The Tomball Chamber of Commerce & much more!

Show Host: Bill Knapik, on this episode we talk with the Tomball chamber and 2 very insightful Realtors!

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(00:38):
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by going to Stewart dot com Forward Slash Radio. As always,
we have a super show, so many great things, so
many great guests. Let's get started right now. Let's talk
to Amy Mason and alex Wellbrock. They are with the
Greater tom Ball Area Chamber of Commerce. Ladies, welcome to

(01:23):
the show.

Speaker 4 (01:24):
Thank you for having us. We're hab you, we're here.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Well, we are so excited because tom Ball is such
an important part of the Houston, the greater Houston area,
so everybody wants to know about tom Ball. So first
of all, Amy, let's tell people about the Chamber.

Speaker 5 (01:38):
The Chamber, so we were incorporated in nineteen sixty five,
so we are celebrating sixty years this year.

Speaker 6 (01:45):
However, we do.

Speaker 5 (01:45):
Have evidence that a couple of men, businessmen in the
nineteen twenties actually started the chamber, even though we can't
find that documentation anymore. So we have to go in
nineteen sixty five. And we serve an eight to ten
mile radius of tom Ball from like FM twenty nine
twenty to F twenty nine twenty and the Tomball Tollway

(02:06):
ten mail radius and we don't necessarily have boundaries, but
that is our service area and we are here to
be a voice and a resource for our business community
and our community at large.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
And Amy, let's tell people your role with the Chamber
of Tomball.

Speaker 5 (02:23):
Yes, I am the director of Communications, been there eight years.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
And alex Wellbrock, what is your role at the Chamber?

Speaker 4 (02:30):
My role, I am the Membership Development Director, so I
handle all of our prospects. Anyone who's looking for information
to join the Chamber, I am your go to person
for that.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
And to say the Tomball area is growing is kind
of an understatement little oh absolutely just a liuteleit. So
let's tell people in case they may be right here
in Houston, and I think there are many people that
Tomball live right here in Houston. Tomball's like, I don't
know what's going on out there. It's far away, and
we have people listening that are around the United States
that are what's Tomball, Texas? So one of you paint

(03:02):
a picture of what Tomball is in terms of how
it looks and what are the drawing things that bring
people to Tomball?

Speaker 4 (03:10):
The drawing things, definitely, I would share the community and
the people. If you've never been to Tomball. I mean
we're kind of known as hometown with a heart, So
we're a very friendly place, very welcoming and that also
kind of transcends into us as a chamber of commerce.
But it's also not super far from the city. So

(03:30):
if you you know, what does kind of a small
town quaint ish fuel again with great community and great people.
But if you also want to come down to the
city to shake out on Nastro's game, you know, unless
you hit traffic, it's not that really bad of a drive.

Speaker 5 (03:44):
And we're thirty miles northwest of Houston, and so we're
just at the edge of Harris County of Montgomery County,
and like Alex said, just big community. We have a
lot of festivals. The city does festivals, the chamber does events,
and then we also have another organization that runs a
really big well twice a year.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
That sounds incredible. Yeah, and and correct me if I'm
wrong at any point. But it's also one of the
areas that people go or are going to, not just
from Houston, but even out of state if they want
a little bit of elbow room an acre or two.
Is that correct?

Speaker 4 (04:17):
Yes? And no, Tomball's getting a little full. I mean
if they're still of course places they do exist, but
as y'all know, in real estate, those places are kind
of a Diamondo Dozen in Tomball, but there's definitely surrounding
areas where you are able to do that and find
places like that. And we do have those family that
family land that is starting to sell off yep.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
So and then and then as far as businesses that
are coming or already maybe new ones that are there
in Tomball, what are the attractions for the businesses because
also as there have been a lot of residential sales
and things, there's a lot of commercial activity as well.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Yes, So our Tomball Economic Development Corporation is an amazing
asset for our community. Is for it it gives business
incentives to businesses coming into Tomball proper. And so if
people need a little bit of a facelift or if
they're coming into town, they can find property through them.
And they work hand in hand with those business owners
to talk about what they want to do and how

(05:13):
they want to succeed in Tomball. And then we work
really closely with the EEDC and they will say, hey,
these people are coming in. They want to talk chamber stuff,
so we send them to Alex over here and you.

Speaker 3 (05:23):
Know we're talking chamber stuff right now.

Speaker 5 (05:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:25):
And I've never had so much fun in my life.

Speaker 5 (05:28):
You're well good.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
Indeed, let's go back to the beginning of the year.
We're well into we really have traction right now. But
in the very beginning of the year, when you looked
at your plans for the chamber, maybe you were starting
to do that in October. I don't know what were
some of the things that you projected or anticipated for
Here we are in twenty twenty five that might have
been a little different than the previous year.

Speaker 4 (05:51):
One of our really big milestones that we just hit.
So we are a five star credited chamber. We do
get our accreditation from the US Chamber of Commerce, and
there's actually less than two hundred chambers in all of
Texas that are accredited. Doesn't say that other chambers that
aren't accredited are bad. It's a very lot of credited ones.
I mean, we're vetted, we know kind of what we're

(06:12):
doing and everything. For the most part, I'm going to
make it a bigger brag. Go ahead, there's seven thousand
chambers in the United States, and only two hundred of
them in the United States are even accredited.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
Okay, let's repeat that.

Speaker 5 (06:23):
Yes, seven thousand chambers in the United States, only two
hundred of them are even accredited, and we are one
of those and we are the top notch five star,
so we're the top two percent.

Speaker 4 (06:35):
Wow, So she fixed my Yeah, nice, that's what we do.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
Out of seven thousand, there's only two hundred and there
you are, out of this whole United.

Speaker 4 (06:44):
States and Tom and I will tell you, Texas is
leading the way.

Speaker 5 (06:48):
There's a lot of chambers around here that are five
star credited. If we take pride in what we do.

Speaker 3 (06:53):
Well, what do you attribute that to? What's happening here
that's drawing people to tom Ball and making the chamber
such so notable.

Speaker 5 (07:00):
Texas is business friendly, so that helps. Tombaugh is business friendly.
And then just that that family feeling that that's what
we have going That is just you know, yeah, we're
just a welcoming group.

Speaker 6 (07:13):
So and we like to have fun.

Speaker 3 (07:15):
You like to have fun, and you know, we work hard.
I think what's happening right now as people listening, I
don't know, but I'm going to guess that they're all
thinking about, let's go take a drive to tom Ball
in case they haven't been for a while.

