If one is a true professional the goal will always be to make a profit but not to grossly take advantage of a customer, I think that's why used car dealers have the reputation they do, putting sawdust in the transmission.

Utilizing this system for one year leases can result in greater revenue/profitability, but the results will not approach those of industries such as mentioned above.The downside is that these programs always lead to less customer satisfaction.

My goal with social media is to get more customers for Pink Realty (buyers, sellers, people needing to do a short sale, property management) My goal for my investment company is to buy more houses and to reach out to distressed sellers or motivated sellers.I am utilizing facebook heavily, but for linked in business I'm not quite sure.

To get a higher conversion rate from your customers try to offer a gift that will help them now rather than later.

For future readers these articles by The Mortgage Professor are pretty good reads:Cancelling Private Mortgage Insurance (1)Cancelling Private Mortgage Insurance (2)Problems with mortgage servicers are quite common because they have no vested interest in customer service.

Yes, sounds like it... upon the first meeting with any potential customer he is to identify himself as a licensened real estate agent.

I always install a thermostat that keeps auxiliary heat locked out above 40 degrees, saves our customers a lot of money.

If you didn't stage all of your homes, then what would that say to your staging customers?

Picked up several customers, most buying a half cord down to an apartment stack of firewood.

Currently my questions for him when i meet with him to get inside the house tomorrow are:1. what is the actual sale price (i'm not sure if he as just spitballing the 150k or that is really his pricepoint)2. as a developer and custom home builder, why isn't he interested in flipping the house3. how quickly is he hoping to sell (i'm wondering if he is hoping the sale of this house and 3 of the 16 acres are going to help fund the development area around it)4. did he have the hope appraised recently (he said he bought the 16 acre lot, which includes this house earlier this year)Any other questions you all can think to ask?