Real Estate Market Still Steady Despite Some Decline Nationally
No one attending this week’s National Association of Realtors annual convention, which ends today, has been able to ignore the anxiety created by the slowest housing market in more than a decade.
But 30,000 real estate professionals had plenty of opportunities to take their minds off that subject, by listening to sessions like “Win Over the Wealthy With Lifestyle Marketing” or “The Socratic Method of Building Rapport.”
They could stroll through trade-show booths at The Venetian hotel that were hawking everything from lawn signs to lockboxes to luxury homes in Costa Rica. They could attend cocktail parties - lots - thrown by state Realtor associations.
If they were feeling low, a host of celebrity inspirational speakers - from former Notre Dame football Coach Lou Holtz to comedian Bill Cosby - were there to pick them up.
Jimmy Rex was the Keller Williams Regional Rookie of the Year in 2006 and sold more than 100 homes.