Speaker 5 (07:26):
Just a smiles drive away, a.

Speaker 3 (07:28):
Smiles drive away, not that far from Houston, so a
lot of great things. Of course, we have a Stewart title.
There has been a real strong part of the community
and we're always busy there helping people find their.

Speaker 5 (07:41):
And they are a large investor in our Chamber of Commerce.
So they have been a steadfast supporter ever since I've
been there, So I don't know how long that's actually been,
but it's awesome.

Speaker 3 (07:51):
So what are some of the other things that you're
thinking about in twenty twenty five?

Speaker 5 (07:54):
Here as chamber legislative priorities. So it is Texas. You know,
the Senate and Congress are in session, and so we
go up to Austin and we talk with our elected
officials and say, these are the priorities for Tomball and
so water infrastructure, workforce development, and fully funding public schools.

(08:15):
You know what, however, the voucher you know issue lands
fully fund our public schools.

Speaker 4 (08:22):
So then add to that a little bit. You know,
we do the ribbon cuttings, we do the networking stuff
and all that is great and fun, but we do
a lot of that advocacy work as well, and that's
kind of a lot of the behind the scenes stuff
as chambers that a lot of people don't see.

Speaker 5 (08:36):
So if we got something going on with our roads
and transportation, Bruce has been known to come down and
being Commissioner's court so and saying, hey, this is this
does not work for our area.

Speaker 4 (08:47):
Yeah, or even I mean, we'll take the Tomball Expressway
or Aggie Expressway as some say. You know that was
taken off tex Dots Road for.

Speaker 6 (09:01):
A couple of year plan.

Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, and they had taken it off and the Chamber
we kind of came together, got that put back on
their plan with us and actually na Asoda I believe,
and that project ended up getting completed. So again, it's
kind of just one of our little things that a
lot of people don't know.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
Yeah, I'm kind of stuck on the ribbon cutting. So
you all have those big giant scissors we do Where
do you.

Speaker 5 (09:22):
Keep them in a closet in a closet.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
Lock and key, and then you bring them right at
the right moment.

Speaker 5 (09:28):
Yep, we run with them.

Speaker 6 (09:29):
Sometimes they're in the back of my seat.

Speaker 3 (09:31):
I love those scissors. Next time you have a ribbon
cutting calling because I want to be You've got one
Wednesday as you're in the center for people that want
to know about Tomball. I'm imagining the chamber and some
of the other chambers around the country, people probably call you.
Is that correct? How often you get calls from other
states where they want to know about Tomball more.

Speaker 5 (09:51):
Than you think? Yeah? And they sometimes they just pick something.

Speaker 3 (09:54):
On the map and they call yeah, and they say okay,
and they let's find out Tomball.

Speaker 5 (09:59):
This is one of our or think out of the
box ways. Is they call, we get to talking to them.
We're like, give us your address and we send them maps,
our publications, just everything about Tomball and say when you
come visit, come see us.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
So if you have someone from another state, let's just
say Indiana or Missouri for whatever reason I'm thinking of that,
they call what are some of the things that a
business that might want to open up ask you? What
are the things they ask you? Or maybe even you
have some people that residential that want.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
To know about the A lot of times they ask
about population, what that looks like, the makeup of it,
whether that's age, rages, medium rages, things like that, and
also just what other type of community businesses are around,

(10:44):
whether it makes sense for them to have their own
business and in Tomball around the Tomball area at least
that's as far as I know.

Speaker 5 (10:51):
Yep, Yep.

Speaker 3 (10:52):
We're talking with Amy Mason and Alex Wellbrook. They are
with the Tomball Chamber of Commerce and also your medical community.
And I want to say, my friend, doctor Brian Harkins
is a big pillar right there. The Tomball Hospital is
top notch, as is doctor Brian Harkins.

Speaker 5 (11:09):
So HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball. Yep, they are a chamber trustee.
They are a big supporter. And actually the CEO is
our chairman of the board this year.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
How about that.

Speaker 5 (11:18):
So he is working hand in hand with us to
make Tombull an even more thriving community. Come out to Tombull,
give it a chance. People think it's it's like a
one horse town, which is so odd because we do
have the medical we have. I mean, we have a
medical corridor, we have oil and gas, we have mom
and pop shops, so antiques, so many great restaurants. Check

(11:40):
out the festivals. You can always check that out Tomball
Chamber dot org. You will find all of our events
and information and resources for you to come enjoy Tomball.

Speaker 3 (11:50):
And before we started recording, I referenced a historical fact
in nineteen thirty three May twenty seven. Humble Oil Company
started there and it was known as oil Town USA.
Little Tomball, Right, well, Tomball we are and Ripley's believe
it or not. I believe it, Alex. What else should
we know?

Speaker 4 (12:08):
I was gonna say, yes, of course tom Ball is great,
but I know that you know, this is a real
estate podcast and not everybody is in Tomball, which is fine.
But I would recommend reaching out looking into joining your
local chamber of commerce. There's definitely a ton in the
Houston area in Texas in general, so find one that's

(12:28):
near you, visit a couple, and you know, everyone's a
little bit different, you know, as a chamber of commerce,
we always say if you know one chamber, you only
know one chamber, So definitely check them out. Get involved.
It's a good way to know different people in different
industries and also get just situated and know everybody in
your community.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
And I'm going to be starting my new show called
Chamber Talk that's going to be coming up next year.

Speaker 5 (12:52):
In the meantime, we're going to be first, We're going
to be your first guest.

Speaker 3 (12:55):
It will be only credited chambers though I'm just saying yes,
let's tell people how they can learn more Amy.

Speaker 5 (13:00):
Two eight one three five one seven two two two,
or visit our website at Tomballchamber dot org. We also
have our Facebook page and our Instagram and LinkedIn and Alex.

Speaker 3 (13:11):
If someone wants to reach you.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
You can also same number call the office at two
eight one three five one seven two two two. You
can also send me over an email a Wellbrock at
Tombochamber dot Largie.

Speaker 3 (13:24):
Sounds good to me. Thanks for being with us, lady
here absolutely. As we continue, let's talk to Genevieve Roland.
She is with Keller Williams. Genevieve, welcome to the show.

Speaker 7 (13:35):
Thank you for having me, Bill, I appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (13:37):
Good to see you. And let's tell people everybody hears
about Keller Williams. Let's tell people about your Keller Williams office.

