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   Talking House Comments from Prudential agents.

"You've taken out any difficulty in doing recordings, and actually made it a fun thing to do. The pause button and dual recording modes are a pure joy to use. I like being able to do a message, and then add to it later.

I immediately installed my new units in my listings and introduced my self via the Celebrity Impersonations I got from you.  I like Kermit the Frog and Robin Leach the best. The home owners think I am, to borrow a phrase, "above the crowd".  I also installed one in my home and invite those that stop to take new listings that I put in a brochure box. (MLS print outs). I have picked up a few interesting prospects from this. You would be surprised at how many refills I have to provide. People really do stop and listen.

Keep up the good work and thanks for all your efforts."

John Zingali
Prudential Zinn Assoc. Realtor
Montclair NJ

"I put a Talking House in a $700,000 listing of mine. Two days later I got a call. Showed and Sold the house.

Now I have to go cash another commission check! I can’t keep these things out - the houses sell so fast. Thanks." 

John Duncan
Prudential Preferred
Everett, WA

I received my first 5 Talking Houses on March 18. I placed one in an existing listing on 3/19, SOLD it on 4/16! I placed one in a new listing on 3/23, SOLD it on 4/19! (The average days on the market in our board is 120 days.) 

I ordered Talking House with a ‘doubting Thomas’ attitude. That has quickly been replaced with one of excitement and acceptance! 

Thanks very much...I promise never to doubt again! 

Barbara Higgins CRS, LTG ABR
Prudential Cooper
Mobile, AL

I got a great listing, real nice home, but it was surrounded by other not so nice homes. Another Real Estate Agent had told the homeseller that the most they could get for the house was $72-$74,000 and that just wasn’t enough for them. I told them about Talking House. 

I made it a Talking House right before Thanksgiving and then took a few days off before the holiday. When I came back there was an offer sitting on my desk for $89,000. It was just 14 days later. Of course they accepted the offer I’m going to need more Talking Houses soon because I keep getting calls from the Happy Signs in the yards. (And believe me, everyone is happy). 

- Jim Lyons
Prudential Prestige Properties
Wichita, KS

I use Talking House to sell homes. But it really gets sellers excited to list with me when they see how I can describe their home in detail over the air! My first 3 Transmitters didn’t hold me for long - I’ve got 16 now, and plan to have 30 before long. 

Ryan Bishop
Prudential Crane Realty
Spokane, WA

They said they had to unplug the Transmitter because 9 buyers had knocked on their door wanting to buy their home. The prospects had tried to call me, and when they found I was out of town, they were so anxious they went right up to the door to try to buy the house. 
The clients said they had no idea the house would sell so fast with the Talking House Transmitter, and they had not even started to look for a new home! 

By the way, my presentation of the Talking House advantage is what definitely got me that listing to begin with. Talking House gets listings, and it helps sell them faster. 

James Porter
Prudential Northwest Properties
Lake Oswego, OR

"My visibility has greatly increased since I ordered my first 7 Talking Houses. Talking House generates lots of cold calls directly to me, which has led to many more double bubble sales. 

Often, agents and customers riding through a neighborhood will call on my Talking Houses, even though their reason for being there was to see another property. I love the fact that a Talking House caller has already seen the front of the home, and heard lots of its features before the call me. It makes the lead much stronger than from a cold call on a magazine ad, or off an ordinary yard sign. These calls are prequalified, and often very excited about seeing that Talking House. 

I've paid off my Talking Houses, and they've sure paid off for me." 

Steven King
Prudential Carolinas Realty
Greensboro, NC

Talking House can sell some listing that were just going to sit without it. We've all seen that happen. Every week someone tells me about a house that sold in 4 days with Talking House, after sitting for 4 months without. So make every listing Talk! 

