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Contact:
Jim Mazziotti
Principal Managing Broker and Franchise Owner
EXIT Realty Bend
5414808835
mazz@propertiesinbend.com
Bend Realtor Goal: Meet Face-To-Face With 1400 Central Oregon Real Estate Agents
Bend Oregon Realtor Is Well Known For His “Outside The Box” Way Of Thinking
Bend, Oregon (Grassroots Newswire) December 19, 2011 -- For Jim Mazziotti, the principal managing broker and franchise owner of EXIT Realty Bend, working “outside the box” is common place. Back in 2000, when Mazziotti lived in a small rural community in Iowa, he was one of the innovators and leaders for a community project that then Governor, Tom Vilsack, said was, “the posterchild for community and state government collaboration,” with the goal of building the first of its kind “Enrichment Center,” or what Mazziotti called “a one-stop community complex that would house elements supporting health, education, community services and the arts to assist in bringing business and industry to a struggling community in the heartland. A dozen years later, and nearly 10 years after Mazziotti left his Iowa hometown, the Enrichment Center was built and is thriving. It includes a day care facility, performing arts hall, state-of the art fitness facility and more.
Jim Mazziotti credits Lauron Sonnier, author of Think Like A Marketer, for helping him see his business differently. “It is simple, really. She suggests in a hypercompetitive world that the only way to make an impression is to follow four basic steps. (1) Do different things, (2) Do things differently, (3) Stir emotions and spread happiness and (4) Be consistent. I am working on that 24/7,” he said.
In 2002 he moved to Bend with the goal to do business differently than usual. “First, I recognized that I needed to associate with a leader and with an innovator….so it was a perfect fit when I learned of EXIT Realty, the fastest growing real estate franchise in history,” said Mazziotti. And it appears he made the right choice to accomplish it. In 2006, the founder of EXIT Realty Corp. International, Steve Morris, was named as one of “The Top 25 Thought Leaders” in the real estate industry. In 2007, EXIT Realty Corporation International was named “The #1 New Franchise Brand” by the esteemed Swanepoel Report and in 2010, EXIT was crowned as “The Most Innovative Company in North America” by the Stevies, recognized as one of the world’s premier business awards. “ Founder, Steve Morris and the EXIT model allows me and even encourages me to think….I mean, really think. Our goal is to outflank the competition…and I love what the EXIT brand stands for.”
In 2010 Mazziotti was featured in Realtor Magazine, the publication of the National Association of Realtors and read by more than 1 million real estate agents around the world, after learning of the first ever “56 Hour Open House” that was streamed live on Internet TV to thousands of viewers around the world. “Yea, it’s true. To my knowledge it was the first event of its type ever to be done in the United States, “ Mazziotti said. Besides Realtor Magazine, stories on Mazziotti’s “56 Hour Open House” could be found all over the internet.
Its that kind of thinking that has now driven Mazziotti to do a live monthly Internet Real Estate Show on Ustream.tv and available to viewers anywhere on earth with an Internet connection, originate the first of its kind “Home Sold In A Week” auction event in Central Oregon that has brought as many as 150 buyers in a single weekend to view and bid on Central Oregon homes, and now….. his next journey.
Mazziotti, who has 16 licensed real estate professionals in his Bend, Oregon office, invited his agents who are part of an intensive training system to embark on something that he believes has never been done anywhere, and certainly not in Central Oregon. The goal: to meet with every licensed real estate agent in Central Oregon one-on-one for a 1 hour time period to….well….talk. “The technology tools that are, for the most part, a result of the Internet have achieved more than what most of us ever thought possible. The Internet itself, including Facebook, Google, text messaging, Iphones, IPads, ooVoo, Ustream, Faxes and email have given us incredible ways to communicate, but at the same time, have given many of us the ease (or excuse) of not needing to talk to one another face-to-face. I mean, I see my kid’s texting their friends while they are sitting in the same room! And real estate agents seldom call or deliver an offer in person. It is just easier to fax or email it. I am concerned that some of us are losing the ability to look into the eyes of another human, communicate and shake hands to consummate an agreement or exchange a sign of friendship,” he said.
Mazziotti and 6 of his agents have agreed to take part in what they have named the “CONNECT 1400” project; to meet with more than 1400 real estate agents in Central Oregon to share ideas, creatively work to solve problems, address how real estate agents can continue to improve and provide value and benefit to their clients, to address changing trends and the use of technology to take their businesses to the next level. “Sure, there are those out there that say we are crazy to meet one-on-one with 1400 agents. Some don’t see any value in meeting to learn from one another and to network. Frankly, it isn’t the first time naysayers have rolled their eyes when I suggested to act on an idea. “The late Steve Jobs was an innovator and a game changer, said Mazziotti. He said, innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” “Frankly, Mazziotti said, I’ve never been a very good follower. Just ask all my teachers from elementary, high school and college.”
Over the next year, 6 EXIT agents, Julie and Rich Fountain, Jeromy Cockrell, Jack Cornell, Juana Beede and Katella Bahr will reach out to set appointments with every licensed real estate agent in Central Oregon. Each will meet with those on their list, about 240 or so. Mazziotti will work to meet with every agent, about 1400 in all, along side of his “CONNECT 1400” team. If accomplished, Mazziotti believes he could spend more than 1200-1500 hours for the remainder of 2011 and 2012 meeting with agents, which equates to thirty five, 40 hour work weeks to accomplish his goal! All this, in addition to his full time position working with his agents, training and running and continuing to build his real estate firm to his dream of assembling a 30/20 office. That is, an office of just 30 agents closing 20 transactions a year. “Honestly, an EXIT Realty Corp. trainer, Johnny Loewy, inspired us to move forward with this idea during his training to our company. He sparked the idea and I’m just running with it, Mazziotti said. “I am just acting on a idea. Author, Les Brown, says “that unless you focus on your goals and act on them, there can be no growth or change in your life.” and honestly, I love change,“ Mazziotti conluded.
Mazziotti began the project in the second week of December and looks to complete the project by December of 2012.
For more information on Jim Mazziotti’s “CONNECT 1400” idea, contact him at his Exit Realty Bend office or catch him on Facebook at wwwfacebook.com/exitrealtybend.
For more information about Exit Realty Bend, please call 5414808835. Exit Realty Bend is located at 354 Northeast Greenwood Avenue, Suite 100, Bend, Oregon 97701.
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