Speaker 7 (13:44):
Well, my Keller Williams office. I've been there for twelve years.
Keller Williams Memorial has an amazing broker, Michael Bozart, an
amazing team, lots of coaches, are well compliance legal, Anything
that you need is there, and they do.

Speaker 3 (14:02):
Such a great job with training as well.

Speaker 6 (14:05):
They do.

Speaker 7 (14:05):
Keller Williams is the number one training company in the world.
And I remember when I started with them back in
twenty thirteen. Interesting fact, it said they were number two
in the world, behind Jiffy Loub.

Speaker 6 (14:16):
I had no.

Speaker 7 (14:17):
Idea that Jeffy Loub was such a trainer. Then two
years later they passed them up. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (14:21):
Well a crazy fact.

Speaker 3 (14:23):
Oil is soil to oil oil.

Speaker 7 (14:25):
Yeah, and I recently was diagnosed by my daughter, but
then it turned out to be true a couple of
years ago with ADHD. So it's hard for me to
stay in one place at a time. After about three years,
I get bored. I've been with Keller Williams Memorial for
twelve years. I've never been anywhere that long. Last company

(14:46):
he was seven years and then four or five years.

Speaker 3 (14:49):
They're never boring at Keller Williams, never boring.

Speaker 7 (14:51):
It's changing.

Speaker 6 (14:52):
We have a great group.

Speaker 3 (14:53):
Of people that says a lot. Well, let's tell people
as far as where your activities have been lately, because
as a licensed Texas reualtory be anywhere in Texas. Let's
just take the last twenty transactions geographically. Where have you
been helping buyers and sellers?

Speaker 7 (15:08):
Well, I'm a third generation Houstonian. I used to have
half the state of Texas back at my sales days. However,
I have transitioned. I mean what I love about real estate,
No two transactions are the same, and there are so
many different venues to pursue. And last year, with the
market being a little slower for some, I would say

(15:31):
half my business is your traditional buying and selling, and
then the other half I focus on investing. And I
have moved a lot towards investing over the last few years,
helping a lot of my clients as well as somebody
just trying to make a little extra money or some
people that's their living. And I have a lot of
investment properties myself.

Speaker 3 (15:51):
And when we talk about investing, what are we saying there?
Because I think a lot of people especially now in
Wall Street Journal today the article was people are looking
for places to put money other than the stock market,
let's say. And one of the things I think about
every now and then is investing in real estate.

Speaker 7 (16:08):
Well, for the most part, it's a very good deal.
Like they say, you can't make any more land, although
I say, unless you're in Dubai, pump stuff up from
the seafloor. Aside from that, they're not making any more land.
We have more people moving to Texas and traditionally, if
you look at those that are in the higher tiers,

(16:28):
real estate is part of their portfolio. And when you
have if you track the stock market or your four
oh one case, it all again. It all depends on
your barometer and what you feel comfortable with. But you
get on average abound a seven percent return year over
year over a ten ten year period of time. But

(16:50):
with real estate you could have a twenty percent appreciation
or you could get a house. It all depends on
what your game plan is. Some people want to put
their money in something and let it appreciate and take
the tax advantages. Depreciation is one of your best friends.
You can write off. You can write off a portion
of your home, where you work. There are lots of

(17:11):
things that you can do to offset your tax bass.
But then some people are in it because that's their
full time job. They're renovating houses, they're reselling them to
people that don't have that ability. And I don't like
to use the word flip. To me, flip is a
four letter word. There are a lot of flippers out there,
and I try to stay away from those people. But

(17:32):
you want to renovate, you want to do something responsibly.
Some people that's their job and that's where they make
their money year round, and then other people maybe they're
looking at it from a cash flow perspective. They want
some additional cash flow with something that can appreciate, and
then they may sell it over time, or they may
want to pass it on to their kids. Because you

(17:55):
can have a piece of property, sell that property, make
a large sum of money, and do what's called a
ten thirty one exchange. It's a tax code, buy some
additional property at or above that price, and you can
just keep pushing off the taxes if you will that
you would have to pay. And then when you're when

(18:18):
your beneficiaries inherit that they inherit it at the current
level of the market price and go from there. So
they're all different types of strategies. Everybody's in it for
a different reason, and you just have to see what
their goals are and go from there.

Speaker 3 (18:32):
There's no shortage of opportunity anywhere in real estate, but
certainly here in Houston, Texas.

Speaker 7 (18:37):
That's correct. If you look at the statistics. Overall, around
sixty five percent of the homes in the United states
are owner occupied. That means about thirty five percent of
them are owned by investors for one reason or another.
And in Texas it's about the same, it's sixty three percent.

(18:57):
We do have a few more owner occupied homes in
Texas than others.

Speaker 3 (19:02):
So and of course you're helping people that just want
to buy a home sell a home. Yes, that's part
of your business as well as far as that goes.
How's the market right now, Let's say in the Memorial
area for.

Speaker 7 (19:13):
Activity, Well, in the Memorial area, Memorial has traditionally, I
mean since the fifties and sixties, if you're south of Ien,
north of West Timer, from the Loop out to Highway six,
has always been a desirable area. I grew up. My
grandmother had a house she bought. They bought it for
about fifty thousand dollars back in nineteen fifty seven at

(19:35):
Memorial in Pineaven, which was just outside the Loop. All
the Postoke town homes weren't there. My dad would break
in his horses. It was his stable there. And when
they sold their property, just to give you an example,
they sold their property in the late eighties for almost
half a million dollars that lot, even without the house
on it. By itself, that lot's worth about it's an

(20:00):
acre lot. It's worth about one point five million. If
it weren't on the more of a few houses back,
it would be a little bit more. But it's worth
about one and a half million dollars. And so the
Memorial area is very desirable and we Immemorial Energy Corridor.
As a matter of fact, I put a house while

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we were talking. I put a house on the market
an hour before I got here. And in the last
thirty minutes I've had I've had two showings requested so.

Speaker 3 (20:31):
And by the end of the show it's probably going
you'll have an offer.

