Friday, March 30, 2018

Productivity 101 - Tristan and his WHITEBOARD - LIVE! | Video

Tristan and his WHITEBOARD - LIVE!

Productivity 101
Minimize Distractions



Hey Everybody! Welcome back to Tristan and his WHITEBOARD - LIVE!  Productivity 101.

Today, we're talking about a little productivity tip...some things that I've used to help me get more stuff done in actually less time.  

Productivity 101 is keep your distractions at a minimum. Now obviously, no grand new idea here, but just a couple of tips that I’ve used to help me be more productive in my business and in my life.

Do Not Disturb

First thing we're talking about today is Do Not Disturb.

There's a button on your phone that allows you to push that button and - you know what?  Calls won't come through. The text won't bother you, you will not get disturbed on your phone.

Why is this important?  Because we've had things rammed our mindset that, to be successful, you must get up at five every morning and work till seven/eight o'clock at night and go, go, go, go! And while that might work for a while, you're going to get burnt out.

So, to me, you deserve time for yourself. You deserve to take time in the middle of the day and put that do not disturb on. Relax, slow down, take a deep breath. Meditate if you need to, take a nap - I love to take a nap in the middle of the day... It really just refreshes me.  Puts me back in the spot.

You know how it is in the middle of the day - three o'clock - you're trying to get something done and you just keep pushing through it. It takes you all afternoon to get that done. When if all you would have done was just taken a 10-minute break, gone outside and taken a walk, put your do not disturb on, turn the lights off in the office and sleep on the floor for 10 minutes. You would have had that done in no time.  Because you've refreshed yourself.  You’ve given yourself the chance to stop and take a moment and get back on top of things.

Use it. Do not disturb button. Plus, it's great at night. I’m always laughing when some people say "Yeah, your phone call woke me up" and I was like, "Why did you respond? If you're asleep, put the do not disturb button on! Don't answer the phone, they can leave a message.

Notifications

Second part. Notifications.

Whether that be your voicemail notifications, your social media notifications, your text message notifications. Your Facebook post notifications. Choose how you're going to have these notifications alert you on your phone.

I turned off my email notifications. Also, I turned off my Facebook notifications. I don't want that thing buzzing every time I get an email, a Facebook post, or a comment... I'll be looking at my phone all day long. I won't have a chance to sit down and get motivated into what I'm doing.

There are scientific studies have been done, that once you are working on something and you get disturbed, it takes you long time (I'm sorry I didn't look up the actual article I've seen it before) as far as how long it takes to get back into the groove. So, every time your phone buzzes, you look at it "ok - I'll look at it later"...But then it's going to take you that much longer to get back into things.

Decide what notifications you need for your business, for who you are, to be notifying you. For instance, I got my text messages as buzzing. Which means that if someone is going to text message me, I feel, like that's probably something important something I might need to look at right away. The phone calls of course, are set to come through. But my e-mails, I'll check it every once and awhile. Facebook, I'll get on there when I need to. The rest of the social media, I'll get on to there and check it when I need to.

So, make sure that you know for yourself, what's going to be best for you to stay productive and not have everything bugging you 20 times during the day. Or 20,000 times during the day…

Focus Days

Number three:  A big shout out to my friend and mentor Jonathan for this tip that I've used.
Set yourself one day - or even half a day - for a focus day.

Use this day to create, to work on you personally, to work on your business. Not IN your business, but ON your business.

Turn the phone off - put on do not disturb. Don't check your email.

Plan and think about what you want to do for that day. I've created a Facebook posts on my focus days. I've created blog posts. Some days, I've done some seminars – ‘what do you want to become’ kind of thing - get your mindset right. Those type of things.

Find one day during your week - or even half day during your week. That you can set aside...let everybody know, “Don't disturb me. I'm busy. I'm doing this thing over here.” People can leave a message. People can leave e-mails - you can get back to them later.

Use this day to work on your business. To work on you. To allow that to happen. Amazing results with things you can get done.

I really started looking forward to my focus days - just so I could do the things I really wanted to do. To really create some things, create my website. Do some things like that.

So, here's the three tips that I have for you to increase your productivity.

Allow yourself to stop. Slow down. Focus on what you need to focus on, even if that focus on you, yourself, and you.

Alright! Thanks so much for watching.  Have an awesome day!  Talk to you later.

See you next time on Tristan and his WHITEBOARD.

Monday, March 26, 2018

674 Airway Court, Box Elder, SD | New Price on Home for Sale

674 Airway Court, Box Elder, SD$7,100 price reduction!

Was $233,000.  Now:  $225,900!


Lots to offer in this 3 bed, 2 bath, 3 car garage ranch style home:

3 Bedrooms on Main Floor
Includes Master Suite - bath with double sink vanity and walk-in closet
Main Floor Laundry
Open Floor Plan
Vaulted Ceilings
Gas Fireplace
Kitchen Island
Fully Fenced Backyard
NO Backyard Neighbors

PLUS the basement is partially finished and ready for a family room, 2 more bedrooms, a full bath, and storage.  There's even a room that would make an awesome root cellar or wine storage!

