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Page 1: Allison James Estates & Homes - March 2013 EMagazine Issue 45

The Secrets is out, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Managing Leads S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Closed Out a Strong 2012

THe naTiOnaL inTerneT baSed reaL eSTaTe brOkerage iSSue 45 | MarCH 2013

4 6 10

Read InsideSPring inTO Smart-

phone Gorilla Tactics or “Say Hello to My

Little Friend!”

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ALLISON JAMES ESTATES & HOMES®

Address:309 Tamiami TrailPunta Gorda, FL 33950

Phone:866-463-5780

Website:www.allisonjamesinc.com

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Community involvement - How to get business to Chase You

agent Spotlight: Michelle Lions

The Secrets is out, and we couldn’t be more excited!

agent accomplishments

Managing Leads

Communication Corner: SPRING inTO Smartphone gorilla Tac-tics or “Say Hello to My Little Friend!”

Technology Topic: The assistant in Your Pocket

S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Closed Out a Strong 2012

Bipartisan Policy Center Com-mission recommends new Sys-tems for Housing Finance and Federal Rental Assistance

Meet Our agents

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The Holy Grail of the real estate profession is that mysti-cal, elusive lead source that provides you with an eternal supply of closable leads resulting in consistent, growing and lucrative pay checks.

When i entered real estate in 2005 it was the beginning of the market crash. i was told that if you prospect diligently you will do well and eventually you will have a pipeline of repeat and re-ferral business. In other words, chase the business for five years and then after that the business should start chasing you. This principle is sound in a normal real estate market, but future pipe-lines have been destroyed by a foreclosure and bank controlled market. Many agents’ repeat business has become short selling homes for buyers that are now under water and thus out of the market for a number of years.

So what to do about it? The answer is very simple. This year alone there will be thousands of transactions in your area. You only need a fraction of those to make a very good living. If you di-versify your lead generation you can build a solid flow of business that will withstand any market. The fastest, but most expensive way to generate leads is to simply buy them. This should be a component of most of our businesses but it is a topic for a dif-ferent article. Today we are going to talk about how to quickly embed yourself into social groups and leverage your time to meet buyers and sellers of homes.

Step 1: Find active, exciting, interactive and growing social groups to be a part of. These four elements are crucial. if a group does not have these dynamics, don’t expect to experience lever-aged interactions that will enhance your social connections.

Step 2: Become a consummate giver of time and resources to help the mission of the organization and the people involved in it. You will earn trust and support by showing that you care and invest in the lives of others. This is a deposit into your future.

Step 3: Listen before you speak. Find out where people are

at in life. Listen and see if they have real estate needs. be subtle about how they find out about your profession. Avoid the superfi-ciality of putting on a fake grin and telling everyone you meet, “by the way I am never too busy for your referrals.” They are probably too busy for you!

Step 4: Operate from an understanding that the people that can help you the most care the least about your career but care the most about your heart. if you are sincere, helpful and re-spectful you will win over an army of people that will promote your business because they believe in you.

Community involvement is in most cases is a long term pros-pecting process, but don’t be surprised if you make contacts that result in business right away. The key is being in front of more people and having sincere, meaningful interactions.

One of the ways that i am currently networking is my involve-ment in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. This summer I will be participating in a 100 mile bicycle ride in the Sierra nevada Mountains to raise funds for The Leu-kemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). if you want to see what i am doing please visit www.JeffGreen.info and also send me a friend request to www.FaceBook.com/jeffmgreen.If you have questions about community involvement, please contact me. if you are in-terested in helping me with my cancer ride by making a donation please visit www.JeffGreen.info.

Jeff Green, Broker in Northern California,Allison James Estates and Homes

Community Involvement - How to Get Business to Chase You

“The fastest, but most expensive way to generate leads is to simply buy them.”

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AJ Spotlight

Mi c h e l l e special-izes in working

with both buyers and sellers throughout the northwest. With an ever-changing market, her greatest passion is helping cli-ents navigate the sales process.

Michelle is a Washington native with over 17 years of local expertise and experience in Real Estate. She is a college graduate of Central Washington univer-sity, her study emphasis on Law and Contracts.

She has been voted as one of the Top agents in the Seattle area “Best in Client Satisfaction” with a “Five Star” Rating in Seattle Magazine

Agent Accomplishments

allison James estates and Homes would like to recognize and congratulate the following agents for their accom-plishments:

What were your accomplishments this year? did you receive a special recognition? Designation? Award? We would love to hear about them!!

