Orlando Watson Realty

This past Saturday members of Watson Realty’s management team met in Longwood Florida and was excited to take part in a discussion/presentation by Andrew Wooten, C.P.P.

Andrew’s presentation titled; “The Power of You” was well received by all and generated many lively discussions. He started off by asking those in attendance why some have a hard time surviving selling real estate while others thrive? He encouraged us to have a personal conversation with ourselves and for us to ask our associates to have that same conversation. What is it we could be doing better, faster and differently that will help us succeed?

I enjoyed Andrew’s presentation style and picked up several good points including his preparation + perception + presence formula to overcome fear. If you have an opportunity to hear Mr. Wooten speak I would certainly recommend you do.

Watson Realty is proud to be one of the sponsors of the upcoming Real Estate bar camp to be held in Orlando on August 26th at the Rosen Shingle Resort.

Bar camps have been described as “RE Bar Camp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.”

Watson Realty understands the importance of sharing and learning from others so that we can apply what we have learned to better serve our customers and associates. As a leader in real estate for many decades in Florida, we are proud to be able to sponsor an event that promises to bring the best minds together for an exciting day of learning, sharing, and networking.

For more information or to register please visit Real Estate bar camp Orlando.

REAL Trends recently listed the 25 largest housing services firms in the United States. Watson Realty Corp. is proud to announce that we are 19th on the list. The list is based on closed transactions. The top 25 were from a total of 1,000 brokerages surveyed.

Watson Realty provides full service real estate services to the Central Florida market.  We offer property management, resales, new home construction, mortgage, title and closing services.

If you have not done so already, please contact me to receive a registration package for Watson Realty’s upcoming real estate school scheduled to start in July.  The cost of the school is $99 plus book and materials.

Passing this course is part of the requirement to take the Florida real estate licensing exam.  Once you have received your license you can start your real estate career!

Seating is limited so be sure to sign up early.

Watson Realty Corp. and Watson Title Services sponsored a webinar presentation on HAMP/HAFA this month.  The webinar was offered freely to all of the Central Florida Watson Realty agents. 

The webinar included up-to-date information the new modification and short sale programs being offered as part of HAFA.  The new process is intended to:

• Streamlined short sale rules
• Intended to speed up the short sale process
• Incentivizes borrowers and lenders to work together to avoid foreclosure
• In effect April 5, 2010 – Dec. 31, 2012
• Borrowers receive preapproved short sale terms from the lender PRIOR to putting the home on the market

This exclusive training was made available to associates of Watson Realty so that they can better serve and inform buyers and sellers faced with purchasing or selling a home subject to a short sale. 

If you are an agent and do not have access to short sale or real estate training to assist you with taking your career to a new level, contact me for a confidential discussion about your career.

Homeowners and buyers interested in short selling should also contact me to discuss your personal situation.

As part of our ongoing effort to provide the very best tools and technology for our real estate agents, we have offered our associates the opportunity to take advantage of the company sponsored websites being offered to each and every associate within the company.

It is our belief that maintaining a strong internet presence is crucial to our success and with that in mind we feel that freely providing this valuable service will benefit both our agents and our customers world-wide.

Our new agent’s sites are fully customizable and allow agents to choose from several themes that match their business personality. Agents will be able to add their professional designations to their pages; they are able to update and optimize content and will have complete use of company created banners and promotions. Additionally each agent’s site has an IDX search feature which will allow visitors to search for real estate in every Watson Realty market with all inquiries going directly to the agent.

Company sponsored agent websites are just one of the many reasons buyers, sellers and real estate agents enjoy being a part of the Watson Realty family.

Watson Realty has office space available throughout Central Florida. 

Davenport, FL

Suite 2, 1923 sqft @ $14.00 per sqft or $2,243.50 + $3.00 per sqft CAM or $480.75 + 7% sales tax of $190.70 = $2,914.95 per month. 

The office square foot will include share of the common area.

Kissimmee

Tenant responsible for security system and share of dumpster. CAM includes electric, water, yard maintenance, building insurance and taxes
Suite 3, 1596 sqft @ $15.00 per sqft or $1,995.00 + $2.50 per sqft CAM or $332.50 + 7% sales tax of $162.93 = $2,490.43 per month.

Kissimmee, FL

Tenant is responsible for janitorial service, telephone/data lines and share of dumpster.

Floor Plan available upon request. CAM includes electric, water and security alarm monitoring.

