A time of change can also be one of opportunity, but it sometimes takes real work to capitalize on opportunities when they arise. A season of fluctuating interest rates is one opportunity that can make a real difference for consumers, and it is a time when real estate agents can do their customers a real service.
Why Agents Are in the Right Place
Savvy consumers, whether they are homeowners or home buyers, tend to keep an eye on the state of the mortgage market. After all, interest rates are one of the …

Success in real estate is very much like cooking. You start with basic principles that always work (the recipe), add some personality and a variety of new ingredients, add to that your core motivating values and a coach that can help you make necessary adjustments along the way, and you’ll be headed in the right direction.

Addressing how your NEEDS effect your life and business.
I will be honest. I have an issue with not being in control… this shift in the real estate industry sent me in a tailspin and made it very challenging to earn the living I was used to over the past 6 years… as it did for many of you.  I have been in a funk the past few months.  That is the best way I can explain it.  I was stubbornly resisting the fact that I needed to revamp myself… which isn’t fun at my age, …

The new business fable Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business & Life is the foundation of a new fascinating 90-minute talk titled “Safari of Self Discovery.”
A distracted couple embarks on a three-day visit to Africa. While the husband bemoans the lack of cell phone coverage and is consumed with worry about his business thousands of miles away, his wife becomes immediately immersed in life in the East African plains. Slowly they gain wisdom from the wild animals they encounter and they find themselves revisiting many perspectives they …

 I am not talking about in listings or client’s homes (you should probably take your shoes off anyway.)   I am talking about taking them off at your own home before you even enter.  Not for the dirt or cleanliness of it…but for the warmth and relaxation of it.  I went through 20 years of hearing my husband’s shoes across the wood floors… for some reason this drove me mad.  Not that I didn’t love him, but here was the sound of work again.  His shoes reminded me of work while I was …

If you are still wondering if the New Year will be a good year for you, it might be because you have not taken the time to put a plan in place to succeed. Success is not accidental or mysterious; it is the result of putting a plan together then executing that plan with perfection. Here are a few steps that will help you start this year on the right track and will assist you in building your plan (and along with it, a confident, upbeat attitude.)

Yesterday we launched the Serengeti Book Channel on You Tube. Here is the first video announcing my new business book that will be on shelves at Borders, Barnes & Nobel and Books-A-Million on 3.1.2011.
It’s only 90 second long so please watch it, subscribe and “Like” it and then let me know what you think. I am really very anxious to get your feedback!
Thanks and happy holidays!
Stefan
Business Book by Stefan Swanepoel. Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Succeed in Business & Life