D. Jean BrownCne (Certified negotiation

expert) designation

Sam LongwellTop achiever in el dorado

County for the 6th year in a row (the requirements were $2,500,000 or more in sales and 20 transaction sides);

Voted by clients as one of the best realtors in the tri-county

(Placer, Sacramento, & el dorado) area

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Michelle LionsResidential Listing Specialist andBuyer’s Agent

allison James estates and Homes have created a new exclusive Facebook group for our agents only. We cur-rently have 152 agent members and still growing, if you wish to join the “secret group” it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 …

Here’s how you join:1. Become Facebook friends with your broker or Alysha Ara-

tari, Jessica Crumbaugh or Jill Lemons.2. ask your broker or coporate to sign you up for the group.3. read the comments and start talking.

You can discuss effective marketing strategies, ask your fellow agents for advice, blog about SeO, or even use it for referrals.

This as a special member’s only, VIP section in Facebook which means that only members can see the group and post in that group.

So join now!Also, Don’t forget to “Like” our Allison James Estates & Homes

facebook like page.National Growth and Development Team

Allison James Estates & Homes

FIT TOGETHER • WORK TOGETHER • GROW TOGETHER

Our Complete Enterprise Solution integrates your back office, front office, web solutions & more.

GET STARTED TODAY! www.lwolf.com or 1.866.CRY.WOLF(279.9653)

[email protected]

Your ONLINE presence to the GLOBAL Real Estate MARKET!

Lone Wolf’s globalWOLF websites offer professionally designed, user-friendly website layouts with functionality to attract buyers and sellers, and build traffic

to your site using our simple suite of customizable tools.

For more information visit us at www.seriousagenttools.com

Agent website features include: A website that will showcase your value to consumers

Powerful listing enhancement tools

Edit your own content through the simple Web Manager tools

Superior Microsoft Virtual Earth® mapping

Lead management and distribution

Home Hunter personal property search

Listing search functions and robust open houses

Web traffic reports

Social media features

SEO tools

Mobile websites

Dynamic templates

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FIT TOGETHER • WORK TOGETHER • GROW TOGETHER

Our Complete Enterprise Solution integrates your back office, front office, web solutions & more.

GET STARTED TODAY! www.lwolf.com or 1.866.CRY.WOLF(279.9653)

[email protected]

Your ONLINE presence to the GLOBAL Real Estate MARKET!

Lone Wolf’s globalWOLF websites offer professionally designed, user-friendly website layouts with functionality to attract buyers and sellers, and build traffic

to your site using our simple suite of customizable tools.

For more information visit us at www.seriousagenttools.com

Agent website features include: A website that will showcase your value to consumers

Powerful listing enhancement tools

Edit your own content through the simple Web Manager tools

Superior Microsoft Virtual Earth® mapping

Lead management and distribution

Home Hunter personal property search

Listing search functions and robust open houses

Web traffic reports

Social media features

SEO tools

Mobile websites

Dynamic templates

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The information included below will assist agents with managing their leads.

A. Lead NotificationsWhen a lead is assigned to you, you will receive a notification

email. The email address where you receive the email is man-aged on the Message tab of your agent profile.

1. go to Admin> My Profile2. Select the Message tab3. Scroll down to the Leads Messages section. To edit or

add an email address, click the edit link for each notifica-tion.

4. Select the email address you want to receive the notifica-tion at and move it to the Email Addresses Selected by double clicking on it or using the directional arrows to move it.

5. Hit Submit to make the change6. Choose Submit at the bottom of the Message tab to save

the final changes. B. Accepting a LeadOnce you have received a lead notification, you will need to

accept or reject that lead. *For those agents whose commu-nication device can receive HTML formatted email and is web browser enabled, you will be able to accept or reject the email directly on your device. all other agents will need to log in to WOLFconnect in order to accept or reject the email.

1. Log into WOLFconnect. If you have new leads to accept, the program will indicate this below the Leads/Contacts icon. Select the Leads option.

2. You may use the filter to search for a specific lead by name, email or phone number.

3. To view leads that are available to accept, ,you must have the Show Available box selected.

4. Select the green “Accept Lead” button to accept the lead or the red “Decline Lead” button to reject it. Once the lead has been accepted it becomes a contact and will no longer appear in the Leads area. it will now be accessed by selecting Leads/Contacts> Contacts.

