The Toughest Questions on the NJ Real Estate Exam

2023-01-04T06:24:30-05:00

February 13, 2019 As I write this, my Cherry Hill real estate pre-licensing class is taking the final exam in our 75-hour real estate salesperson pre-licensing class. As we went through our final course review this morning, the questions began coming: “How many math questions will there be?” “I confuse the different types of estates, [...]

The Toughest Questions on the NJ Real Estate Exam2023-01-04T06:24:30-05:00

2019 Housing Market Forecast

2023-01-04T06:24:55-05:00

January 30, 2019 As my friend Bill Gelernt of Oak Mortgage says when clients ask where interest rates are going, “My crystal ball is in the shop for repairs right now.” So it was a real challenge when a student in our Cherry Hill real estate licensing class this month asked, “Where do you think [...]

2019 Housing Market Forecast2023-01-04T06:24:55-05:00

2018 South Jersey Real Estate Recap

2023-01-04T06:25:18-05:00

Looking Back, Looking Forward January 22, 2019 Legend has it that the very moment the announcement is made from Buckingham Palace that the reigning monarch has died, the same announcer immediately—in the same sentence—declares loyalty to his or her successor. Whether they are agents in real estate school trying to earn a New Jersey real [...]

2018 South Jersey Real Estate Recap2023-01-04T06:25:18-05:00

Counting my Blessings

2023-01-04T06:13:31-05:00

December 20, 2018 This message has nothing to do with getting one’s NJ real estate license or our real estate school or buying and selling houses. Then again, maybe it has something to do with everything we do, both as individuals and as real estate professionals. As a child, growing up in a Salvation Army [...]

Counting my Blessings2023-01-04T06:13:31-05:00

Making the BIG Bucks as a real estate agent: True or False?

2023-01-04T06:13:51-05:00

December 18, 2018 As director of the Garden State Real Estate Academy, I often look out at the students studying for their New Jersey real estate license and silently wonder, “Who among you will be future superstars, and who will be out of the business in six months?” I really hope every one of those students [...]

Making the BIG Bucks as a real estate agent: True or False?2023-01-04T06:13:51-05:00

“They stole my listing!”

2023-01-04T05:49:05-05:00

December 10, 2018 We were halfway through the last real estate licensing class in Cherry Hill when one of the aspiring Realtors® told the class a story. “My friend just changed from xxx Realty to yyy Realtors®,” she said, and after she told them she was leaving, the brokerage wouldn’t let her take her listings [...]

“They stole my listing!”2023-01-04T05:49:05-05:00

“Honor God; Help People.”

2023-01-04T06:11:37-05:00

December 5, 2018 The speaker at my Rotary meeting this morning was Cedrick Brown, one-time Eagles player and now an accomplished author and successful pastor of a church with campuses in Lindenwold, Wilmington and Rowan University. As he told his fascinating life story that led him to his current vocation, Pastor Brown summed up his [...]

“Honor God; Help People.”2023-01-04T06:11:37-05:00

Townhouses, Condos, and Co-Ops: What You Need to Know to Get Your Real Estate License.

2023-01-04T06:04:33-05:00

November 20, 2018 For some reason, students in our real estate school struggle with the subject of townhouses, condominiums, and co-operatives. Let’s take them one by one. What are townhouses? A townhouse (or townhome) is an architectural style of residential property. It is the suburban  equivalent of the rowhomes we see in our large cities. Townhouses [...]

Townhouses, Condos, and Co-Ops: What You Need to Know to Get Your Real Estate License.2023-01-04T06:04:33-05:00

Shhh! Here’s the Best Time to Sell Your Home.

2023-01-04T06:02:03-05:00

November 17, 2018 I was preparing students to get their real estate license at our Cherry Hill real estate school when one of them asked a question: “Is there any point getting our real estate license in November, when houses don’t start selling until the spring?” It was one of those many moments when I [...]

Shhh! Here’s the Best Time to Sell Your Home.2023-01-04T06:02:03-05:00

Why a Realtor® can net you more money than selling your home yourself

2023-01-04T06:04:59-05:00

November 11, 2018 You’re thinking of joining our December pre-licensing class at our Cherry Hill real estate school. You think you’d do well in a real estate career . Then you meet a friend who tells you, “I’m going to sell my house soon, but I don’t need a Realtor® because I can sell it [...]

Why a Realtor® can net you more money than selling your home yourself2023-01-04T06:04:59-05:00
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