Speaker 7 (20:34):
I'm hoping so. But one of the things that they
did to segue into condition of houses, because currently we
have about a six month inventory, and that's a regular market.
That's a stable market. We had ten years of crazy
sellers markets that a lot of people thought that was
normal and it's not. Houses on average will be on

(20:55):
the market about six weeks now, and a stable market
is a market that's neither moves towards the sellers or
towards the buyers. So four to six months of inventory
is a stable market. And when it's kind of a
beauty contest when it comes to a house, your houses

(21:15):
that need a lot of work, that's where all your
wholesalers and your investors, they're going to be like sharks
circling around. They're going to try to get it as
inexpensively as possible. But what I try to help my
clients do, whether the traditional buyer or seller, or whether
they're an investor, is I look and say where can
we spend them the least amount of money to get
the most amount of return. And then with this particular

(21:39):
property I was talking about, they redid everything and they
listened to some of my choices I like to help
design and stage. And when your house looks good or
you have something that's a little bit better than everyone else,
that's where you're going to get your multiple offers and
you're going to have people all wanting to buy for
that house.

Speaker 3 (21:59):
Sounds good to me. So right now, if someone's interested
in purchasing a home in the Memorial again we're talking
about the Memorial area, how do you coach that buyer
right now? And what's the price point? Not the highest,
not the lowest, but what's a good average price point
in the area. That you laid out there south of
I ten, north of West Timer.

Speaker 7 (22:18):
Well, it all depends if you're inside the loop or
inside the beltway or outside of the beltway. Are you
in for seven zero to be inside the beltway? So
if you're inside the beltway, prices will jump quite a
bit than just outside of the beltway. And then it
depends on if you're in the villages or not. So

(22:38):
if you're in the villages, again depending upon the village.
But let's say if you're in the villages, an average
lot size in Bunker Hill, for example, is going to
be about twenty one thousand square feet. So again it
depends on.

Speaker 6 (22:54):
The shape of the lot as well.

Speaker 7 (22:57):
However, if you're wanting let's say, if you're wanting a
tear down and you want to renovate, you can you
can get a house, well, you could get maybe a
twenty five hundred to twenty nine hundred square foot house. Again,
this all depends on condition. All depends, Yeah, all depends.

(23:19):
I'll put in that disclaimer you around one point two million,
and then again depending upon your taste or what you
want to do, you could put in four or five
hundred thousand. You could put in seven hundred thousand or
so renovating that house if you don't have the ability
to afford one of the new ones. Because a lot
of people don't have four or five million dollars to

(23:42):
buy a new build. However, they can spend one point
two and then spend about seven hundred thousand and have
a really nice house at about half the price. Houston
is still a great market. People think, oh my gosh,
the inventory is crazy and all of that, but Houston
is a wonderful market. Houston and the surrounding. As a

(24:03):
matter of fact, to the people from Tomball. I have
someone a past client, he's moving back from Dubai, just
fun fact, and I was telling him about Tomball. But Houston, Tomball,
the surrounding areas. We have wonderful schools. You've got the
largest medical complex in the world. You have the largest

(24:24):
port in the world. You've got a lot of manufacturing.
There is something for everyone, it's not necessarily just oil.
Lots of education, and again with Houston, it's easy to
get all over the all over the state of Texas,
all over the world with both airports, anywhere you want
to be. Houston's a great place going.

Speaker 3 (24:43):
So many economic drivers, Genevieve. Let's tell people how they
can reach you.

Speaker 7 (24:48):
Well, they can reach me I love phone or text
two eight one nine zero four seven zero one four,
or they can send me an email of my short
a dress. This is Jen g e n at ROEPRO
rw p R dot com. Or unless they want to
spell it all out, Genevieve at Rolling Dash Properties.

Speaker 6 (25:10):
But I help people buy, sell.

Speaker 7 (25:12):
Invest, and do some farm and ranch too. Eight one
nine zero four seven zero one four.

Speaker 3 (25:19):
Thanks for being with us, v Phil, you have a
great day. As we continue, let's talk to Kelly Henderson.
She is with e XP real T. Kelly, welcome to
the show.

Speaker 6 (25:30):
Thank you for having me.

Speaker 3 (25:32):
Well here you are, it's been years. Welcome back, thank
you e XP. First of all, Kelly, let's tell people
about your company.

Speaker 8 (25:39):
So EXP is a virtual brokerage. We don't have brick
and mortars. Traditional brick and mortars, say like a Keller
Williams would very similar business models the whole nine yards,
But we do everything virtually, so I don't have an
actual office I go to I get the office out
of the house, but we are one of the largest
brokerages in the United States and give.

Speaker 3 (26:00):
People an idea. As far as geographically, you go all
over to but here recently, let's say again the last
few transactions twenty or so, where have you been helping
your buyers.

Speaker 6 (26:10):
I sill run.

Speaker 8 (26:11):
Literally my corridor is I live here in the Galleria.
I go Galleria all the way out west. I do
Spring Valley, Katie, those have been my two latest transactions.
I go anywhere and everywhere. My clients need me to.

Speaker 3 (26:24):
Go anywhere and everywhere. And you have a lot of
experience here.

Speaker 6 (26:27):
In the real I doo, yes, lots.

Speaker 3 (26:30):
Another part of your business we'll touch upon now and
then go back to the market conditions. But coaching one
of the things you've done through the years. I hear
is you're doing a lot of coaching, not just with
people in your own brokerage, but all over the place.
Let's tell people about that.

Speaker 8 (26:44):
Yeah, so I got into productivity coaching when I was
with Keller Williams Memorial previously. It's always been kind of
my thing. The one thing that agents or new agents
or people that are thinking of getting their license don't
know if this is a sinkers in business. Well, if
you don't get that training, you will sink very fast.

(27:04):
The statistics. In Houston alone, we have over fifty to
sixty five thousand realtors just in Houston.

Speaker 3 (27:10):
All right, let's stop there. Say that again, because a
lot of people in other cities that listen, they're like,
how many.

Speaker 8 (27:17):
Yeah, fifty to sixty five thousand realtors just in the
city of Houston alone. A lot of those realtors probably
only about ten percent are producing agents. So ninety percent
or not, and ten percent are those ten percenters get training,
they get coaching, they get support to ensure that they're
not going to be one of those agents that lands

(27:38):
in the ninety percent. So that's what I do. I
help agents.

Speaker 3 (27:42):
And so for the realtor that's listening and says I
don't need any coaching, I could just watch all those
real estate TV shows because they make it look easy.

Speaker 6 (27:50):
Right, No, not quite right.

Speaker 8 (27:52):
If you get your license, they will not come. This
is not field or dreams.

Speaker 3 (27:57):
Field of you wish.

Speaker 6 (27:59):
Right, right.

Speaker 8 (28:00):
I think that's a that's a big misconception. When people
get their license. They think I'm going to get my
license and everybody will use me.