• Suite 1, 140 sqft 1 office – $23 per sqft + $2.00 CAM + 7% sales tax
• Suite 2, 145 sqft
• Suite 3, 133.52 sqft 2 offices – $18 per sqft + $2.00 CAM +7% sales tax
• Suite 4, 147 sqft
• Suite 5, 131.4 sqft 3 offices – $13 per sqft + $2.00 CAM + 7% sales tax
• Suite 6-10, 1175 sqft
• Suite 11, 225 sqft 4+ offices – $10 per sqft + $2.00 CAM + 7% sales tax
• Suite 13, 164.33 sqft
• Suite 15, 90 sqft
• Suite 16, 85.31 sqft

Ormond Beach, FL

Tenant responsible for electricity, janitorial service, share of dumpster and share of lawn service
3750 sqft @ $9.00 per sqft or $2,812.50 plus 6.5% sales tax of $182.81 = $2,995.31 per month.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (5/6/10) Watson Realty Corp., REALTORS® is proud to announce that 20 Watson Realty Associates have been named to the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Power Producer group. This select group of real estate sales professionals, which represents some of the highest-performing agents in the LeadingRE network, provides success tips and strategies that are made available to the network’s 150,000 sales associates worldwide.

The Watson Realty Associates named to the Power Producer group are as follows: Greg Crum, St. Augustine Beach; John Richardson, Ponte Vedra Beach; Doris Arnold, Mandarin North; Russie Weidl, Heathrow; Sandy Miller, Intracoastal; Randy Martin, Mandarin South; Barbara Maple, Ponte Vedra; Joni Zwick, Ponte Vedra; David Butler, San Marco/San Jose; Lori Clark, Port Orange; Doug Clement, Oviedo; Kim King, Mandarin North; Joanie Heighes, Mandarin South; Cindy Walker, New Smyrna Beach; Jim Ruddy, Longwood; Kris Persaud, Clermont; Betsy Picot, St. Johns; Barbara Davis, Port Orange; Laurie Kelley, Kissimmee; Jonathan Bagg, St. Augustine Beach

“The Power Producer group was established to give some of our top associates a forum for idea sharing and professional growth,” notes Dan Schmitz, Director of Broker Resources, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®. “The Power Producers are participants in the LeadingRE Institute, our professional development program focused on exploring the most effective ways to serve home buyers and sellers.”

“We are so pleased that our associates have been invited to be part of this elite group,” commented Bill Watson, Chairman of the Board, Watson Realty Corp. “The monthly brainstorming discussions, sharing success tips and business strategies, with members from all over the country should prove to be an invaluable experience.”

Watson Realty was recently presented with the Best Use of Mobile Technology Award and the Website Quality Certification Award from LeadingRE and is also a two-time recipient of the prestigious Diamond Award for Excellence.

As a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, Watson Realty Corp. is affiliated with the finest real estate firms worldwide. The relationship enables Watson Realty to assist individuals relocating to virtually any community in the U.S. or abroad, with services including real estate assistance, destination orientation programs, mortgage assistance, household goods transportation and more. The affiliation also allows Watson Realty to manage corporate employee relocation accounts through RELO DirectÒ, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®’s corporate relocation company.

Watson Realty has scheduled a pre-license real estate school to be held at our Champions Gate branch office. This location is perfect for anyone in the Celebration, Reunion, Davenport or Four Corners area of Osceola and Polk County.

The school is scheduled to begin on June 2 and run through July 6th. The classes will be held at the Champions Gate office on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

2010 classes are available at the cost of $99.00 for the class + $70.00 for the new text book, material, supplies and class exam. (Schedule subject to change)

If you would like more information or would like a registration package please call or email me.

Watson Realty Corp. is pleased to announce that closed volume for the month of April, 2010 was up $29,386,657.00. The number of transaction sides was up from 728 to 1,012 or 284 transactions for a 39% increase for the month.

April volume was up an extra 10% in volume and units as a result of the 1st time home buyer $8,000 tax credit which expired April 30, 2010.

The number of contracts was also enhanced by the giant open house promotion in the state of Florida in mid-April in which Watson Realty held close to 1,000 homes open during that weekend. The giant open house promotion gave the potential buyers an opportunity to personally visit many available properties to help in their decision process.

May’s written and closed business will show a nice increase, but not the same high percentages as a result of the end of the $8,000 tax credit.

Watson Realty Corp. will be focusing on extra efforts to facilitate the many details necessary to close the April sales prior to the expiration of the tax incentive June 30, 2010.

There are some concerns for first time buyers who submitted contracts on short sales which are dependent on approval from the mortgage holder for the closing to take place in a timely fashion.

We feel the market has stabilized and this is a great time to purchase a home as values are similar to 2000-2002 coupled with favorable interest rates.

If you have ever considered moving up, this is a great time to make that decision to find that home of your dreams while we have exceptional value

About Watson Realty Corp., REALTORS®
Watson Realty Corp. (www.WatsonRealtyCorp.com) has been a trusted name in real estate since 1965. Watson Realty is a full-service real estate company with more than 1,200 sales associates and 40 residential sales offices throughout Northeast and Central Florida, as well as St. Marys, Georgia. Services include Watson Mortgage Corp., Watson New Homes Division, Watson Title Services, Watson Title Services of Northeast Florida Inc., Watson Commercial Realty Inc., Watson School of Real Estate, Watson Referral Realty Inc., Watson Property Management, Watson Maintenance Services and Watson Relocation Services. Watson Relocation Services has offices in both Jacksonville and Orlando.