C. Declining A Lead1. Follow steps 1 through 3 above.2. Select the red Decline button.3. Select Ok to decline the lead.

D. Managing the LeadThe accepted Lead is now housed under the Leads/Contacts

section.1. Click on Leads/Contacts> Contacts. 2. You can use the filter section to search for a specific Lead.

You also have Check boxes to filter by type (Leads, Client Contacts, business Contacts)

3. The Activity icon will show you how many leads have new activities tied to them (eg. Requested a showing, saved a listing, etc.) Click on this icon to have the list display those leads with new activities.

4. Single click on any lead to open the Lead.

5. In the upper left corner, the program displays the Contact information. The default is to show the Home contact Info; you may click onto the Work option to toggle to the Work Contact information.

6. Click on Send an email open an email for this contact.7. Click on edit to change either the Home or Work contact

information.

8. Click Notes on the left to view existing notes or add new notes for this lead.

Managing LeadsMany of you have already seen through your agent websites that you are starting to receive leads through the HomeHunter fea-ture, etc., further you may be seeing leads generated through the consumer inquiries on our corporate website on your listings. Corporate is pleased to announce that we are seeing an increased amount of generic consumer leads that are being shared with agents at no cost to them. These leads, are randomly being assigned to agents based upon geographic location, board membership and WOLFconnect activity (so it pays to LOG IN and LOG OUT). Be mindful that when you receive a lead through the system, you have 1 hour to accept it or it will be returned to the Lead Administrator at corporate for reassignment. Below is a handy Tip Sheet from LoneWOLF on managing your leads.

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9. Click the Activity button on the left to see the activity on this listing. This will show you activity generated by the client on the website (Requests for information, Viewed listings, Saved Listings and Saved Searches. It also displays the Logs which details the

10. By clicking onto any activity, the details of the activity will appear in the window below.

11. Click on Saved Searches to display a list of any searches saved by the client. Click on any search to see the details of the search displayed in the window below. The abil-ity to add and edit searches from this area is currently in

development and not yet available. if you wish to add a search for a client, you currently have to create it through the search tools on your agent or office website.

E. Manually Entering a Lead1. go to the Leads option under Leads and Contacts and se-

lect add entry at the upper right.2. indicate if you are able to email or call this lead, then en-

ter the home and work contact information for the lead. Email address is a mandatory field. If your do not know the email address of if this lead does not have one you need to enter a fictitious email address in order to save the record and indicate do not email.

3. You must click Save on this page before being able to ac-cess any of the other functions (notes, etc.)

Important: Once a manually entered lead is saved it is moved to the contacts area of the program; under Leads/Contacts, se-lect Contacts.

Jill Lemons, Agent Relations Coordinatorat Allison James Estates & Homes

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if you like the Scarface reference, you are the right reader - too young to ignore technology, too old to have been totally immersed in it! The Smartphone has emerged as your “Best Friend” for protecting and growing your business.Chances are, you grew up in a culture where Outlook was tout-

ed as one of the best tools for managing your emails. The game changer is having to be out with clients all the time in this finally busier market, and being frustrated because you can’t be at your desk sorting your mail into all those great folders that Outlook gurus taught you to use.

Sorting your mail? Really? Well, how can you do THAT AND tend to your daily hour of social media recommended by social media gurus? Here is what i learned while trying to wrap my head around new ways of doing business.

1. One email account is NOT enough. if your company gives you one email account on their domain, choose wisely where you’d like to use it, then buy more domains!

2. A domain is only as good as the identity you create with it. You already have [email protected]? buy the domain bobjones.com and the domain browardcounty-homes.com

3. Once you’ve acquired domains, buy either a GoDaddy email package or an ipower.com email package (250 emails for $15.00 for the whole year) or any other “email hosting package” you can find that is affordable. Don’t worry about where those domains are pointing for now; that’s a lesson for another article. Just focus on get-ting email active on those domains. So, for $30 a year in domain names and $15 a year for a robust email hosting package, you could own these email addresses:

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] and, of course, you already allegedly have: [email protected] The list is endless. is this giving you an idea?