Watch the video above.  For more pictures and info:   www.674AirwayCourt.com.

Awesomeness!

Friday, March 9, 2018

Sellers: It Ain't Over Until the Buyer Signs... | Tristan and his WHITEBOARD LIVE [video}

Tristan and his WHITEBOARD - LIVE

Sellers - It Ain't Over Until the Buyer Signs at Closing


Hey Everybody - Welcome to Tristan and his WHITEBOARD - LIVE!

This is Tristan with Mindful Living Realty and yes…there is a unicorn on the board behind me. My daughter likes to come in and draw things on my board while I'm away and I thought it was kind of cool conversation piece so I left it up. Happy Unicorn Day!

So today we're going to talk about something for sellers, especially.

And that is: It ain't over, until it's over.

So we get the Purchase Agreement signed and, yes - it's good to be excited.  We've got it sold. But that's just one piece the process.  We’ve got to get it all the way closed. There's a lot of things that could happen between Purchase Agreement time and closing that we need to kinda talk about so you are aware what all could happen.

The Many Buyer Influences

So - here's how this scenario works. We have a buyer and they got many pieces involved in getting the deal closed. We've got a lender. And the lender has underwriters.  We've also got insurance agents and they've got underwriters. And then we've also got their agent – the buyer's agent. And of course, we can't forget about parents and family. That can really be an issue. And there's this one over here - you know - memories.  "Well, last time I bought a house..." And there's a different one over here that I love as well.  "Well, my Aunt is an agent in California from 20 years ago and she said this..." Those are my favorite ones.

Now, any one of these pieces, somebody could drop the ball.  And it's nothing you or I can control. Yet each one of these people could have an effect on that buyer purchasing your home.

Buyer Lost Financing

Case in point: I had a deal couple of years ago. I was representing the seller and the lender told me that this buyer was preapproved and we were going to try to get it closed quick so they were going to go to this one procedure. And every time I called them to find out where things were at, he kept telling me, "Oh it's at underwriting, it's in underwriting."

Finally he comes back - basically he was lying to me.  He comes back: "Well actually this - this deal didn't work. This lender wasn't going to be able to help us. We got rejected so we got start all over again." So we can't close for another 45 days.

Obviously, my seller was livid at this point. But it was the best choice at that time to keep things moving along.  Well then, the buyer got “non-motivated” to buy the property.  Something happened with his job and all the sudden he was no longer approved to buy the property. Hence, he got out of that deal, unfortunately. So my seller - already moved out, already waiting for the property to get sold... has spent money on moving things, spent money on storage units. All that kind of stuff.  Out all that kind of money. We had to put it back on the market. Not a very happy situation. But that kind of thing can happen.

Death in the Family

Another scenario we had just recently. [On a house we had listed} Another agent brought us a buyer that had a death in the family or close relative.  It happened that their funeral for their relative, I'm not sure if it was a sister or what it was, was in Arizona the day after we were supposed to close.

So, of course, what are you going to do?  You're going to let him have the time and of course, it was near Christmas. They also wanted to have that week after to spend time with the family in Arizona. During this time, they had to get some documentation into the lender. Well, the lender did not tell us OR them that "Oh, by the way not only do I need it in, I also need time to send it for underwriting.”

They got the documentation in, finally, near the end of the second week.  And then needed another week to process it.  We finally got closed three weeks after the original closing date. These things happen.

Stuff Happens...

I've heard stories of the sellers - or the buyers... oh no - it was the sellers in this case. The sellers were found dead in their house one morning. We can't make this stuff up! This stuff actually happens.

I’ve had buyers feel like, well the home needs so much work…even after we had cleared the home inspection.  And they decided "No - I got cold feet.  I'm backing away."  First time home buyers...

We've got scenarios where a husband had bought a home for the wife and then the buyer's wife decided that she didn't want to buy the home after a while. The wife said "I don't know if I really want to be here..."  Of course, we talked to them about all the options and they did end up purchasing it.
There are options. There are ways that you can handle these type of scenarios, but my point is... There’s a lot of different things can happen.  Got a lot of different stories that we tell you about how things fall apart the last minute.

Go with The Flow

Now...
Don't freak out.
Don't create problems for yourself.
Just know that things can happen along the way.

And it isn't over until a buyer at closing signs that piece of paper and - piece of papers - and the whole deal is funded.

So! Be warned, if I have to give you a phone call and say, "Ah - remember when we were talking in the beginning about THE call if something happens. Yeah, this is that call..." Of course, if the buyers default, you have every right to keep earnest money and sue and all that kind of thing.

But - just keep your chin up during the process. Go with the flow!  Things happen... weird things happen. Let everything just happen, roll with it.  Roll with the dice.  Everything will be fine in the end.  The majority of homes end up getting closed and end up getting taken care of.  And we work through the process.

But you just need be a little more understanding of this mess and the whole process.

Thank you very much for watching today. Hope you guys are having a great week. Let me know if you have any questions or any comments below.

Have a great day and talk to you next time on Tristan and his WHITEBOARD.