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As the year comes to a close, I find myself looking back at it with a
lot to be thankful for. 2015 has been quite a year for me
personally and for my family.
Just recently Front Street Brokers celebrated the grand opening of
our new branch office in Eagle, Idaho. My office continues to grow.
Even though I don?t advertise or recruit, I keep having amazing
agents seek out my office because of our reputation and
innovative business culture. We started the year with 10 agents at
my brokerage, and now we are closing in on 20 agents. My goal is
to grow the office to 25-30 agents, but I don?t care how long it
takes. I?d rather be ultra careful with who we bring on so that we
can maintain our business culture and the level of expertise we
offer to our clients.
Growing a business can be tricky. My biggest concern is that the
level of performance or quality of services provided could suffer if
we grow too fast, bring on the wrong people, or don?t train them
effectively. Therefore, part of my mission now and going forward
in 2016 is to further define and shape our unique approach to
selling homes, and make that approach mandatory across the
whole brokerage. We have a better way to sell homes, and we
have a ton of evidence that backs that up. Most brokerages allow
agents to run their business the way they see fit (good or bad). But
at Front Street Brokers, all of us will hold each other to a much
higher standard, so that all of us deliver the highest level of
expertise and deliver to our clients a unique approach that they
can trust will help them net the most money when they go to sell
their home.
and other secrets I've uncovered about our the real estate
profession that I wish I knew when I started. Apparently I had a lot
to say, because I'm nearly finished with a whole book on advice for
Realtors. Should come out this spring.
Writing has become a family staple in my household. I?ve just
begun to test the waters of writing, but my wife has been
aggressively pursuing a career in writing ever since we had kids.
She has written more than 5 books, and 2 of them actually hit the
New York Times Best Seller list in 2014! So yeah, she is super
awesome, and I?m very proud of her.
My wife Amanda writes under the name AK Turner, if you ever
want to check out any of her books. She writes humor and has an
honest, unfiltered wit that many of her fans enjoy. Her latest
series is called Vagabonding with Kids. This series is a fun glimpse
of our family and how we manage to travel abroad each year for
extended periods of time while maintaining multiple businesses
and careers with kids in tow. We work every day, so it?s much like a
remote office, only in amazing locations. Check out Amanda?s
article in this newsletter that discusses our upcoming trip to Brazil.
We leave this December, and if you would like to follow along on
our adventure to Brazil we will be broadcasting live (almost every
day) through the free phone app called ?Periscope.? If you get the
app or have it already, just search and follow ?AK Turner.?
Below is a handful of photos from the Grand Opening Party and
some recent photos of my family. I hope you and your family have
an amazing holiday season. If you ever need anything, just email
me anytime at [email protected].
In fact, I've been writing a lot lately about how we accomplish this,
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