4. Now, what to do with them. You will notice you can pro-gram your email account on your Smartphone; you already do this i’m sure. did you know you could program 5, 8 or more email accounts onto your Smartphone? Follow the instructions from your email hosting service, i.e. GoDaddy or Ipower.com, to get the correct POP3 or IMAP settings, the proper incoming and outgoing servers, ports and se-curity settings. This step is worth the time it takes to get it done. We’ll cover the difference between POP3 and IMAP in another article.

Setting Up Your Desktopnow, we’ll set up your desktop, but not with Outlook. Hor-

rors, how accounts without Outlook? The answer is Thunderbird, an amazing little free download that will enable you to view all of your email accounts in one swoop, and will turn blue when-ever there is anything new to read in any of your accounts. When asked if Thunderbird should import your Outlook settings, the answer should be NO, especially if you are following my instruc-tions and setting up brand new accounts. Let Thunderbird install raw, and then set up each email account the way you would set it up on your Smartphone. The best news? nO MOre SOrTing. no more synchronizing. Whoo-hoo! it’s yer Pot ‘O gold at the end

SPRING INTO Smartphone Gorilla Tactics or ''Say Hello to My Little Friend!''

COMMUNICATION CORNER

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9of the rainbow! You now have more time to interact with your sphere of influence on Facebook and Twitter.

How You Will Use Those Email Accounts and Why You Need So Many

Here’s where it gets really interesting. You now have a way to ensure that you never miss an important lead or an important corporate announcement. The best use of all these email ac-counts is to have:

One for only administrative purposes and corporate use: use [email protected] for your service renewal reminders, re-minder of hosting expiration, your lead package renewal remind-ers, your announcements from corporate, your meeting requests from your social, Meetup and networking groups, churches, schools, your fundraising activities, the Girl Scout cookie drive, etc.

Use a different one for each lead service, i.e. prospects re-questing more information: For instance, use [email protected] for your realtor.com leads, and [email protected] for your Househunt leads, [email protected] for your Lone Wolf. This is not only a great way to never miss one, but also a great way to easily evaluate which are working better. If you can get the services to also TEXT you, this is the ideal solution to never missing a lead. Caveat: Be careful with email to text solutions such as [email protected] since a service such as Realtor.com does not support it well. an email copy is also recommended.

Use another in your MLS and Board profile: This is where your colleagues will reach you for purposes of making an offer, or where buyer agents will look you up to ask about your listing, and also where you can maintain the dialogue on contracts already in place. use [email protected] for that “existing con-tract” and “listings” dialogue.

Use another to save a copy of email your forward to others on your team: For instance, when you get an email in to [email protected] about an existing deal and it relates to a question that can best be handled by your closing coordinator, forward the email to him or her but copy your [email protected] email so that you will have an easy place to see the last request. When your email quota be-comes at capacity and you need to do a deletion of your “main” and busiest email account, you will be so relieved to know that critical contract dialogue is copied elsewhere. Remember, mini-mizing liability with written dialogue is paramount.

And are you using sound notifications, alerts? Let me not sign off without asking you to make the smart decision right now to respond to your PAID LEADS promptly, and now you have an easy way to do it! go ahead and scroll through each and every one of the sounds your phone can make. Choose the one that either ir-ritates you or pleases you the most and then use it as the audible notification for ONLY the accounts you have used as the email destination of your PAID lead services, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Use a different sound for each one. For my noncritical email accounts, I use zero audible alerts in order to be undisturbed while out on showings.

Using separate email accounts for different functions has made a real contribution toward de-stressing my business; I hope this will work for you as well!

May you never miss a lead again, and may you never miss sort-ing your Outlook folders.

Meg Russell, Regional Managing Brokerfor the Triangle, North Carolina and Certified EPRO

The Assistant in Your Pocket

technology topics

Once upon a time it was Blackberry users and, well, everyone else. Today though there are dozens of competitors in the fiercely debated smartphone market, with the likes of apple,

Google, Microsoft, and others, leading the charge.regardless of what logo you brandish on your device,

the fact remains the same--that this traveling companion in your pocket or purse could be the key to doubling your productivity and efficiency. Start with the basics like set-ting up your email accounts and syncing calendars. It’s amazing how many meetings you’ll be on time too thanks to that handy 2-hour reminder!