Plus, a listing can make you lots of money even if it doesn't sell. Here's an example an agent recently shared with me. This listing was slighly over priced, and at the very high end of the neighborhood. I might have passed on taking it in the past, but I wanted to get another Talking House out. 
I made a great sounding message, with lots of flowery details. If you heard it, you'd want to see this house. The sellers were impressed. Well, it's been 4 months. It's still for sale. But in that 4 months, 5 prospects who called me to see the home bought other homes from me -- 2 were my listings. And a neighbor (who saw all the cars tuning in) called and listed with me, and I personal sold that home last month. So you might say that unsold listing is a waste of my time. But I wouldn't. It's made me more than $20,000 on 9 sides of transactions." 

Some agents won't make a listing a Talking House if it's sure to sell anyway. Another mistake, I think. 
Make it a Talking House. Let it sell fast. Brag about how fast Talking House sold yet another one of your listings. And double side the sale because the prospect heard you, and wanted to deal with the expert on the home. Then leave a new message playing on the home for 3 weeks after closing, advertising you to every drive-by. The cheapest advertising you could ever do -- 10¢ a day! 
Talking House is a constant commercial for you. It's aimed right at your best prospects. It never sleeps. It never says the wrong thing. If you have listings that are not Talking Houses, you are leaving lots of money in some other agent's pocket! 

Quick results "I just got my first 3 Transmitters, and they already got me 4 listings! I'm new in the business -- this is great. Send me 4 more fast! Thanks." 

Mike Darby
Prudential Volunteer
Knoxville, TN

"I've worked a nice deal with a Mortgage Company and a Title Company. We did up a great video ad, and it is playing 3-6 times before each movie at a local theater. The ad stresses how Talking House will showcase their home, and advertise it 30,000 times each month. The companies split the cost with me, and my phone number is the only one given. It's very effective, and there's real credibility by linking myself with these established firms. 

By the way, Ch3 in Philadelphia filmed a wonderful story on me, and they're running it 3 times Monday morning. I'm thinking about having a video house tape it, and add it to my 30 Talking House Videos!

Thanks for the help with press -- this is my 4th free press coverage." 

Martin Brown Sr.
Prudential Lamp Lighter
Merchantville NJ

We wanted to thank you for all the press releases you sent out for us. The publicity we have received has been fantastic! 

In the past 3 months, we have had coverage on over six newspapers, including The Bremerton Sun, Business Journal, Journal American, Eastside Weekly, the Everett Herald and the Seattle Times (who actually turned us down initially, and then featured us at a later date!) 

We have also be Featured on two TV stations -- KIRO-TV7, and KING-TV5. We even got a spot on a radio station.  The combined publicity has prompted us to join forces, and we are happy to say buyers and sellers alike have taken notice! 

Tom Heriford & Susan Santos
Prudential Michael Smith
Bellevue, WA

     I had a prospect moving to my area, whose home back in Arkansas was not selling. It had been on the market for many months, with only 1 showing. It sat on a rural road, and the sign was not getting calls. They needed to sell it to buy a home from me, and were very frustrated.

     I decided to help this poor soul out! I loaned him a Transmitter, and helped him write a good script. I sent it back to Arkansas with him, with instructions for his agent. He arrived home on Monday, and they set the Transmitter up some time that week. 

     On Friday, a man drove up, and sat out front of their home for 30 minutes, listening to the Talking House. Then he knocked on the door. When they opened the door, he pulled out his check book and said ‘I think I want to buy your home.' And he did! 

     The sellers were absolutely ecstatic! They were bubbling with enthusiasm -- ‘Your Talking House Sold Our Home!!'  Here's the best part. Yesterday I made my first listing presentation since that ‘impossible' home sold. When I told this story to the prospects, they were very impressed with me and Talking House. Of course I got the listing. Wouldn't you list with the agent who had that experience to share? It's a great ‘war story.' Thanks again." 

