsletter, the reminders, the ease of use.

Thank you so much for this comprehensive program!

Have a marvelous holiday season and a terrific 2006!

Kelly

Kelly Horan Vinson
Licensed Realtor
Libby Allen Realty, Inc.
HouseValues Certified Professional

Kudos and thank you to the HouseValues staff

2005-12-16T21:09:00.000-08:00

Part of the overall value HouseValues agents get is having access to anybody at HouseValues as a resource and advisor in their business. The below note from agent Debbie McNamee says it all:

From: Debbie McNamee
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005
Subject: Kudos and Thank You's to the HV staff!!

Jennifer,

I would like to say that I have been very impressed with the response time from the HV staff to any and every question or concern. As well as the eagerness, encouragement and support I have experienced from the staff. It is very nice and refreshing to encounter a service business that actually wants to help their clients and also be happy about doing it. Kudos and Thank You's to the HV staff!!

Sincerely,
Debbie McNamee

70% of income from HouseValues

2005-12-15T21:12:00.000-08:00

A post from Donna Richey on the HouseValues Mastermind Forum:

Message From: Donna Richey-Harris
From: Dallas, TX
Posted: 14 Dec 2005
Post subject: End of Year ROI stats & success

I'm sure most people have run their numbers though it's not quite the end of the year. I know there are still a lot of doubters, so I'm asking people to post true numbers, or as close to true as possible so others can see the success.

My expense numbers are a little skewed because I'm including part of '04 in the stats as I had to pay those HV bills in order to achieve the closings I actually had in 2005 as all these closings were in 2005. Aug '04 - Dec '05 my Rate of Return on my investment with HV/JL was 598%. I posted over the summer that my ROI at that time was 470% and even though I'm paying those HV bills every month, my ROI still climbed to 598% with each closing. I could easily have taken out the Aug-Dec '04 expenses to make this number show higher, but I wanted to calculate a true number of expenses.

HV/JL closings accounted for 58% of my total business. HV/JL income accounted for 70% of my total income. AWESOME numbers! I just created a spreadsheet that will help me break it down by year for the future, but also a cumulative number as it's always good to know a total that you've spent on a system verse what you're walking away with.

"You guys really have something here..."

2005-12-14T21:16:00.000-08:00

All sorts of great stuff in this WOW sent to HouseValues coach Jerome from one of his agents, Dave Lewis.

- $270K dealing closing
- $4 million dollar pipeline built up.
- Rejuvenating past clients with Market Leader drip campaigns
- "I have never been happier with any real estate marketing tool."

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:05 AM
To: Jerome Mitchell
Subject: Great product! Great service!

Jerome, you guys really have something here! I have never been happier with any real estate marketing tool. I joined HouseValues in late October and I am writing my first contract for a HouseValues (JustListed) prospect today on a $270,000 property. We expect to close by the end of January. That's a fast (and lucrative) return on my investment. I'm also in various stages with 25 other active clients totalling over $4 million with more prospects funneling in almost every day and the farthest out closing is about May. It's going to be a great year! It's hard to believe I've only been practicing real esatate for a little over a year.
You have also rejuvenated some of my past clients through the past client
campaign. I received great many responses to "It was a pleasure working with you...", and one past client is just starting to have me look for investment properties. I owe this and much more, present and future to your product.

Thanks for everything. Take care.
Sincerely,
Dave Lewis RealtySouth - Birmingham, AL

Over $60K from 35 leads

2005-12-12T21:19:00.000-08:00

Here’s a customer that started with a very low number of leads. His results are great based on getting 35 total leads in his first 10 months. Joe has 1 listing from HouseValues leads and 5 purchase transactions from 1 lead, and just got a $1.2 million dollar deal from one of his own prospects that he put on the drip campaign (this is why he got the listing).

Joe was not an overnight success with HouseValues. And he still has work to do to continue to be successful. But, he’s a good story of someone using the system, staying consistent, and having it pay off. All in all, good money for him.

From: Joe Bunch
Joined: 3 Feb 2005
From: Inland Empire, Southern Calif
Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Post subject: My almost a year experience with HV

I started with HouseValues in Feb of 2005. Here are statistics: 35 Leads Received 1 Closed HV listing (double ended) 2 Possibles (1 decided to rent out and and the other went with the neighborhood realtor) 5 Purchases @ between $455,000 and $557,500.

This is an investor who was impressed with my assertiveness. These 5 purchases will all be listings in 2006 for between $600,000 to $725,000. And the proceeeds from those listings will be used to purchase additional property. The rest of my leads are either bogus or are on drip campaigns. This year I have made in excess of $60,000 from just the leads above.

So, you can say that I have been very happy with HV. I have finished putting all my existing clients into Market Leader. One of those clients gave me a listing and a purchase that totaled $1.2 million in production. He did it, so he told me, because of the email campaign from Market Leader.

Joe Bunch
Century 21 King Realtors
"Selling Bunches of Homes in Your Neighborhood!"

No other system provides better service

2005-12-09T21:23:00.000-08:00

Great story from HouseValues subscriber Dan Volker, as told to his HouseValues Coach Val Plunkett:

- Lead was archived and had unsubscribed
- Must be a bad lead, right? WRONG
- 1 ½ hours of showing homes and $18K in commission.
- Pretty good for a bad lead… :>)

From: Val Plunkett
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Subject: WOW! Success for Dan Volker

Aloha everybody!

I just got off the phone with Dan Volker and he is doing great. He just had a deal worth $18,000 in commissions. It was a lead that had been archived in his Market Leader database and had unsubscribed to everything but the eMLS search. He ended up getting an email from the prospect a few months later requesting to look at some of the listings he had sent out.

Long story short…he only showed two houses and spent 1.5 hours with them before they had a deal. His client works for a local Chicago radio station “The Mix” and he is excited about the referrals that he will receive in the future from this deal.

He also has another deal in the pipeline that will be turning later next fall.

Dan has been in the real estate business for 20 yrs, and he feels there is no other system that provides better service than HouseValues. It allows him to treat all leads the same, widen his funnel, and capture business months/years down the road that he would never be able to stay in touch with on his own.

Here is an example of how success is long-term and agents should never give up on a lead. The best thing is they can use the automated systems to do a lot of the work for them.

Have a great day,

Valerio Plunkett HVU Coach www.housevaluesinc.com

"I love HouseValues"

2005-12-05T21:27:00.000-08:00

Here's an email from Eric Wachtel, a HouseValues subscriber from Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer:

From: Eric Wachtel
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005
Subject: RE: Greetings from your Coach!

Cheryl,
Closed my 2nd HouseValues listing yesterday. $74,000.
My first one was $314,000.
I have one other listing at $349,900.
Listing my next one this weekend - $585,000!!!

I LOVE HOUSEVALUES!

Regards,
ERIC Wachtel & associates
real estate consultant
Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer