The Importance of a Good Team

 

We all remember hearing that phrase come out of our coaches’ mouth when we were little and were learning about teamwork, “There is no “I” in team”. And as we grow up we realize that little phrase carries on into the rest of your adult life in almost everything you do.

 

When I first started off working as a real estate agent, I tried to do a lot of things myself or with the help of my husband Jay. When you get started in any business funds can always be a little tight and so you go into it that you are saving money by doing all the work yourself. But then you start to see just how much work all that work really is! As I have grown as a business-woman, between my real estate career and my entrepreneurial career, I have really gained the knowledge that having a good team of people to surround yourself with who can help with all the work is the greatest benefit any business person can have. Below are a few suggestions I have for people ready to expand their business and know it is time to find people to be part of their dream team:

 

1. Get someone on the team who can handle all of your marketing and social media. I recommend hiring a social media manager who can help you build your followers, work together to come up with authentic genuine content and just manage your social media accounts so that you can get all your content across all platforms. I feel like the next wave in business is that you must have social media as that is how you get found and can express yourself and what you do in business

 

2. Blogging: Make sure to blog weekly and if you don’t have the time, hire a freelance writer to blog for you! Again this is how you get found and how you can tell people what you do.  This becomes your business journal about what you are doing.  This can also help you find people who want to help you grow in your business 

 

3. Join a team who supports you and all you are doing.  I would like to touch on my experience so far with Kentwood City Properties and how it is going. I joined April 1st and have been there a little over a month. They are like my second family and I have already met so many great people who are so successful in this business and who want to help grow as well and teach you their secrets.  They speak from experience, have made mistakes and know how to overcome them and know what works and what does not work. I recently chatted with a top producing Kentwood City Agent and realized the next step for me is to hire a real estate assistant. This will help give me the time I need to really focus on my clients, grow as a business and I look forward to the chance to help mentor someone in the industry I love.

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Never Forget Columbine

Yesterday was the 17 year anniversary of the shooting at Columbine.  Please do not forget this day and always remember what happened on this day even though it is something we would like to forget.  

I remember this day well as I was working at an apartment community right around the corner from Columbine HS and all of a sudden there were police cars and ambulances driving by where I was working.  The staff and I kept hearing them drive by what it seemed like for an hour or more and then we finally turned on the news and discovered what happened.

I was getting ready to meet my fiance at the time JayModglin to go out to lunch and when we turned the corner the school was blocked off and there were police cars and ambulances everywhere. 

That entire day all I heard were police cars and ambulances driving by. I will never forget this day and I ask that you don't forget it either.

I recently went a toured several high schools with a family who is relocating to Colorado this summer and every time I entered a high school we made sure to research their security as this memory of columbine will never be forgotten.

Life if precious so please don't take it for granted and make sure to hug and kiss your family every day and don't let the little things make you mad.  

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THE HISTORY OF BRIGHTON, CO - IT'S A REALLY COOL PLACE AND I HAVE A LISTING COMING SOON!

As you drive on the highway out of Denver, away from the city towards the towns surrounding, you may find yourself on US-85 heading towards a town called Brighton, Colorado. Just a hop, skip and jump away from Denver, or about a thirty minute drive, this small town has a lot of character as well as a lot of history. First established as a city back in the 1860’s, Brighton first possessed the name Hughes Station because of the Hughes Stagecoach Station that was built as well as the Boulder Valley Railroad. During that time, Hughes Station was a place for the railroad and fur traders to stop as everything was expanding west. In 1881, the City of Brighton was born, named after the birthplace of the founder Daniel Carmichael’s wife. From that point on, Brighton continued to grow and thrive as a city as it continues to do to this day.

Today I have a listing that I am working on that is located in Brighton, CO.  I am excited for this listing because I live in Brighton so it's close to my home and my heart as I am raising my family here.  

I moved to Brighton three years ago and let me tell you it was not a move I wanted to make.  When I thought of Brighton I though it was too far east, didn't have anything going on and it was just not interested.  When we started to look for a home we wanted something unique and custom, on some land and a place where we could maybe have horses and just spread out a little.  When you are a Realtor you work with people all day, you are in your car a lot and all you want to do when you come home is relax and enjoy your family and loved ones. 

My husband sent me a listing in Brighton and said we should go check out this home.  I said "no way, I am not moving to Brighton".  He asked me several times to go look at it and every time I turned it down.  He was persistent with me and then just scheduled the showing and I was kicking and screaming all the way there.  Well, that just happened to be the home we had been looking for and believe me we were looking for an entire year.   

Once we got settled in we realized that Brighton was not that far and there was actually a little downtown area that was screaming for some attention.  So I started to get to know Brighton a little better and even got involved a little with the redevelopment of the old Brighton Buddhist church.  I met with the city of Brighton and the Brighton Economic Development committee and learned that there is a lot planned for Brighton and the city is working hard to support the small business that are currently there, bring in new small businesses so that more people and families will move here and see what a great city it is.  

For my listing today I had the the photography done by @NoahBergPhotography and a drone video shoot done by@B&GCameraNautics and the video production will be done by Wade Holland @WadeHollandMedia.  I have never used a drone before as most of my listings are in an urban setting in Downtown Denver so it was a really fun experience.  

Well, you probably thought I was going to give you all the details didn't you. Nope, you will have to wait until next week when the listing and video goes live.  

Stay tuned....

 

Big News: I’m Joining Kentwood City Properties

It wouldn’t be a new year without some big exciting changes now would it? This past year, I have been contemplating a big move for my real estate career. I was approached by an amazing downtown Denver firm called Kentwood Properties a while back in regards to joining their team as an agent. Now I don’t know how much you know about brokerages in Denver but when it comes to the top of the board, Kentwood ranks right up there as one of the best in the city. I was beyond flattered that they asked me to be a part of their talented team but I of course had a few reservations mainly being that I never imagined I would leave the brokerage firm that I started from the ground up. My husband Jay and I started our brokerage firm as a team and have seen it grow and expand into something really wonderful and I never thought the day would come when I would be leaving. But if you ask my husband and any of my close friends, I used to say, the only way I would be leaving my own brokerage would be if Kentwood came knocking at my door and it seems the universe aligned and now, I am beyond excited to start this new journey with this incredible group.

 

This decision took me a whole year to make but I feel the reasons I am making this move is to better myself in all aspects of my life. I made the decision as I feel it is going to help me grow as a Realtor, businesswoman, mentor, mother and wife as it will give me more time to work on my self development, business development and will give me more time with my family as I won’t be wearing all the hats anymore and can focus on what is important in my life and business. Sometimes as a business owner I forget just how much work I actually do every day and how I take away from time that could be better spent focused on my clients new and old. With the help of Kentwood City Properties, I look forward to freeing up more of those busy-work hours so my clients and I sell their homes and buy the next house of their dreams.

 

Being an Realtor with Kentwood City Properties will provide me with the tools, knowledge, skills and better backend support to service my clients and business partners.  It will offer more benefits like higher quality marketing, international connections, as they are members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and the Luxury Portfolio Brand.  I will have enhanced customer support through a transaction, as I will have an assistant named Shea and the lovely ladies at the front desk, Gloria and Courtney who can assist my clients as well.

 

Jay and I will continue to work together but Jay will stay on with Modglin Real Estate Group and continue to work with investor clients, buyers and sellers. Jay will run the property management division of Modglin Real Estate Group and he will also continue to volunteer as an EMT.

 

I can’t wait for this new adventure and I am so excited to be able to offer my clients the best of the best, here’s to a new year and a new beginning!