Hello everyone, this is a hands-on training class being held at Keller Williams Greenville central office, in Greenville, SC. We are learning the basics of how to blog and how to best utilize and participate in the Active Rain environment. Next, we will practice inserting a photo into our blog. Everyone is having a great time and we will all grow our businesses with the help of the Active Rain community!
KirkWestervelt
Real Estate Consultant
Keller Williams
Greenville, SC
(864) 451-2402
As I drove out of my subdivision today I just happened to look to the left and saw a woman and her friend checking out a vacant home for sale through the front windows. I put my Yukon XL in reverse, backed up to the cul-de-sac they were in and pulled up to see if I could be of any assistance.
Turns out the lady is on a mission from out of state to find a new home for herself and her husband and yes...she very much appreciated my offer to help!
I happened to have my trusty GE Supra lock box key with me and after calling in the showing, I gave her a tour of the house and a few others in my subdivision.
She even visited me a few hours later on the other side of town at my open house, and we pulled some active listings in the area as I had my laptop with me and I was able to pick up a signal in the neighborhood.
We'll be going out Sunday afternoon to look at homes.
It was almost as if this client was standing on the street curb, thumb sticking out, hitch-hiking for a Realtor to pick her up!
What a blessing!
I guess at the end of the day, there was a split-second in my mind where I almost kept on driving by, but instead I decided to back up, make an effort, do my job, attempt to serve, attempt to build a relationship and ultimately realign my priorities.
Thank God for those split-second decisions in life that just seem to work out for the best!
I just picked up a new listing from clients who found me on Active Rain this past week. They've already moved out of Greenville and they're in another state. It seemed obvious to me when I first viewed the property that it needed a little special attention.
Considering that my clients are out of market and that they cannot afford to hire anyone to do the work, it was my pleasure to go over to their home today with my two older sons and do some work to get the place looking good!
We raked the leaves from the front lawn, raked all the leaves and acorns from the driveway, I vacuumed all of the carpet, cleaned the leaves off the back deck and front porch, I trimmed the front hedges and finally dragged a large dusting towel over the ceiling fans and around the kitchen counters and appliances.
Tomorrow I'll get over there with my ladder and clean out the gutters which are filled with leaves (not a big deal as it is a ranch style home).
The location is what it is, which is an attractive, desirable cul-de-sac lot with mature trees and a creek in the back. We've priced it right. Now, after a little effort, the curb appeal and cleanliness should help to add to the already good condition of the home.
As you can imagine, with all those leaves the home enjoys some mature trees on the lot. The downside is that with the existing window treatments there is a lack of natural light inside the home. So today I raised all the window blinds up to allow for the maximum amount of natual light to flood the home as people view it. This is also a benefit as the view out of the windows is pleasant with the fall colors throughout the wooded lot.
I hope the extra efforts pay off for my clients!
Do you appreciate Active Rain? I sure do!
This past week was just fantastic as I picked up a new listing and also a referral client who intends on purchasing multiple investment properties in the Greenville area. This new business "found me" due to various participation efforts within the Active Rain community.
If you are someone who has ever felt like giving up or slowing down or quitting altogether with respect to your consistent participation efforts and contributions in the Active Rain community, let me suggest that you could be making a huge mistake!
Besides the fact that you can make friends, learn from others, help others feel good about themselves, educate others and every now and then make someone laugh when they really needed to laugh...you can actually pick up clients from this wonderful online environment! Yes! Clients who enable us to make a living in this wonderful business!
And all it cost me was a modest initial investment of $3500 to join Active Rain and then of course the monthly dues of only $29.95!
Oh, wait a minute...that was a joke, of course! Active Rain is so many things to so many people and at the end of the day it is FREE!
Hang in there and I assure you that someday you'll appreciate Active Rain even more and more as time passes!
Just over two weeks ago, I decided that enough was enough and I black-listed all forms of news media in an effort to reduce stress in my life. I was addicted to the news on TV, on the internet and in my car, everytime I drove.
I found myself constantly feeding this type of information into my brain and processing all of the latest "important" information. However, at the end of the day it was all negative, doom and gloom, "the sky is falling" type of information.
The mass news media is a relentless, 24 hour a day engine that runs and runs and drives this stuff into your brain.
So, after about two weeks of having watched no news, or logging onto the internet to read news websites, I can tell you it has been absolutely wonderful! I have enjoyed watching old re-runs on the TV Land channel on cable. I've enjoyed laughing at old TV shows I used to watch when I was a kid. I've pulled out my CD music collection and I've enjoyed "rocking out" to some good stuff while driving.
It may sound strange, but it has been almost like a cleansing or purification for me to remove stress-inducing, ultimately useless information from my life. I say useless because at the end of the day, I have no power or control over what is happening in the news. I cannot change it, so why should I sit around and stress out over all this stuff?
A few of my friends and family members think I'm "sticking my head in the sand". Maybe I am. Maybe this little vacation of mine from the ridiculous world of "hard news", "world news" and "economic news" is just a temporary fad that I won't be able to maintain for one reason or another.
So what? So be it!
What I can attest to, with 100% certainty, is that my stress levels have gone down by about 90% to 95% since I stopped watching relentless, repetitive news about "credit crises, $700billion bailouts, recessions, world market turmoil, dow dropping by many points and a bunch of idiotic politicians blaming each other for all our problems".
