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Plano’s Already Hitting Its Resolutions to be in “Top” Lists in the Country for 2020!

Awards and Accolades McCoys

We are just a few weeks into the new year.  How are you doing on your resolutions? Yes.  We hear you.  It’s not easy to stay on them.  Most people have dropped most of their resolutions by now. We bet if the City of Plano made any resolutions, one would be to ‘Stay Accredited!’  This one is not as easy as it sounds, though.

Year after year our citizens and local government work hard to make it happen!

We’re closing the first month of the year and we’re already on two lists!

Movin’ On Up

Finding a better job is a top resolution for many people each new year.

It’s a good time to be on the job market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent jobs report, the national unemployment rate is 3.6 percent, just a bit higher than the 50-year low of 3.5% seen in September 2019.


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College graduates, especially, will see a strong boost in their job prospects. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers plan to hire 5.8 percent more members from the Class of 2020 than from the previous graduating class.

What kind of work you find and how many jobs are available rely heavily on location.  Statics vary greatly from coast to coast.  WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 31 key indicators of job-market strength. They range from job opportunities to employment growth to monthly average starting salary.

Plano placed 12th in the country’s “Best Places to Work” list.

Congratulations Plano!  An area with a strong work for and low unemployment rates are positive key indicators for anyone looking to move into the area.

This bodes well for the local real estate market!


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Resolute Resolutions

We’ve established that where you live can affect the kind of job you land.  It can also affect how well you keep your New Year’s resolutions.

Whether they’re healthy, smart, ridiculous or mundane, humans have been promising to make better versions of themselves each new year for millennia.

Whether you decide to give up bubble gum or loose 20 pounds, you’re echoing ancient Babylonian traditions.  Not that they blew bubble gum in 4,000 B.C but they were the first to actually celebrate the new year.

They celebrated it in March when the spring crops were planted. It wasn’t until we started looking to the heavens in 46 B.C. when an astronomer named Sosigenes convinced Julius Caesar to begin the new year in January.  (You know…because..horoscopes.)


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This year housemethod.com voted Plano the 10th best city in the US for keeping your new years’ resolutions.

The Best Cities for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions 2020

You might be thinking that this accolade isn’t a bid deal. You might also be thinking that January has already done in both you and your resolutions.

Hear us out on this one.

This award is one who’s parts are worth more than their sum.

The factors that were taken into account for this list say a lot about the areas themselves.  It looked at the average rankings on:

  1. Eating healthy
  2. Exercise
  3. Saving money
  4. Reducing stress

Cities that ranked high in each of these categories tended to keep their resolutions.  Each category was given equal weight towards it’s overall score.

Put It All Together 

Think about the amazing picture this paints for Plano!

We’re a place where people eat healthier, exercise more, save money and aren’t as frayed from stress as other areas.  This is you can get up and slap January back, get back on your resolutions and meet your goals!

You can do it.  You’re in great company!


References:
https://www.plano.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3900/Accolades-and-Accreditations-2020?bidId=
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-jobs/2173/
https://housemethod.com/lifestyle/best-cities-new-years-resolutions/

Posted in: Blog, Collin County, Featured, Featured Blog Posts, Frisco Homes, Frisco Luxury Homes, Keller Williams, McKinney Home, Open Houses, Plano Community

The Real McCoys’ AI App for Real Estate is Here and You Can Beta Test It First

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into every industry.  You are using it every day and may not even know it, you could be a beta test case for an app with AI,  or you could be one of its developers.  You use it on the phone when you’re connected to any company with a voice-activated customer service system to your grocery store checkout, your pharmacy, car wash, Facebook chat, any of your social media page feeds and now, even your real estate apps are in the game.  Now you have a chance to get in on the ground floor it in our industry by becoming a beta tester right now.

The benefits for both you and your agent

The app is one of many offerings to come out of Keller Williams’ transformation enhancing the real estate experience for agents and consumers alike and is how KW is using their technology prowess to transform the industry.

According to Honlia Hao, senior product manager for KW’s consumer initiative, “Customers currently find the the process very frustrating, and the tools are all over the place.  There’s really no one providing a holistic end-to-end experience that solves a lot of consumers’ pain points.”

