Your 2017 Year in Review

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 30, 2017 | Comments Off on Your 2017 Year in Review

As 2017 comes to a close, let’s take a moment and reflect on all you’ve accomplished throughout this historic year. Beyond rocketing past production records, you have transformed the game of real estate through your character, compassion an…

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Think Twice Before Opting Out of a Home Warranty

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 30, 2017 | Comments Off on Think Twice Before Opting Out of a Home Warranty

Imagine this. You move into your new home in the middle of winter and your furnace breaks down. The total cost to replace it is $3,500. Had you purchased a $700 home warranty, a portion of these costs would have been covered. With one call,…

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Put a Stop to Shiny Object Syndrome

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Put a Stop to Shiny Object Syndrome

You cannot get a prescription for it, but it is a real condition. It is “shiny object syndrome,” a highly contagious disease of distraction. And you may be infected with it if you’re experiencing one or more of these symptoms:

You get e…

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Katherine Kiernan Finds Her Professional Home at KW

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 21, 2017 | Comments Off on Katherine Kiernan Finds Her Professional Home at KW

Despite her accomplishments as a high-performing agent at Element Realty, with $24 million in closed volume and 104 units in 2016, Katherine Kiernan was ready to quit real estate. The brokerage lacked education opportunities, organization, …

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Here’s How You Grow Your Market Share Overnight

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 18, 2017 | Comments Off on Here’s How You Grow Your Market Share Overnight

Bundled in thick scarves and warm coats, Dar and Ed Walden were out navigating Anchorage’s icy roads when the call came in.
Stopped in a snowy parking lot, the co-owners of the Anchorage, Alaska-based Dar Walden Team found their friend Mat…

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Building New Beginnings

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Building New Beginnings

For 14 weeks, February through May, associates from KW Metropolitan worked tirelessly to build four homes for veterans and single-parent families headed by women at a Morris Habitat for Humanity project on Harding Avenue in Dover, N.J.
Nat…

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I Didn’t Know BIG Until I Came to KW

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 13, 2017 | Comments Off on I Didn’t Know BIG Until I Came to KW

Jay White, CEO and president of The White Group, thought he and his dad, Johnny White, were doing well selling $3.5 million annually in Charlotte, N.C., before 2010. But after being a part of the Ballantyne Area market center for six and a …

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KW Gains a Competitive Edge Through Labs

By Geoffrey Schierbaum | December 11, 2017 | Comments Off on KW Gains a Competitive Edge Through Labs

A company decides to develop a tech product. Developers disappear into a hole to design it, while consumers anxiously await its release. When the first iteration is available, the product is riddled with bugs, requiring a slew of fixes befo…

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