The listing at 83 E Carr Place E is under contract and scheduled to close March 15, 2010. The home was only on the market for 10 days. If you’re looking for a home in Timberlakes we have others listed for sale. Click HERE for Timberlakes Listings.
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Saturday February 13, 2010 Richard Beckman showed 3 Gateway Property Management rental homes. Richard showed these rentals homes knowing he wouldn’t receive any compensation. Richard was attempting to bridge relationships between competing property management companies and create a network of cooperating property management companies.
Richard Beckman is with the Richard Beckman Realty Group, LLC property management 360-432-9000
Gateway Property Management and Richard Beckman Realty Group are located in Shelton Washington. Both offer a variety of homes for rent throughout Mason County, WA.
by Matt Matayoshi
Greetings Motorsports Supporters,
The outcome of the hearing last night was successful. The Mason County Planning Advisory Commission made a recommendation to approve the rezone of the property to “Rural Tourist Campground.” This is great news of course. I want to express our appreciation for all those who testified in support of the rezone last night. Terri Jeffreys did an excellent job in representing the Chamber. As always Terri communicated very articulately specific reasons to support the rezone including the Mason County Comprehensive Plan and growing tourism opportunities in Mason County.
EDC would like to thank all those who came last night to support the rezone. We would like to thank: Kevin Cronquist, Richard Beckman, Kristy Buck, Bob Love, Rob Drexler, Peggy Zamzow, and the many others who testified in favor of the rezone. Your support made a difference last night.
There are still two major steps ahead of us. The next step is a hearing that will be held by the Mason County Commission on Tuesday, December 15th at 9:30 am in the Commission Chambers. The format for this hearing will be similar to the hearing last night. Public testimony will be taken and as we saw last night public testimony makes a difference and we look forward to your continued support at the County Commission hearing.
Best Regards,
Matt Matayoshi
Executive Director
Economic Development Council
of Mason County
P.O. Box 472
Shelton, WA 98584
Phone: (360) 426-2276
matt@masonedc.com
Help Us Find our Dog 360-790-1921
Golden Lab miss since 11/16. Wearing a pink plaid collar. Her name is Brie, she is 6 months, and looks like a white lab. My children are very sad! Please call Richard Beckman at 360-790-1921 or email richard@richardbeckman.com .
REMINDER!
Real Estate Licensing Requirements Change July 1, 2010
Existing Licensees:
Broker License (replaces Salesperson License)
Managing Broker License (replaces Associate Broker and Broker License)
Existing licensees need to take 3-hour Transition Course prior to first renewal after
July 1, 2010
New Licensees:
Broker License
90-hour pre-license education: 60-hour Fundamentals, 30-hour Practices
60-hour first-renewal education: 30-hour Advanced Practices, 30-hour Real
Estate Law
30-hour continuing education: each renewal cycle, including fi rst; includes
3-hour Core
Managing Broker License
90-hour pre-license education: 30-hour Advanced Real Estate Law, 30-hour
Real Estate Brokerage Management, 30-hour Business Management
30-hour continuing education: each renewal cycle, includes 3-hour Core
It has come to my attention this article states I’ve listed 80% of all the sold properties in the area. “Boy I wish that were TRUE” Take a look at the article and see if you can spot the typo. What they were trying to discuss that I list 80% of my listings this way. There are a few mistakes, but I’m just happy they took the time to write something about our company. Someday I hope to list 80% of all the sold listings. Maybe with your help? Let me know what you think!
Here is the article on RisMedia Click on the link below.
Back from the Brink: How Online Marketing Let One Broker Adapt and Survive in 2008 and Prosper Today
RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—Like many truly outstanding real estate professionals, Richard Beckman faced the monster of 2008 without really understanding why things went so universally bad, so quickly. It took a while for most of us to realize that a combination of factors had produced a “Perfect Storm” of disaster for much of the residential real estate business and that only those capable of adjusting and adapting to the new reality would survive and prosper in the future. Unlike many, Beckman did adapt and he has survived (with his Richard Beckman Realty Group, LLC. in suburban Seattle) and now he is back to prospering. He closed 11 transactions in September and is on track to close 40+ this year. “When the market was roaring along, I personally used to close over 52 sales a year—now our team will do 40 and we consider ourselves fortunate to do so. The Seattle market is coming back now, and we are looking forward to a solid 2010.”
Would you like to have a whole new source of business?
Beckman mentioned being on page one of Google for the above phrases; fact is, he is found on the first pages of the search engines on over 1,000 different search phrases. Since he subscribed to CompassSearch, over 62,000 people have come to his website because of his subscription. About 20,000 Web visitors annually go to Beckman’s website, a solid base of traffic that enabled him to branch into property management and rental properties without missing a beat. Chances are, if Beckman wanted to start selling boats, cars, airplanes or widgets, he would dominate the search engines for those, too. Once you dominate your geographic identifier—your hometown marketplace or any marketplace you choose—you are found under so many different iterations that it almost defies belief. Being found will not sell homes all by itself, however. There are two other major steps to be taken, but if you cannot be found on page one of Google, Yahoo and bing! for your marketplace, you don’t need to worry about those other steps because no one will contact you. If you are waiting for the big time corporate site to bail you out, it’s been nice knowing you. You must take your Internet destiny into your own hands. Take control of your marketplace and take control of your own income and success, for good.
His sure fire method of closing all listing presentations
“I always ask them if their home could be found on the first page of Google when a homebuyer types in Mason County Real Estate, do they think their home would sell faster? They always answer ‘Yes.’ I then pop open my position report from Compass, show them my search engine positions and guarantee them that they will be on the first page of Google when they list with me, because I am on the first page of Google, Yahoo, MSN and all the rest, too. If there are any doubters at this stage, I turn my laptop around and say “go ahead. Go to Google and enter Mason County Real Estate (or any of the other terms I dominate). When I pop up, they are amazed and impressed. Every consumer today recognizes the selling power of the Internet and the advantage of being on the first page of the search engines. They get it. Once I prove to them that they can have that tremendous advantage, they are sold on listing with me and with Richard Beckman Realty Group, LLC.”
Richard’s lesson is just as vital today as it was then
There will be lots of closings in November, due to the First-time Homebuyer program (odds are it will be continued in some form) deadline. Many agents will make lots of commissions. There won’t ever be a better time to do now what Beckman did then: Establish yourself online. Maybe it won’t “save you” if another monster comes to our doors, but it certainly will broaden your client base, bring new prospects to you and enable you to earn a good living, regardless of what the markets are doing. Take a few of those commission dollars that flow now and get established where people can find you- online.
“2008 was a tough year,” Beckman told me. “Ninety percent of my property management marketing and expansion was done online. Had I not shown up on the first page of Google under Mason County Property Management I don’t believe I would be here today. Now that we made it through the bad times, it feels really good to get back to our real business—helping people buy and sell real estate. Also, I must say that I can’t speak highly enough about the CompassSearch service. Not only are they responsible for the internet buyers we’ve picked up, but they are also responsible for the listings, property management, and rentals. That’s a pretty remarkable return on a $3,400 investment and that’s one reason that I love the service.
Mason County Washington Real Estate October 2009 Home Sales
Mason County Pending home sales was up 75% from the same time a year ago. Sold residential homes were up 30% in October 2009, from the same time frame a year ago.
While pend home sales and sold homes were up the median price was down 12.53% for Oct 2009.
Real Estate Prices are down! With record low interest rates and the new $6,500 homebuyer tax credit it’s a great time to buy! Search all real estate Listing and MLS
Please contact Angela at www.angelabarnes.com for any Real Estate needs.
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