Mike Ferry TV Blog

The Mike Ferry TV Blog (MFTV) is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Real Estate, particularly agents and brokers looking to enhance their skills and knowledge. The MFTV episodes provide practical skills and strategies that can be immediately applied in the Real Estate business. These range from improving your self-confidence to understanding complex legal issues in the industry, essential for navigating the Real Estate market effectively. The Real Estate industry is dynamic, and staying updated with the latest trends and legal verdicts is crucial. MFTV offers up-to-date information, ensuring that Real Estate Professionals are well-informed about the latest developments in the industry.

The 4 Mindsets of a Businessperson

Welcome to another edition of Mike Ferry TV. My name is Tony Smith. Happy as always to step in for Mike occasionally on Mike Ferry TV. Okay, so I wrote down a question: How important today is the strength of your mindset as a business person? Okay, have you ever read any book from anybody that's a big thinker, an entrepreneur, a master of industry that has not said that mindset is a critical factor of you succeeding? Every book I've ever read said mindset is important. I want to take a little different twist on it today though. I want to look at this as a business person. There are only four mindsets that you could be in, and...

11-Dec-2023
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Building A Stronger Business: 10 Points with Mike Ferry – Part 2

BUILDING A STRONGER BUSINESS: 10 POINTS WITH MIKE FERRY - PART 2 Welcome to Mike Ferry TV. Welcome to the month of December. 11 months down, one to go. It's never too late to list and sell Real Estate. And you know, people say all the time. And I've heard this for 49 years, that November, December are terrible months in Real Estate. Nobody buys or sells. But if you really look at the numbers from your local area, there probably is a decline 12%, 15%, even 18%, maybe 20% in transactions. But that means that if there's normally, for example, 500 transactions a year and there's 20% less in the month of December, there's still 400 transactions to be...

04-Dec-2023
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Building A Stronger Business: 10 Points with Mike Ferry

10 Key Strategies for Real Estate Success Welcome. Good morning to Mike Ferry TV. You know, it's an interesting time for all of us because the inventory shortage that we all are very aware of is not going away. And I'm convinced it's not going away because sellers don't understand the value of their homes today. And too many agents, unfortunately, do not understand the value of homes today. And as a result, sellers aren't listing because they want the prices from 18 months ago. And you and I both know they can't get those prices today.   But second to that, we know that most agents work with buyers. I saw a report recently that said up to 90% of all...

27-Nov-2023
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Optimize Your Real Estate Business With Mike’s 7 Essential Rules

Optimize Your Real Estate Business With Mike's 7 Rules Hello and welcome to Mike Ferry TV. This week of November 20th, just two weeks ago, Tony Smith was leading the Action Workshop and I had the privilege of being there to watch him present all the great material Mike has written for that event. Included were Mike's seven rules with all of you, hopefully. Getting ready for 2024. I thought this would be a perfect time to review those rules with you and help you think of ways to improve your business so that you can achieve all of your goals in the upcoming year.   Mike has always said, "In life, there are always rules we have to follow if...

20-Nov-2023
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11 Thoughts To Improve Your Self-Confidence Now

11 Thoughts To Improve Your Self-Confidence Now   Welcome to another edition of Mike Ferry TV. My name is Tony Smith stepping in for Mike today, and I'm thrilled to present a few thoughts to improve your self-confidence now. Well, here we are the week of November 13th. It's that time of year when the competition is somewhere else. They have completely disappeared from what they're trying to do. They're out shopping. They're out doing something. But what we know is they're not selling Real Estate, okay.   "this is your golden window."   So this is your golden window. Have you decided exactly how many days you're going to work between now and the end of the year? Have you decided how many...

13-Nov-2023
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Exclusive Mike Ferry Addresses NAR Verdict

Mike Ferry Addresses the NAR Verdict (Burnett questions answered; Burnett v. NAR et al,)   Most of you, and I'm sure all your brokers have heard about the startling and big news that came from Kansas City, Missouri, last Tuesday, where the verdict came in on the big lawsuit that has been pending regarding commissions for virtually probably 8 or 10 years. So I want to suggest to you that if you want to update yourself on it, and I quite honestly recommend that everybody should be updating themselves on major legal issues that are taking place in our great industry. I would go to Inman News because they seem to have the most updated and good opinions as to what...

02-Nov-2023
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