From there you can move on to organizer apps and document writers like apple’s Pages or google docs. un-chaining yourself from the desk and being able to perform your daily functions on the go will make you a more agile and effective user. More advanced uses like the geo-fenc-ing capabilities of the iPhone’s Reminders app allow you to set a reminder to go off when you leave or arrive at a specific location. Need to remember to drop that con-tract in the overnight mail but don’t know when you’ll be getting away? Your smartphone can setup a geo-fence to alert you to perform that act when you leave your home/office, so regardless of when you leave, you’re sure to get the reminder you need.

Take a moment and browse your platform’s app store and see what stands out to you. Many of the most useful apps can be had for the price of a cup of coffee, and the first time you close that big deal thanks to your friendly battery-powered assistant, you’ll be very glad you did.

John Joyce, CEO of Republic Technologies Corporation, leading the IT Support efforts for

Allison James Estates & Homes

COMMUNICATION CORNER

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data through december 2012, released this week by S&P dow Jones indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price indices, the leading measure of u.S. home prices, showed that all three headline composites ended the

year with strong gains. The national composite posted an in-crease of 7.3 percent for 2012. The 10- and 20-City Composites reported annual returns of 5.9 percent and 6.8 percent in 2012. Month over- month, both the 10- and 20-City Composites moved into positive territory with gains of 0.2%; more than reversing last month’s losses.

In addition to the three composites, nineteen of the 20 MSAs posted positive year-over-year growth – only New York fell.

The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which covers all nine u.S. census divisions, recorded a 7.3 percent gain in the fourth quarter of 2012 over the fourth quarter of 2011. In december 2012, the 10- and 20-City Composites posted annual increases of 5.9 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively.

“Home prices ended 2012 with solid gains,” says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones In-dices. “Housing and residential construction led the economy in the 2012 fourth quarter.

in december’s report all three headline composites and 19 of the 20 cities gained over their levels of a year ago. Month-over-month, 9 cities and both Composites posted positive monthly gains. Seasonally adjusted, there were no monthly declines across all 20 cities.

“The National Composite increased 7.3 percent over the four quarters of 2012. From its low in the first quarter, it surged in the second and third quarter and slipped slightly in the 2012 fourth period. The 10- and 20-City Composites, which bottomed out in March 2012 continued to show both year-over-year and month-ly gains in december. These movements, combined with other housing data, suggest that while housing is on the upswing some

S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Closed Out a Strong 2012

of the strongest numbers may have already been seen.“atlanta and detroit posted their biggest year-over-year in-

creases of 9.9 percent and 13.6 percent since the start of their in-dices in January 1991. dallas, denver, and Minneapolis recorded their largest annual increases since 2001. Phoenix continued its climb, posting an impressive year-over-year return of 23.0 per-cent; it posted eight consecutive months of double-digit annual growth.”

as of december 2012, average home prices across the united States for the 10-City and 20-City Composites are back to their autumn 2003 levels. Measured from their June/July 2006 peaks, the decline for both Composites is approximately 30 percent through December 2012. For both Composites, the December 2012 levels are approximately 8-9 percent above their recent lows seen in March 2012.

in december 2012, nine MSas and both Composites posted positive monthly gains, led by Las Vegas with an increase of 1.8 percent. Eleven cities declined with Chicago posting the largest negative monthly return of 0.7 percent.

Atlanta and Detroit remain the only three cities with average home prices below their January 2000 levels. detroit with an 80.04 print is 20 percent below its January 2000 level.

“The high end of the market is doing well and while it’s a fash-ionable thing to say that it is because of foreign money, i suspect the actual reason is that the one percent have gotten 122 percent of the recovery,” says USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

director, richard green. “Since the low end of the market is being targeted by investors, it’s the middle market that needs help – particularly in the form of higher income – if it is going to have a sustained recovery.”

For more information, visit www.homeprice.standarda-ndpoors.com.

RISMedia

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a bipartisan commission of former Cabinet secretaries, former Senators and other leading housing and eco-nomic experts unveiled a new vision for housing policy this week, which aims to further our nation’s economic

recovery and improve the lives of millions of americans. The recommendations propose scaling back the government role in the nation’s housing finance system and reforming housing as-sistance programs to better meet the needs of America’s most vulnerable households.