The app revolutionizes the consumer experience at a time when more and more prospective buyers and sellers are looking for holistic, tech-savvy ways to help them navigate and streamline the buying and selling process. Currently, tools and guides in the real estate world come piecemeal, and can be confusing and frustrating.

Yet, consumers still prefer to work with an agent. In fact, their value is only climbing as more and more information becomes available.

Eighty-seven percent of all buyers bought their home through an agent in 2018, according to a survey by the National Association of REALTORS®. KW’s consumer app empowers agents and consumers, uniting them to create one central point for communication and collaboration. Consumers start by downloading an agent’s branded app. The choices consumers make – the types of properties they click on, the neighborhoods they look at – are captured, and artificial intelligence mines that data. Agents then know exactly what their clients want, so they can make more informed suggestions and recommendations.

Consumers also get special insight into their preferences through the app. For example: When searching for a home, the app tells them how unique their search criteria is, helping them understand their competition. Consumers also get real-time updates through the app, complemented by their agent’s unique insights, as their deal progresses – bringing complete transparency to the buy/sell process.

Eliminating frustration

Hao and her team have been busy talking to both agents and consumers to enhance the app’s offerings. Through virtual usability tests and in-person focus groups, they engage with at least 2,500 users a month. Compound that with the feedback they get through Labs, where a select group of Keller Williams agents have been testing the new technology, and you have a 360-view with which to develop and test the app.

“We’re drawing from real-use cases from our consumers. A lot of the experiences we’re creating don’t exist in our competitive space.”– Honlia Hao, Senior Product Manager, Consumer

Buyers want help finding the right neighborhood for them and understanding what it’s like to live in a certain neighborhood, Hao says. Buyers, and especially first-time buyers, often start the process not fully understanding what it entails and how long it takes to find the right home. That’s another way Keller Williams’ consumer app will help.

“We’ve created interactive ways that take and guide users through that process,” Hao says. “They know expectations, how long it takes, what the steps are. And, hopefully, that removes frustration for them.”

For example, Guide – one of the app’s star features – allows agents to customize each consumer’s experience. At any moment, consumers can log in and view where their transaction is at in addition to next steps. They can also message their agent with inquiries, questions and concerns within the app. Similarly, agents can reach out to their clients with recommendations, documents and follow-up information to help them navigate the buy/sell process with ease.

The reward is twofold: consumers are provided with the transparency and on-demand information they crave, and agents are able to deepen their relationship with consumers while solidifying their stance as hyperlocal, data-driven experts.

As they app matures toward release, consumers are constantly giving feedback on what works, what doesn’t, and their wishes. Hao is excited about the endless possibilities, and how the app will forge closer connections between agents and their clients as it provides clarity into individual preferences.

With agent marketing and service efforts evolving from one-to-many to one-to-one, Keller Wiliams is organically building technology to fulfill that need, and in doing so, creating a richer real estate experience for today and tomorrow’s consumers.

Posted in: Blog, Featured, Featured Blog Posts, Keller Williams, Plano Community, Plano Market Info

Tee Up to Latest Golf Community Homes on the Plano Market

Tee Up to Executive Golf Homes in Frisco and Plano Texas

FORE!  It’s a good life, isn’t it?  Golf has become a hot topic in the Frisco/Plano area after the PGA announced it was moving headquarters to the wid-binning Frisco.  Considering all the wonderful amenities living in a Golf community and know that we’ll be seeing some of golf’s greatest in our area and on our greens for the events that the move will bring,

Browse through this beautiful showcase of golf-community homes and call/email to view all the lovely homes that embrace the executive lifestyle before prices and mortgage-rates rise!



Posted in: Blog, Collin County, Featured Blog Posts, Frisco Luxury Homes, Golf Communities, Keller Williams, Plano Community, Plano Market Info

Live List Collin County Open Homes

Live List Collin County Open Homes

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were an open house list that:

  • Was live and always updated (you can check back anytime)
  • has the newest homes on the market
  • consisted of all of Collin County
  • allows you to search by map
  • allows you to save your search
  • allows you to share what you saved

Well, we have created that list for you!  It’s here and it has all of those features and more!  Just check out the showcase below to see what’s open this weekend (or sometimes even during the week).