I used to have a bunch of hot buttons on my web browser to take me to all these "important" news media sites. I replaced them all with various positive, motivational and uplifting websites. This has been wonderful!
While I feel better and my stress levels are down substantially, I have a much clearer focus on what matters most! I focus on various professional and personal tasks that really matter to me, and I don't sit around sweating over how many points the dow dropped!
If you happen to be someone who is sick and tired of the 24 hour, relentless mass news media and their negative spin on everything, I suggest you consider a one week black-out of all forms of news media. If you can truly do it for one week, try to make it to two weeks, and see how much your quality of life improves and your stress levels are reduced.
If you decide to try this, don't just black-list the news media. Remember to replace your TV viewing with things that make you laugh, feel good, or become intellectually stimulated. Replace any news related web browser hot links with links to sites that are truly inspirational and uplifting.
Here are a few I enjoy:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000009.htm
http://www.selfgrowth.com/quote.html
Kirk Westervelt is a Realtor serving residential buyers & sellers throughout the Greater Greenville, SC region. Kirk's professionalism, knowledge & enthusiasm are greatly appreciated by his clients!
Kirk Westervelt was born and raised in Grosse Pointe, MI. Kirk moved to CA and began his career path in sales, marketing and business development after graduating from San Francisco State University. Kirk Westervelt has a background that includes more than 11 years of professional sales, marketing and business development experience. If you have ever enjoyed sitting in a massage lounger or using a hand-held or foot massager at a specialty back care store, or in one of those fancy stores at the shopping mall, chances are very high that Kirk Westervelt had something to do with the design, development, manufacture, wholesale, distribution or marketing activities related to that massage lounger or personal massage product. As a former corporate executive Kirk personally launched the world's #1 selling massage chair line. More recently as the President and owner of his own company, Kirk has proudly designed, manufactured and launched some of the most desirable massage loungers and zero gravity recliners available anywhere.
Kirk has a beautiful wife named Lorena. Kirk and Lorena are the proud parents of four beautiful young boys named Jacob, Justin, Jared and Jason.
Kirk's true passion is, and always has been, real estate. Residential buyers, sellers and investors appreciate Kirk's genuine enthusiasm to serve as their professional real estate consultant. Kirk's real estate clients throughout the Greenville and Simpsonville, SC region quickly discover his confidence, integrity, tireless work ethic and professionalism. Kirk is a strong advocate and negotiator for his real estate clients and he maintains a constant level of professionalism throughout the home buying or selling process. Everything great in Kirk's life, both personally and professionally, has come about as a result of building genuine win-win relationships with people, founded on honesty, integrity, hard work and a good sense of humor! Kirk's focus is to build relationships worth having, provide superior service to his real estate clients and to earn long term repeat business and referral business as a natural result of these relationships. Call Kirk today at: (864) 451-2402
I work with a broad arrary of real estate clients, including buyers, sellers and investors throughout the Greater Greenville, SC region. One of my specialties is with relocation efforts for executives and their families. I've enjoyed working with clients who were relocating to the Greenville, SC region because of their careers which have had ties to Michelin, BMW, ICAR (International Center for Automotive Research), Furman University and Clemson University to name just a few. Having moved to Greenville from Orange County, CA, I understand everything that is involved in the process of relocating and I can clearly empathize with my clients and the stress they endure as part of the process of relocating. I help my clients understand what different areas of town have to offer in terms of the schools, shopping, restaurants, golfing, tennis, freeway access, property taxes, association dues, etc. I also help my clients who live in the Greenville or Simpsonville region with a special discount listing program which saves them money while getting top dollar for the sale of their existing home, as part of the process of utilizing my services to help them move up to a more expensive home in the region. While many of my clients are buying or selling homes in the $300k, $400k, $500k and up range, I also have a great level of expertise in assisting clients who are first time home buyers, typically seeking homes in the $125k to $250k range. I've worked diligently with real estate investors who were seeking short sales, REO, and foreclosures for the purposes of rehabbing and flipping the real estate, or renting or leasing out the property as landlords, for monthly cash flow. The regions I typically work in include Greenville, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn, Greer, Traveler's Rest, Mauldin, and other areas throughout the Greater Greenville region. One of the services I provide is to pre-screen other realtors for my clients who may be leaving the immediate area and thus I can take out much of the guess work for clients who would like to be referred to a quality realtor in the area they are moving to. My clients come to trust in me as being their overall real estate consultant. It's all about honesty, integrity, enthusiasm, and quality service! I guess one of my greatest areas of expertise is something that comes completely naturally for me, and that is the ability to build rapport with people. Most people seem to feel very comfortable speaking with me, and this usually occurs fairly quickly. I guess this a natural part of who I am, because I'm honest with people and I show a sincere interest in my client's wants and needs and I never lose sight of that. It's not about me, it's about you and your goals and needs! Call me today! It would be my pleasure to provide you with an exceptional level of service as your Realtor! Call Kirk at: (864) 451-2402.
If you would like me to forward you a copy of my references sheet, which includes testimonials from both past and present clients, please email me at: kirk@kwrealtyagent.com
Or, call me at: (864) 451-2402
Thanks!
Kirk Westervelt
Keller Williams Realty
Greenville, SC
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