Isanti - Sherburne - Wright - Anoka County Minnesota Real Estate Blog: October 2008

Its seems like every time you ask someone what they have been up to to say, "Oh my, I am just so busy!"

I know that there are a lot of things to do and most people are really busy.  However, I often wonder what these people are busy doing.  Certainly you need to spend time involved with family and organizations, but when you are BUSY working what are you doing??

Here are the things you should be doing.  These are things that most directly lead to EARNING MONEY and last I checked that's why most people are in the business:

1) Strategic Planning (If you fail to have a plan you plan to fail)

2) Negotiate Offers(Definitely want to do a lot of that)

3) Lead Follow Up (Many prospects are lost because agents fail to follow up)

4) Show Property (The old saying goes ... If you don't have a buyer in your car you are unemployed

5) Prospecting (Will help you get buyers in your car)

Other things that will make you successful long term include hiring a coach, attending seminars, working on your business, pre-qualifying buyers, and doing listing presentations.

-----------------------Look at that list and see if that is what you are busy doing.---------------------------

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Chuck Carstensen is a Realtor with The Discovery Team at RE/MAX; helping buyers, sellers, and investors of residential real estate.  He is a Dynamic Life Coach; The Discovery Coach- "Helping you discover your talents, desires and purpose." Carstensen is a speaker and co-author in the best selling book series Wake Up...Live the Life You Love: Your Wake Up Moments (available this winter).

Active Rain is working great for me as a lead generation and sales tool. I have been blogging on Active Rain since early March and it took some time to get results.  Now I am getting a good flow of leads that I am converting to business. 

Here are some of the adjustments I have made over time that have helped people find me on Active Rain:

1. Stop posting "junk" blogs.  By "junk" blogs I mean blogs that have no real value.  I will admit there was a time I would post a blog just to get some points.  Now I make sure my blogs have value related to either my real estate of coaching services.

2. Better use of keywords.  The titles and keywords of certain posts have gotten me leads.  I live in Cambridge, MN and every so often do a post about something in that area and I get found.  Same with some of the surrounding cities.  Putting the city in the keywords and in the title will get you found in a search.

3. (Invite Your "Dawg's") -Let friends/family/other professionals know about Active Rain.  The more people that know this is a valuable tool. The more people there will be to search for you or me!!

4. Be yourself!  I write a lot of encouraging and inspiration type of posts. I believe the energy you send out comes back so I write posts to help make people feel good. That goodness returns from all avenues of life!

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Chuck Carstensen is a Realtor with The Discovery Team at RE/MAX; helping buyers, sellers, and investors of residential real estate.  He is a Dynamic Life Coach; The Discovery Coach- "Helping you discover your talents, desires and purpose." Carstensen is a speaker and co-author in the best selling book series Wake Up...Live the Life You Love: Your Wake Up Moments (available this winter).

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Chuck Carstensen is a Realtor with The Discovery Team at RE/MAX; helping buyers, sellers, and investors of residential real estate.  He is a Dynamic Life Coach; The Discovery Coach- "Helping you discover your talents, desires and purpose." Carstensen is a speaker and co-author in the best selling book series Wake Up...Live the Life You Love: Your Wake Up Moments (available this winter).

Cambridge, MN Real Estate...many deals for buyers!

Its a great time to buy a home.  The proof is in the numbers.  $130,000 is an affordable home for many people. I pick this price because you can stay close to $1000 on the monthly payment.  There are also homes around $100,000 and with that you might be at $800/m on the payment. 

At those prices you should be a HOME OWNER and not a renter.  Right now there are 59 active listings under $130,000.  There are currently 16 sales pending in that price range meaning the supply and demand is still out of balance. 

Many of the active homes are bank owned.  This time of year its wise for the banks not to sit on properties in Minnesota heading into the winter.  Buyers its time to get out there and get yourself a great deal on the house.  Don't expect half off, but with the right house you might get an additional $20,000 off. 

Don't rent if you can own.  Call me for your Cambridge, MN and Isanti County Real Estate needs.

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You are an amazing person! Can you say that?  Can you go look yourself in the mirror and say that and feel right about it?

I am here to tell you that you should say that about yourself. Not in a prideful way, but in a loving/spiritually uplifted way.  YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON!  THERE IS NO ONE QUITE LIKE YOU IN ALL THE WORLD. 