When you sign up to use our advanced search features, you can expand your search options and see the homes you save on whatever device you use.

We’re here as well if you need help finding a home, or if you have questions about any home you see.  You can send a message or call from any device you’re using and we’ll answer you ASAP because you are our VIP!

Now, onto the searching fun!


Posted in: Blog, Collin County, Keller Williams, Open Houses

30 Newest homes for sale in Plano

30 Newest homes for sale in plano april 24th 2018

Posted in: Blog, Featured, Featured Blog Posts, Keller Williams, Plano Community, Plano Market Info

Full List of Open Houses in Collin County this Weekend

Complete list of Collin County Texas Open Houses

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The Real McCoys, Honored by Keller Williams and the City of Dallas

It’s been 16 years since we first started our careers as Realtors©- and it has been an incredible ride so far.  Real estate is a unique industry in that you become a professional as you gain experience in the field, live!  Most other professions, you go to college and graduate school to gain the expertise to even begin to practice your craft.

Well, we’ve learned a lot, helped hundreds of families and practiced, practiced, practiced and practiced our craft to become the very best that we can be as Realtors©.  We see our work pay off every day as we help families into their new homes, build dynamic new relationships and grow personally and professionally.

There’s a lot of work that goes into being a true professional.  We strive constantly and consistently to stay ahead of the massive changes in the real estate ecosystem.  We really have to think bigger, bring our A-game, stay ahead of technology and implement with training that will allow us to change and stay in front of the rest of the industry.

Designations

We believe that you can really master real estate, so we’re always studying and with that studying comes designations.  We take courses to continue our Realtor® license every two years.  We also went on to gain the coveted CRS (Council of Residential Specialist) and CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist) designations.  The CIPS designation is one that only 3500 Realtors® have worldwide.  Members of our team even hold the esteemed ‘Brokers’ designation, which requires even more advanced studies and continued training in real estate, finance, ethics and contract law.

It’s no small feat to accomplish these goals, but we love what we do, from the smallest tasks to the biggest decisions.  People around us rarely ever see what’s the behind-the-scenes and all the hard work and dedication it takes to do what we do, yet every once in a while – someone notices.

We’ve Been Noticed!

Keller Williams held an awards banquet recently and we McCoys went home with our faces a little brighter and our bags a little heavier from the awards we received!  Here’s a list of how we were honored:

 

The Best of Big D is D Magazine’s annual guide to the best professionals, food, drinks, shops, and entertainment in Dallas.  Their editors spend months exploring every nook and cranny of our city to point our readers to the best this city has to offer, from late night eats, to yoga studios.  In the professionals’ categories, winners are chosen after multiple interviews with clients, vendors, other Realtors® and the D selection committee.  The winners are published in the July issue of D Magazine and we always look forward to making the Best D Realtor list.

 

Five Star Professional conducts research to help consumers with the important decision of selecting a service professional. The Five Star award is presented to wealth managers, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, home/auto insurance professionals and dentists in more than 45 markets in the U.S. and Canada. The Five Star award recognizes service professionals who provide quality services to their clients.

In each market, award winners are listed at no cost in a special advertising section within the city/regional magazine and on fivestarprofessional.com.

Five Star Professional also provides options for award winners to expand their presence in the magazine and to share their award with clients, colleagues, family and friends.

Five Star Professional:

  • Conducts comprehensive research
  • Recognizes service professionals
  • Partners with leading city/regional magazines
  • Helps award winners gain the recognition they deserve

 

 

Our Gratitude

We’re thankful to everyone who put together these awards for us.  There’s a big thank you from us to each and every one of you who either have worked with us in the past, are working with us today or even if you’re thinking about working with us now.  Thank you to everyone who has sent us referrals to take great care of, to the folks at Five Star Professional, D Magazine, Keller Williams, all our vendors, family friends, to anyone who may have helped us along the way and to you, the reader reading our blog.

Thank you all – you’ve meant the world of difference in our lives and we appreciate you.

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have to get back to work, but feel free to drop us a line here to tell us what you thought about this blog or to just say hello.  We would love to hear from you.


five star award-http://ww2.fivestarprofessional.com/five_star_award
Best of Big D -http://productions.dmagazine.com/best-of-big-d/

 

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