The commission is co-chaired by former Senate Majority Lead-er George J. Mitchell, former Senator Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, former Senator and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, and former Hud Secretary Henry Cisneros, and 17 other individuals from di-verse professional and political backgrounds, including Richard a. Smith, the Chairman, CeO and President of reology Holdings Corp. Chairman, CeO and President

The report from the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Com-mission, entitled Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy, proposes a new housing finance system that calls for a far greater role for the private sector, a continued but lim-ited role for the federal government, the elimination of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and reform of the Federal Housing Ad-ministration to improve efficiency and avoid crowd-out of private capital.

“We believe that this comprehensive, bipartisan approach has delivered a blueprint for a new national housing policy,” says Smith. “We hope that our recommendations will spur the govern-ment in Washington to adopt a coherent, strategic approach to national housing policy, and we look forward to the dialogue that will follow in the months to come.”

Through these reforms, the plan would address the broken mortgage finance system while creating a stable and strong hous-ing market that provides greater taxpayer protection and sup-ports a more vibrant economy.

“At this critical time in our nation’s history, we can no longer

afford to defer bipartisan action on housing,” said the co-chairs in an op-ed in POLiTiCO. “We believe our report can serve as a framework for Congress and the administration to act in the best interests of all Americans.”

“Profound demographic changes are transforming the coun-try and our housing needs. The aging of the baby boomers, the formation of new households by millions of young echo boom-ers striking out on their own, and the increasing diversity of the American population will present new challenges and opportuni-ties for housing providers and policy makers.”

The plan calls for reforms that would establish a new perfor-mance-based system for delivering federal rental assistance with greater devolution of responsibilities to state and local providers. The commission also proposes to shift existing resources to as-sist more effectively the most vulnerable households, and to pre-serve and expand the Low income Housing Tax Credit program to increase the supply of affordable rental housing.

For first-time home buyers, the report emphasizes the impor-tance of housing counseling as a means of preparing for home-ownership. The commission recommends proposals to enable seniors to “age in place” safely and affordably while integrating housing with health care and other programs. For the one-third of americans who live in rural areas, the commission recom-mends continued support for homeownership and rental assis-tance in those communities.

“Six years after the collapse of the housing market, the prob-lems in housing remain as severe as ever and solutions continue to be elusive,” says the op-ed. “We hope [our report] will serve as a catalyst for action.”

To read the full report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Hous-ing Commission, please visit http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/housing-future.

For more information, please visit our website: www.biparti-sanpolicy.org.

RISMedia

Bipartisan Policy Center Commission Recommends New Systems for Housing Finance and Federal Rental Assistance

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Lisa Lukenorth Carolina

Referred by Mark Wilkins

Judy Newnorth Carolina

Referred by Robert Emslie

Gloria Daytanew Hampshire

Referred by Diane Shakra

Cheryl KerriganCalifornia

Referred by Jim Aldrich

Gary HortonCalifornia

Mario BenavidesTexas

Gabriel OwensCalifornia

Michelle BeanCalifornia

Referred by Lynn Joseph

Ronald FolletteCalifornia

Referred by Sherry Kotvis

Jill Allison ZandstraCalifornia

Referred by Memo Cardona

Ryan MillerCalifornia

Lynn GenoveseCalifornia

Thuong Vo New Hampshire/Massachusetts

Lillian Marquez-BeranykCalifornia

Morgan MennellCalifornia

Laura Bourbonnaisnorth Carolina

Cheryl MacheskeVirginia

Lyn HerreraCalifornia

Willis Tony JollyCalifornia

Referred by Kristine Jolly

Anthony LeavensCalifornia

Referred by Adam Shoop

Shannon CoeCalifornia

Referred by Brenda Brown Williams

Mark MillerCalifornia

Cheryl Cummingsnew Hampshire

Patricia SchenkVirginia

Jennifer ZepedaCalifornia

Meet Our Agents

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i want to personally thank all who have helped grow alli-son James estates and Homes® to the successful, virtual real estate company it has become!

Jessica WithersVP of Agent Relations

941-677-2544

We, at Allison James Estates & Homes®, understand that our own agents are the Best Recruiters! Everyday we add new agents to the company that you, our realtors have referred.

Main NumberFax

Matthew CrumbaughPresident

Jessica CrumbaughDirector, National Growth &

Development

alysha aratariNational Growth &

Development

Agent RelationsJill Lemons

Agent Relations Coordinator

Accounting Department berella Hall

Processing Departmentbrandy Peterson

IT Department

Corporate Phone List866-463-5780866-355-9300

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866-463-5780, Option 2 941-875-3585 (Cell)[email protected]

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