God loves you and believes in you!  Start seeing yourself how God sees you.  God looks at you and says, "_________ you are an amazing person!"  ...and this is the TRUTH!

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HOW EASY IS IT TO FEEL GOOD? 

(1) I have been spending some time wondering why some people can constantly feel bad (its seems), and (2) other people can feel good no matter what happens.

Here is the deal. I feel I can answer the first part of the above sentence by answering the second part.  I can answer the second part of the above sentence.  Here is why: I ALWAYS CHOOSE TO FEEL GOOD!  Not that all good things happen to me.  In fact I look back at last week and noticed a lot of things that were likely "technically not good" did actually occur.  However, I my reaction change the potential outcome.

Jack Canfield was the first to teach me this:

Event + Response = Outcome

Simple formula.  If you want to have different outcomes then change how you respond to them.  Our response is a choice.  If you can have the FAITH that all things work out for your GOOD then your response to EVENTS that are "not good" will be different.  Basically I call everything GOOD! 

My reason... God is GOOD he knows better. I will just roll with it and be happy and FEEL GOOD!

Its EASY!

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Yesterday I hit a deer.  Not exciting news.  Apparently the deer are out this time of year in Minnesota so look out!

If you follow my blog at all you might be able to guess my reaction to this as I pulled to the side of the road with glass all over me and the inside for the car....

I first said, "I'm alive! Thank you God!"

Then noticed the deer I thought sure that I was going to hit head on I missed.  Unfortunately I hit her DEER friend on the side of my car and the hit broke my mirror which flung through the drivers side window and left glass all over.

Then I said, "Thank you Lord that it only hit the side of my car."

I had to adjust my schedule the rest of the day.  I later found a shop with a loaner car that was available and even though the heater does not work in that...I am still thankful for the transportation.

You see its not what happens to us in life, its how we handle what happens to us.  Its all a choice and I choose to have gratitude!  How will you react to adversity?

Peace!

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Everyone needs to have a little fun each day!  For me and the kids we like to put in a couple cd's and just dance around and be silly!  Of course I close the shades so the neighbors don't see us jumping all over. I say jumping because I don't know that my moves qualify as dancing.

My 5 year old is a better dancer then me.  I give it up to him. He has some moves.  The importance I want to mention is that we HAVE FUN.  It might just be for 15 minutes but we do this often and its great for us to do together. 

Music and dancing can help us FEEL GOOD.  The better we FEEL the better we DO.  Combining that with some FUN FAMILY time makes for a successful time period in that day. 

Thus, this is my suggestion for a TRIPLE PLAY... HAVING FUN, FAMILY TIME and FEELING GOOD all come out of this activity.  So dance with your kids!

Peace!

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Monday is always the day of the week I feel like I am most productive.  Today I feel extra productive. Why?  Because I already have had a closing and an offer accepted!  I love starting the week that way!

I was already feeling good, so this of course just helps that!  Since many people out there have not started the week this way I still suggest that you find something to FEEL GOOD about.  FEELING GOOD helps attract more good to you! 

Am I saying that you should just FEEL GOOD and good things will happen.  That sounds too easy you may ask...Fortunately, its true.  Find your FEELING GOOD place and move in the direction of what you set out to do and your path will be met with more and more good along the way.

Peace!

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Chuck Carstensen is a Realtor with The Discovery Team at RE/MAX; helping buyers, sellers, and investors of residential real estate.  He is a Dynamic Life Coach; The Discovery Coach- "Helping you discover your talents, desires and purpose." Carstensen is a speaker and co-author in the best selling book series Wake Up...Live the Life You Love: Your Wake Up Moments (available this winter).

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I understand the importance of being positive and definitely keep being positive if that is where you are now.  If you are not feeling good or positive about things you need to get that turned around and you need to start being positive right now.

However, BEING POSITIVE IS NOT ENOUGH if....

1) ...You are still constantly focusing on the lack of sales or leads.

2)...You are planning on not selling enough houses and cutting back on your budget.

3)...Don't have faith in yourself to find new ideas and take new action to create more sales.

4)...You don't understand the power of DIVINE SUBSTANCE...the knowing that you are a champion in life and that you will succeed.

5)...You don't understand the importance of loving yourself and others first!

There is more, but the point is that being positive is not enough. It is a great start!  Negative thinking will bury you in the next few months.  So get positive and then start focusing on abundance, substance and love!

Peace!

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