Speaker 3 (28:06):
Exactly when I sell ten million.

Speaker 8 (28:08):
Dollars, if it was that easy, Yeah, No, not that easy.
So the importance of coaching and training and support is
vital to succeed in this basin, Let's let's.

Speaker 3 (28:18):
Keep talking about coaching. So, for example, one of the basically,
let's say you have a real estate professional out there
that's not brand new two years into the business, a
year into the business. They know the base, they know
the classes and all those things, But what are some
of the first If someone in that scenario came to
you and wanted to start a coaching series, what's the

(28:41):
first part of the lesson? What's the first lesson?

Speaker 8 (28:44):
First and foremost. If somebody's been in the business for
a year or two and they're struggling and they're just
not you know, going anywhere. I look at their business
as a whole. What are you doing to market yourself?
What does your social media look like?

Speaker 6 (28:55):
You know? How many transactions did you do last year?
You know?

Speaker 8 (28:58):
And what do you do on a daily basis to
generate leads and to generate business? As you know, a realtor,
I have to hustle every day, you know. I think again,
I go back to the misconceptions of people get into
this business thinking, oh, it's so easy.

Speaker 6 (29:14):
It's not.

Speaker 8 (29:14):
I've been in the business for twenty one years.

Speaker 6 (29:16):
I hustle.

Speaker 8 (29:17):
I still hustle for leads and generate and all that
good stuff. So I would look at somebody's business as
a whole and then fill in those gaps and guide
them accordingly what they need to be doing to generate
business every day.

Speaker 3 (29:29):
Easy is not part of the equationp.

Speaker 6 (29:31):
Nope, you got to work. Yeah you do. You have
to work at the job.

Speaker 3 (29:37):
But it's interesting that even after so many years, their
basics must be done. Just like if you were a pilot,
an international pilot, there are systems and procedures that must
be done every time you are in the plane carrying
all those lives forward. Yeah, in real estate it's no different.

Speaker 8 (29:56):
It's exactly the same. I tell agents all the time.
You are your own BIS business. You're not a real sir,
You're now a small business owner. What do you do
every day to keep those doors open?

Speaker 3 (30:05):
What is the hardest part for I mean, everybody's different,
I know, But for what thing do you coach people
the most often on that they struggle with? Is there
one or two subjects?

Speaker 6 (30:18):
It's probably how do I lead?

Speaker 8 (30:19):
Generate? How do I generate leads? I mean and it's
different for everybody. Like some people love to door knock,
not my thing. Some people like to cold call, not
my thing. Social media there's all kinds of different avenues.
And I don't think you know, there's no one set
system in real estate.

Speaker 6 (30:35):
It doesn't.

Speaker 8 (30:36):
It's not one size fits all. I try to lean
in and tap into what they know to help them
push their business forward.

Speaker 6 (30:44):
Every day.

Speaker 3 (30:45):
It has to constantly be done though. You have to
always like a farmer, you have to be planning the seeds.
And there's all sorts of conditions that happen when you
plan them. You might have to do it more and more.

Speaker 8 (30:55):
What all these You need to have business in your
pipeline consistently in order to make it.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
And some people I've talked to where they go, oh,
it's referrals. Well I'm sure that's part of it. But
even massive corporations continue to advertise after they're already on
the top, right, I mean, look at Super Bowl ads
and things like that. These are companies, many of them
that have been around, sometimes over one hundred years.

Speaker 8 (31:18):
Well, you know, it's a funny phenomenon. Because I grew
up here in Houston. I went to school here, I
have a huge fear of influence, but even someone like
myself can tap out on their sphere of influence. So
you have to constantly build your sphere bigger and bigger
and bigger. And so that's where I think a lot
of people struggle. And yes, referrals are great, and my
business is built on referrals. However, you know, I still

(31:42):
have to continuously generate new business and create new spheres.

Speaker 3 (31:46):
So you're always thinking and planning. Absolutely, Should we talk
about the equestrian world.

Speaker 8 (31:52):
A key, Yes, we could talk about the.

Speaker 3 (31:55):
Notice how I perfect segue.

Speaker 6 (31:57):
It leads right into it.

Speaker 3 (31:57):
And I say that because for our listeners that are
outside of Texas and they all think we have horses, well,
actually you do and you have three of them, yes
and one on.

Speaker 6 (32:07):
The way or yes, yes I do.

Speaker 3 (32:09):
It's funny how there's something about animals, but especially horses
and dogs. I think that capture people and we connect
to them. But you are you love horses?

Speaker 6 (32:17):
I do, It's a bit about it.

Speaker 8 (32:18):
I started riding when I was seven years old. I
captured my first world championship title when I was thirteen,
very proud of that. I worked very hard to do
that and I have been, you know, continuously riding. I
love having and being in a sport that pushes you
because you have to get uncomfortable to progress, and that
this sport gets you uncomfortable. You're sitting on a twelve

(32:41):
hundred pound animal that has a mind of its own
and you have to trust and learn and so yes,
it's part of you know, it's almost.

Speaker 3 (32:49):
Like the you adjust to the real is each transactions
like a fingerprint. It's all different, but you adjust to
it so that as the rider. Yes, when you're on
a horse and each horse and each person has different personality,
You've ridden another horse, but now you're on this new horse.
So somehow, instantly, just like the transaction, you have to
jump and figure the temperament of the animal and then

(33:12):
how does that work?

Speaker 8 (33:13):
Tell us about that It's exactly what you're saying. I mean,
every client that I deal with, they're all different personalities.
I have to adjust my way of thinking, way of
communicating with my clients. When I get on one horse
versus another horse, it's the same thing.

Speaker 3 (33:28):
Some are stubborn, some.

Speaker 8 (33:29):
Are stubborn, some are you know, nice, some are calm,
some are not. And you have to adjust. So it's
just it plays very well and balances out from work
to play life.

Speaker 3 (33:40):
And the horses are like dogs. I'm guessing they like treats.

Speaker 6 (33:44):
They love treats.

Speaker 3 (33:45):
So real estate clients, yes, somewhere once a while you
pull out a carrot to your.

Speaker 8 (33:50):
Buyer exactly, Yes, I dangle that carrot right metaphorically speaking.

Speaker 3 (33:55):
Yeah, Hey, we're onto some Kelly.

Speaker 5 (33:57):
I know.

Speaker 3 (33:58):
So how's the market now?