Prudential Gary Greene
The Woodlands TX

"When I first ordered Talking Houses a year ago, you were able to get me feature articles in two area newspapers -- the Greensboro News and the High Point Enterprise. That was great. Then two Televisions Stations reported on my Talking Houses. WGHP-TV8 in High Point ran stories on my Talking House on the 5:00 newscast, as well as in the morning news. (The 5 o'clock news anchor even claimed I was the inventor!) 

In addition, a feature reporter on WFMY-TV2 in Greensboro did a very funny piece entitled "If buildings could talk..." The story began with the reporter driving to a Talking House and listening to my recording over the car radio, and included an interview with me at the sign. It ran at 11:00 just before Letterman, and I received quite a response. 

This summer, that same great story aired again! Evidently, it is know as an "evergreen" story, and can be aired any time. I can't wait to see it again! Thanks for all the free press your staff got for me. No amount of money could buy that coverage." 

Steven King
Prudential Carolinas Realty
Greensboro, NC

I recently made a listing presentation on a home on 12 acres. It's about 5 miles out in the country from a Portland suburb. This beautiful Country Estate is situated about 500 yards up and over a rise from the main road. It's a great home in a park-like setting, but you can't see it from the main road. The sellers had interviewed 5 other real estate agents before I met with them. They decided to list with me, and were clear that they were doing so because of my offer to install a Talking House Broadcasters. It is a perfect situation, because you need to tune in to learn anything about this hidden treasure. 

I can definitely say I got the $595,000 listing only because of the Talking House. Thanks! 

Jim Portu
Prudential Lutz Snyder
Lake Oswego, OR

"I really like using music to open and close my messages. I think it puts people in a happy mood, keeps them interested, and get people talking about the listings. I had a home built in 1873, where I opened with a very appropriate tune from My Fair Lady. I also have a beach front property that I open with the sounds of the ocean from a song by a Calipso band. I even have a prospect with a home in the woods, and if I get that listing I have some jungle sounds already picked out for it!" 

Pat Milone
Prudential Island Realty
Fernandina Beach, FL

Being very unfamiliar with current real estate marketing strategies, I was determined to find something to set myself apart from others. Luckily, I found Talking House. 

After purchasing 5 Talking House Broadcasters, I quickly got my first listing. It was an expired. The sellers were so impressed with the innovative Talking House, that they still call me the "Innovator" today. Their home sold in just 10 days. Talking House has truly been a "jump starter" for me. Since my first listing 6 months ago, things have exploded. Within 2 months of ordering Talking House, I was the Top Listing Agent in my office. 

To date, I have received the following awards: Rock Star Production (virtually every month), and I was nominated by my office as Rookie Of The Year. Most importantly, my clients refer to me as The Innovator.  One tool that I have created to showcase my Talking House results is my Picture Referral System. 

It works like this. Upon the successful sale of a property, I make up a flyer with a color picture of the property, set right in the middle of the page.  I also display around that photo the logos of the different marketing strategies I used to market the property, and how quickly I was able to sell that home. At the bottom I leave plenty of room for my client to write something about me. 

That's the key. I ask my clients, in their own words, to write a quick note about their experience working with me. Naturally, they are happy to say flattering things about me. After all, I just sold their home fast, and used extra service to do it.  I now have quite a collection of these "success stories," and I page through them during every listing presentation I make. I can pause and comment on how Talking House got this buyer, or resulted in a call from the family that bought that home.  One of the best things about my Picture Referral System is that no one has yet asked "how long have you been in real estate?" It's clear from my stack of referrals that I'm a pro.  The Picture Referral System also lets me highlight one of the best things Talking House does for me . . . it sells homes fast. My average time on the market is 18 days, with a shortest time of 10 days and a longest of just 27 days. The testimonial sheets demonstrate those results with every page I turn. 

Talking House has made my first 6 months in real estate tremendously successful. I can't imagine working without it. Thank you for all your support.

Mark Olsen
The Prudential Arizona Realty
Phoenix, AZ

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