Announcing 2007 HomeGain Top Performers™ Congratulations to all the winners! 2007 turned out to be a successful year for many HomeGain agents, despite the downturned market nationwide. In addition to highlighting the 2007 Top Performers by Region and the 2007 Top Performers by State, HomeGain recognizes a handful of agents in each region of the country who had impressive sales and are thus deserving of an honorable mention. We look forward to continued success for all of our member agents during 2008. - Louis Cammarosano, General Manager, HomeGain |
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2007 Top Performers – Nationwide Highest Dollar Volume – Nationwide Nationwide (and East Region) Top Performer Eric Pakulla, RE/MAX Advantage Realty, MD: $398,142 in gross closed commissions
“HomeGain and I have a mutually beneficial relationship,” said Eric Pakulla. “HomeGain continues to send me qualified customers who need to buy or sell a home. I feel fortunate to be able to turn those leads into successful sales.” Nationwide Honorable Mentions
Highest Volume of Home Sales – Nationwide Nationwide Top Performers (2 Way Tie) Barbara Tidwell, Keller Williams Realty, TX
“As a HomeGain agent, people are already positive towards me when they meet me, and that makes the whole process easier on everyone,” said Barbara Tidwell. Nationwide Honorable Mentions
2007 Top Performers – By Region Highest Dollar Volume Eric Pakulla, RE/MAX Advantage Realty, MD: $398,142 in gross closed commissions East Region Honorable Mentions Southeast Region Top Performer David and Dorothy Eiglarsh, RE/MAX HomeTown, FL: $128,321 in gross closed commissions
“I welcome the added business that I’ve gained from using HomeGain over the years,” noted David Eiglarsh. “HomeGain has tremendous resources to attract internet business that would be difficult to obtain otherwise.” Southeast Region Honorable Mentions North Central Region Top Performer Philip and Carol Kyburz, Real Estate One, MI: $93,889 in gross closed commissions
“Real estate market in Michigan is one of the toughest in the entire country right now with only about 30% of the homes put on the market selling at the present time in our area,” said Philip Kyburz of Real Estate One in Michigan. “Unemployment is over 7% and it has been quoted that we are in a single state recession. We appreciate HomeGain’s commitment to its agents and programs. Carol and I contribute our success in this tough market to treating people fairly and honestly, telling our clients what they need to hear instead of what they may want to hear and marketing homes aggressively.” North Central Region Honorable Mentions South Region Top Performer Barbara Tidwell, Keller Williams Realty, TX (See Top Volume of Sales – Nationwide) South Region Honorable Mentions Northwest Region Top Performer Theresa Tuengel, RE/MAX Northwest Realtors (WA): $72,047 in gross closed commissions
“I think in any type of market people are looking for a broker with education and experience,” stated Theresa Tuengel. “I think they want someone who works hard and doesn’t just rely on the MLS to get the job done. I think in slower markets consumers are looking for a broker to stop blabbing and get the job done, period! The clients want me to help not “sell the consumer.” It is a big decision and a ton of money to buy a home in our area.” “Consequently,” Theresa continued, “people need good quality resources, help, information, someone who knows how to navigate who can be dangerous waters to help them protect their investment. I am in no hurry and provide “Red Carpet” treatment no matter what the price range of clientele. The Golden Rule is how I treat all clients, and associates in the industries related to our own. Simple idea, takes 100% effort for me to do it.” Northwest Region Honorable Mentions West Region Top Performer Jim Tierney, NetEquity Real Estate (CA): $145,035 in gross closed commissions
“HomeGain is the most reliable and consistent lead generation company that I use,” noted Jim Tierney. “You need to have many different sources of real estate leads and lead generation sources to be successful and HomeGain is consistently at the top of my list.” West Region Honorable Mentions
Highest Volume of Home Sales – By Region East Region (and Nationwide 2 Way Tie) Top Performer Eric Pakulla, RE/MAX Advantage, MD East Region Honorable Mentions Southeast Region Top Performer Sharon Kunz, RE/MAX Five Star, GA: 19 closed transactions Southeast Region Honorable Mentions North Central Region Top Performer Les Davis, Realty Executives Metro One, MO: 15 closed transactions North Central Region Honorable Mentions South Region Top Performer Barbara Tidwell, Keller Williams Realty, TX: 40 closed transactions South Region Honorable Mentions Northwest Region Top Performer Debra Wostmann, Windermere/Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc., OR: 10 closed transactions
“Wow,” exclaimed Debra Wostmann. “I believe I have earned this award through HomeGain due to the fact that HomeGain is such a wonderful referral base even in a time when the Real Estate business can be a bit challenging. I make sure I answer leads in a timely fashion and with as much personalization as possible to make the clients feel as though they are speaking to an actual person and not just a computer generated response.” Northwest Region Honorable Mentions (6 Way Tie,
all with 6 home sales) West Region Top Performer Bob Calicchia, Metro Brokers Total Realty, CO: 15 closed transactions West Region Honorable Mentions
2007 Rookie of the Year Vikas Pawa, Prudential Foothills Real Estate, AZ: Vikas closed 5 deals in 2007 totaling $19,022 in gross closed commissions
“HomeGain has been a great investment for me and a critical part of my lead generating and prospecting system,” stated Vikas Pawa. “It’s much easier than cold calling (of course) and while responding to requests in the AgentEvaluator can take time, if used effectively, it can be a consistent pipeline for new business. Sometimes you get many, many requests in a short period of time, and it can be a great way to gauge how busy things are in the market. I can count on 5 – 7 closed transactions a year from my AgentEvaluator proposals. These are legitimate home buyers and sellers.” 2007 Top Performers – By State Agents who earned the Highest Dollar Volume and/or the Highest Transaction Volume in their state in 2007 Marianne Grant AZ Your state may not be listed if the agent preferred to remain anonymous.
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Dear HomeGain, I currently pay for driving visits to my web site (with BuyerLink), but have a limited budget. Are there any FREE ways I can more visits to my web site in addition to what I do with HomeGain? -- Sally Dalhgren, Minnesota Dear Sally, What you’re referring to is Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the art of making your site more findable by the search engines (and therefore getting free traffic!). While you could get a 4-year degree in SEO and still not know everything there it to know, one of the easiest things to do is improve your site HTML tags. When a search engines scans your site to see if it contains specific criteria, it will first look at these tags. Instead of broad, generic terms like “homes for sale” or “California Real Estate” which can generate tens of millions of search results, try to be more specific and localized. Include names of local cities, towns, neighborhoods, even subdivisions; this will give you more of a shot at standing out in a group of hundreds, instead of millions. If you need ideas about what tags to include, use a tool like wordtracker's Keyword (http://www.wordtracker.com). This will not only generate new tag ideas, but tell you how often they are searched for. Good luck! Regards, |
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HomeGain at Inman News Real Estate Connect NY Louis Cammarosano was a panelist at Inman News Real Estate Connect in New York earlier this month. The session was called “Housing Outlook: Reading the Tea Leaves for 2008.” Get Louis’ Ten Predictions for 2008 in the HomeGain Real Estate Blog. |
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HomeGain Clubs Congratulations
to HomeGain's newest Gold Club and Platinum Club members. These
members represent our top performing real estate professionals
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December New Members
Agents who have closed $125,000 in gross commissions from HomeGain leads
Agents who have closed $75,000 in gross commissions from HomeGain leads
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