Speaker 8 (34:02):
It's good, it's good. I've just been you know, wheeling
and dealing. I've got two under contract, and you know,
it's people ask me. You know, I think November December
tends to slow down a little bit, but come January first,
boom We're going. And I love being in Houston. It's
a great diverse market.

Speaker 3 (34:21):
How do you mix all the things you're doing or
how do you assign time? I don't want to use
the word balance, but how do you think about coaching
your love of the in the equestrian world, helping buyers
and sellers. How do you allocate your time or how
do you figure it out?

Speaker 8 (34:36):
You know, I can't really allocate, It's just it's kind
of a what happens day by day. I have several
coaching clients that you know need my you know, they
have my time in my calendar. I try to use
Wednesdays's writing day to go out to the barn to ride.
Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. You know, you just
find the balance you have to. But you have to
have the balance. You can't be work work work, work work.

(34:58):
You've got to have that work life balance.

Speaker 3 (35:00):
Helping people in the real estate community from outside of Texas,
I am.

Speaker 8 (35:04):
I have a couple, Yes I do, and it's interesting. Obviously,
I have a coaching client in New York and one
in Arizona, and while I don't know their contracts, coaching
is coaching is coaching, and real estate is you know,
the way you approach real estate and the way you're
successful in real estate is all about the same.

Speaker 3 (35:22):
We're talking with Kelly Henderson with exp Realty. Kelly, before
we close this segment, what else you want people to know?

Speaker 8 (35:30):
Well, I want them to know that, you know, real
estate has been a really, really wonderful business for me
for the past twenty one years, and it can be
for anybody that's looking to career change. But be aware
of what you're walking into and hire a coach like myself.
To help you actually, you know, just you know, wade
through that business that is real estate when you first

(35:52):
get in because you don't know if you're going to
get into this business.

Speaker 6 (35:55):
You need training, bottom line.

Speaker 3 (35:57):
So you're coaching people here in Houston, outside of Houston,
in Texas, and of course you're helping buyers and sellers right.

Speaker 8 (36:03):
Really, yeah, I feel it's important for me as a
realtor to be in the trenches with my agents so
that I understand the market, what's happening, so I can
fully give them what they need.

Speaker 3 (36:13):
And in any of these cases, if someone wants to
reach out to you, Kelly Henderson, what should they do?

Speaker 8 (36:19):
Best way to get me is phone or text? Does
it matter seven one three seven two four three five
five four, or you can reach me at Kelly at
Kelly Henderson real Estate dot com seven one three seven
two four three five five four.

Speaker 3 (36:34):
Thanks Kelly, Thank you. Real Estate matters with Stuart Title
would not be possible without our partner Stuart Insurance. With
a focus in real estate and a special focus on
real estate brokers. Stewart Insurance creates insurance plans to address
the risks facing our industry today. They invest a significant
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(36:55):
manage their risks. Here he is with Stuart Insurance once again,
John Bram John, Welcome to the show. Bill.

Speaker 9 (37:02):
Always a pleasure.

Speaker 3 (37:03):
Well here we are. What a great show so far.
It's been fantastic and so many Texas and m graduates
are here to just bring things to life.

Speaker 9 (37:11):
It'll be one of the larger listened to shows we've
ever had, no doubt. This will be significantly higher, no doubt.
And in the meantime, people always love the insurance segment.
So what have you brought forth today? I have two
numbers for us today, sixty three and four.

Speaker 3 (37:27):
Sixty three and four. This almost sounds like a Karnak
that or maybe.

Speaker 9 (37:32):
A take off on a Chicago song. Yeah right, but
it And those two numbers for our listeners that have
flood insurance, sixty three and four. So sixty three were
sixty three days away from hurricane season starting, So June
first hurricane season starts, So sixty three days from hurricane
season in four. Four things to think about your flood

(37:55):
coverage prior to the season starting.

Speaker 3 (37:58):
So that's great. Four things we can And I thought
you were going to say there's now the four sides
of one. No, no, no, no, no, I'm glad not yet,
not yet, not it could be, but four things to
keep it simple for people to think about as we
approach this time.

Speaker 9 (38:11):
So the first one is do you have enough coverage?
So about seventy percent of the folks that have flood
insurance have it through the National Flood Insurance Program, and
it's a great product and it's a great service that
the federal government offers. But there's some things to keep
in mind. They're liability limits on their structures up to
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and their liability limit

(38:31):
on the personal property is up to one hundred thousand dollars.
So if you have a home that's that's valued greater
than that or significantly higher than that the structure, or
if you've got personal property that's valued greater than one
hundred thousand dollars, maybe we need to take a look
at some different types of coverage. As I said, about

(38:51):
seventy percent of the folks have National Flood Insurance Program,
but there are options through private firms, so that's something
else to keep in mind. Consider the other part of that,
do I have enough coverage? Is was it going to
cost to repair or replace the home? And again, if
we had a home that's an eight hundred thousand dollars home,
two hundred and fifty thousand on the structure and one

(39:13):
hundred thousand on the personal property may not be enough.
So that's where that option of considering private coverage might
come into play. And then do you have other structures
beyond the home in your garage, on your property, And
if you do and you would like to have them covered,
they would need to have their own separate flood coverage.

(39:33):
So again the question would be do I have enough
you know, enough coverage? And I guess one last point
in that area is if you have a lot of
valuables or collectibles, you know, antiques, furs, things like that.
The National Flood Insurance Program their aggregate coverage is only
up to twenty five hundred dollars, so again that could
be something that would be a concern. So the first

(39:55):
question is do I have enough coverage? The second question
or what would my potential a lot of pocket costs.
So it's always important to understand what the premium is
the cost of the insurance. If that's a concern. We
can work with you on that. From a deductible perspective,
how much we pay as an individual for the insurance
company kicks in or the insurance kicks in, So we

(40:16):
can't increase that deductible, but by doing so, that puts
more of the responsibility on the insured the consumer. So
understanding those two that's important. And then what happens if
you have loss of use? So if the damage is
such that you had to move out of your home,
coverage from the National Flood Insurance Program is not going
to help you offset the cost of temporary housing, where

(40:40):
with some private companies we can get that loss of
use covered so it can help offset the temporary housing costs.
So it's important to understand, you know, what are your
potential out of pocket costs. Has your area changed? You know,
if you've done some landscaping on your home, that might
change how the watter flow patterns are. Have you added

(41:02):
buildings or a pool? Is that going to change the
waterflow patterns? What about your neighborhood? Has there been additional construction?
Have there been fields and all that are no longer
there because of neighborhoods or because of commercial property that
could change how the water flows are just the normal
change in weather patterns. Has though change in weather patterns
in your area affected waterflow, is it affected flooding. If so,

(41:26):
maybe you need to evaluate your coverage there. So it's
just important to understand your geography and things that might
have changed. And then the last one is sometimes folks
will have lower coverage because they're in a lower risk area,
so they're you know, while we're all in flood zones
where just in some zones are designated less likely to
flood or designated more likely to flood. But what we

(41:48):
see consistently with the National Flood Insurance Program is twenty
five percent of the claims they receive come from zones
that are more or less likely to flood. So just
because you're in a zone that's less likely to flood
does not mean you will not flood. Thirty percent of
the homes that flooded during Hurricane Harvey were zones that
were less likely flooter, areas that had never flooded before.

