We’re almost at the mid-year mark and we’ve already seen the impact of the Fed’s second, of a predicted four, rate hikes of 2017. The new rate brings on a wave of changes including the baseline used to calculate interest rates for credit cards and home loans. For the past 10 years, we’ve seen our […]
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Book Request Scam with Zillow and Trulia
Realtors heed our warning, the big bad Hackers, Spammers, Phishers, and all around Scammers, are coming to get you! Last week we saw the massive hack of Docusign.com, which controls most of the electronic signatures for the real estate industry, and if they can be touched anyone can. We’re going to start posting what we […]
JohnHart breaks Top 15 in Los Angeles Business Journal
There’s a drive, a passion, a push, to do more every day, month, and year. It’s in our bones and it can’t be ignored. After all, the defining principle behind JohnHart Real Estate is that the status quo is never good enough! Last year was the first time we made The List. I remember it […]
What if Bill Belichick was a Real Estate Agent?
How do you win the Super Bowl one day and the next day say you’re already FIVE weeks behind other teams for the 2017 season? Seems a bit crazy that instead of celebrating the most record breaking Super Bowl of ALL TIME, Bill Belichick is worried about next season. He not only has FIVE Super […]
The Top 25 Realtors in Q4 2016
At JohnHart we’re big believers in lists. We make lists for everything. Days, weeks, projects, goals, you name it – we list it (real estate pun intended ;-). While we love all of our lists, and do our best to make sure all of our lists receive equal attention and care, one of our favorites […]
The 2016 JohnHart Real Estate Awards
Much the way a parent feels that all of their children are special and unique, we feel the same way about all of our Realtors. That being said there isn’t enough time in the day to recognize every agent, so we’ve nominated a handful of agents for each category and we’re letting all of you […]
The Blame Game: Agency Relationships
People are involved in all sorts of transactions on a daily basis, whether it’s buying groceries or purchasing a car. If they can do these on their own, why is home buying or selling any different? It’s because real estate transactions aren’t simple. The majority of home buyers and sellers hire agents because they need […]
The Top 25 Realtors For Q3 2016!
2016 has shaped up to be quite an interesting, unique and competitive year for us. And nothing gauges how competitive it is like the list of the 3rd quarter, top 25! I can’t believe we’ve already closed the 3rd quarter, but we have. The question is, how did YOU do? Are you on this list? […]
My Daughter Chloe
This past weekend I was able to steal some time away for myself, as it was a long holiday weekend, and I decided to spend it with my daughter teaching her how to ride a bicycle. In the past few decades I’ve tackled some pretty ambitious undertakings, including building more than a handful of businesses, […]
Top 25 Agents & Brokers for Q2 of 2016!
There are movers, there are shakers, and then there are JohnHart Realtors! Three months ago we decided to publish our Top 25 Real Estate Agents and Brokers list based on their production in Q1 of 2016, and Today we are proud to publish our list for Q2. Now, to gain some perspective on the list […]