(42:09):
So again that's one of the last question would be
just that lower just because you're in a lower risk
area does not mean that you're not going to flood.

Speaker 3 (42:19):
And John, let's go back to as you started out
and make sure that we understand so as we think
about places that have a little bit more el room
like here on the show today we talk about Tom
Ball and we go North Magnolia. All these places where
someone might have a home and they might have a
barn for their horses or a workshop. I know that's

(42:39):
my dream. I want to have a workshop, okay, and
a separate building in a ten car garage. But all
that said, if I have my home and then these
extra structures, I may need flood insurance on these other
structures as well as my home.

Speaker 9 (42:53):
That's correct, So wow with a National flood insurance program particularly,
they'll include a detached garage just part of the home.
But if you have any other buildings on the property
and you want coverage for them, they would need their
own a separate policy. So, for example, when you build
your workshop and you would like to have flood coverage

(43:14):
for the structure and the contents, you would need to
have your own policy for that structure for that workshop.

Speaker 3 (43:20):
As always, so many things to keep in mind. That's
why this is such a popular segment, and I'm i
hear that people actually take notes during this segment.

Speaker 9 (43:28):
John, absolutely do. It's it because we really do try
to provide value for our clients and for our listeners,
and that's why this is a good time prior to
hurricane season to have that conversation with your insurance advisor.
So let's take a look and see what the coverage
I have and have there been changes in my life
or my family's life, or where we live or how

(43:49):
we live, or what's happened in my neighborhood that would
affect potentially the coverage that I would need. And that
could be increased coverage, it could be decreased coverage. It's
just a matter of having that conversation. And then if
you don't have flood coverage, this is a great time
to have that conversation to see if it might make sense.

Speaker 3 (44:05):
That's right, And going back is Stuart Insurance. You can
help people with the national program, but also they can
talk to the associates at Stuart Insurance about the separate
companies that insurance as a flood as well, and they
could find the difference out and the different pricing.

Speaker 9 (44:20):
Absolutely so, based upon what our clients need, we may
recommend flood coverage from the National Flood insurance program would
be perfect, or there maybe situations we're going to recommend
let's look at a private company and see if that
coverage better meets your need. So exactly we can we
can place our clients either place. It's just no matter
what makes sense for them.

Speaker 3 (44:38):
And of course we're flood conscious here in Houston, those
that have lived there here for a while, and especially
those who may have had a home or homes affected
by Hurricane Harvey, like myself. So when it rains and
I hear a thunderstorm, I'm a little more sensitive to it.
But we think about that right here in Houston, Texas.
But we know every now and then in the news

(45:00):
there's places that flood that you wouldn't think about. Absolutely
the mid in the mid middle of the country, and
it makes you think, wow, I wonder if they're And
of course student insurance serves all of the United States,
and that's a good reminder for people. But yeah, stuff
happens all over the country.

Speaker 9 (45:15):
We've had really bad floods last year in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Speaker 3 (45:18):
We had a dose in New Mexico, Correa dose.

Speaker 9 (45:20):
We had bad floods in San Antonio last year where
they were moved you know, police cards were getting washed
away off of it, so I mean it happens everywhere.
So it's just a matter of how much risk you
want to take on as an individual versus how much
you want to offset onto an insurance company. And you know,
we know that an inch of water can do twenty
to twenty five thousand dollars worth of damage to a home.

(45:41):
So I mean that's a pretty easy number to take
a look at. If I were to get have twenty
five thousand dollars for the damage to my home, could
I cover that cost or am am I better off
offsetting some of that exposure onto an insurance company. Well,
a couple of things. If you do want to be
properly insured, and all that simply means is that you're
covered in a way that makes sense for you at

(46:02):
this point in your life, which so whether you're a
real estate broker, independent title and an attorney agent, property
management firm, a lender, or you're a family or an individual,
if you understand the coverage you have and it makes
sense for you or your business at this point in
your life, then in our terms, you're properly insured. Where
people get in trouble is they assume they have coverage

(46:23):
and they don't, and then that's where they're surprised when
a claim is denied. So that's the concern that comes across.
So we want to make sure that people are aware
and businesses arewhare of what coverage they do and they
don't have. And as long as you're comfortable with that,
then our eyes, you're properly insured. And as I said,
we can do that both for families and individuals for
their home, wind, auto, flood, motorcycle, their toys, investment, property,

(46:47):
and then on the business side working with realtors, real
estate brokers, independent title and attorney agents, lenders and property
management firms.

Speaker 3 (46:55):
The key is to be properly insured and they can
do that by calling.

Speaker 9 (47:00):
Seven nine eight two eight two seven. That's eight sixty
six seven nine eight two eight two seven. They can
learn more about us at Stuart Insurance dot com or
email us at Stuart Insurance at Stuart dot com.

Speaker 3 (47:11):
And the Texas A and.

Speaker 9 (47:12):
M hotline is eight six six seven nine eight two
eight two seven.

Speaker 3 (47:17):
The Tomball Hotline is.

Speaker 9 (47:18):
Eight six six seven nine eight two eight two s.
Thank you so much, John Bramlett, Thank you, Bill, appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (47:23):
Let's welcome back Amy Mason and Alex Welbrock with the
Tomball the Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce. Ladies, welcome back,
thank you, thank you. Well here we are as we
wind up the show, wind it down. Whatever you want
to say? What else should we know? Amy?

Speaker 5 (47:37):
Oh goodness, we're just really are the hometown with a heart.
We're very welcoming and just come and check us out.
Don't discount Tomball.

Speaker 6 (47:44):
It's just a.

Speaker 5 (47:44):
Really great place to live, work, work and worship.

Speaker 3 (47:48):
And reminding people. It is northwest northwest of the city.
And if you look at Houston like it's a clock
with circles around it, it's northwest at about the maybe
ten o'clock position.

Speaker 6 (47:59):
Would you say, right up two forty nine.

Speaker 4 (48:01):
Well, we are a great organization. We have about eight
hundred and fifty members currently, and like I mentioned before,
if you are anywhere in the Houston area, just get
involved in whatever your local chamber is.

Speaker 3 (48:15):
Accreditation. So there are seven thousand chambers in the United States, Yes,
over seven thousands, over seven thousands, so there's a number
to digest. Yes, but the Tomball Chamber is one of
two hundred that are accredited. And what does that mean?

Speaker 5 (48:32):
That just means we kind of have our ducks in
a row, so we get looked out under nine tenants.
So our finances, our government affairs, our communications, just all
these different things we get scrutinized over in a good way.
It only makes you better. Iron sharpens iron. And so yeah,
we've reached the top spot of five stars and it
is a great company to be in. There's a lot

(48:54):
of chambers around here that are five stars.

Speaker 3 (48:56):
And within the chamber, how many people actually work there?
We have five and play And who is Bruce you mentioned?

Speaker 5 (49:02):
Bruce Bruce hilligeis is what we call mister Tomball. He
has been there thirty years, President and CEO. He is
a born and raised Tomballian out tom Ballian and uh
and so yeah, he's kind of the beating heart of
the chamber. And he says he's such a good leader
that it just makes us want to do better for
our community.

Speaker 3 (49:21):
Makes us want to say hello to Bruce. Doesn't forget everybody.

Speaker 5 (49:24):
Bruce, Hey, Bruce, Hey. Brandy Brandy is also she's the
vice president. She's been there twenty five years, twenty four years. Sorry,
she will correct me on that she's been there twenty
four years and so they're kind of work wife and
work husband and they're raising us kids.

Speaker 3 (49:38):
There you are, well, it's exciting.

Speaker 4 (49:39):
Yes, So give our office a call. Phone number is
two eight one three five one seven two two two,
or y'all can visit our website at Tombaw Chamber dot
org two eight one three five one seven two two two.

Speaker 3 (49:53):
And Amy, Yeah, check us out.

Speaker 5 (49:56):
We have like go watch our social media. We do
like to have fun, but there's a lot of great
information out there we try to share. Tomball Chamber dot org.

Speaker 3 (50:04):
Keller Williams Memorial.

Speaker 7 (50:06):
Yes, Bill, thank you so, Genevieve here.

Speaker 3 (50:09):
We are out here closing the show down.

Speaker 7 (50:11):
Well. One of the things I would like to say,
just like you have the chambers and others, are a
lot of the community organizations. We can't do what.

Speaker 6 (50:18):
We do without that.

Speaker 7 (50:20):
So rotary clubs, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo brings
a lot of economic development, brings a lot of people
to the city, lots to do all around Houston. And again,
if you're looking from an investment standpoint, it's a great
city in which to invest, whether it's rental properties, renovations,
or just to keep something in your coffers.

Speaker 3 (50:42):
And when you're out there. Let's take the buyer for example,
as you've been helping buyers around the Memorial area and beyond,
how often you running into a cash.

Speaker 7 (50:49):
Buyer out of ten transactions. I would say they're about
two cash buyers for every ten transactions. I know last
year cash transaction went down.

Speaker 6 (51:00):
Just a little bit.

Speaker 7 (51:01):
Overall or about they make up about thirty three percent
of the market.

Speaker 3 (51:04):
And Genevieve, let's tell people how to reach you.

Speaker 7 (51:07):
They can reach me again at two eight one nine
zero four seven zero one four two eight one nine
zero four seven zero one four.

Speaker 3 (51:18):
Genevieve, thanks for being with us. Thank you Kelly Henderson, coaching,
helping buyers and sellers, so many things. Yes, how do
you do it? Kelly?

Speaker 8 (51:28):
You know what, It's my wheelhouse, It's my passion. I
love paying it forward, I love teaching, I love guiding,
I love watching agents be successful. So it's really not
how do I do it, It's I love to do it.

Speaker 3 (51:39):
Do you know what something new?

Speaker 8 (51:40):
Mike?

Speaker 3 (51:40):
We're always looking at.

Speaker 8 (51:41):
My favorite place right now is Uchiko on Post Oak
Boulevards Sushi.

Speaker 6 (51:46):
It is fabulous.

Speaker 8 (51:47):
Yes, I've not heard that my friend Ashley Wilson is
the GM over there.

Speaker 6 (51:51):
Go give her a shout. It's it's really good.

Speaker 3 (51:54):
Tell her Kelly sent you.

Speaker 6 (51:55):
Yes, say Kelly sent me.

Speaker 3 (51:57):
So in the meantime, back to real estate. So here
you are.

Speaker 6 (52:01):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 8 (52:02):
Interest rates are you know, and of course we haven't
really talked about just traits, but they're stable. And you know,
I work with a lot of expats, so I have
a lot of people coming in from overseas, oil and gas.

Speaker 6 (52:14):
It's constant.

Speaker 8 (52:15):
I you know, I think Genevieve will agree with me
that the business is good right now. Houston's the economy
is good, it's strong. We're pushing forward.

Speaker 3 (52:23):
And in your coaching world, on the subject of social media,
that could be several hours to talk about it. But
just give us an idea or to what we should
think about in terms of social media if we are
a real estate professional, for example.

Speaker 8 (52:36):
Well, if you are a real estate professional and you
are not on social media, you are missing the boat.
I always give this a little quickie example. Facebook is
the forty to fifty year old demographic LinkedIn that's the
husband's Facebook. Most husbands don't want to be on Facebook, right,
so they go to LinkedIn. You could make sure you're
on LinkedIn Instagram. That's my kids right, twenties to thirties younger.

(52:59):
So make sure that you're splashing yourself across all forms
of social media and it's free.

Speaker 3 (53:05):
Why wouldn't you, Kelly Henderson, And let's tell people how
to reach you.

Speaker 8 (53:09):
Best way to reach me is at my phone seven
one three seven two four three five five four seven
one three seven two four three five five four.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
Thank you Kelly, and thank you all for listening to
Real Estate Matters with Stewart title. I am your host,
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