8 New + Favorite Tools to Keep Your Sanity in Today's Market

<div><span style="font-size: large;">Nationally, home showing foot traffic is up by an average of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdZ5EdLLYj/?utm_medium=copy_link" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">105%</span></a> and those homes are receiving an average of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQh5E8rkiX/?utm_medium=copy_link" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">5 offers</span></a>. If you are in an above-average area, I can feel your eyes rolling at these numbers as if to say, <i>I wish it was that low</i>. It is oddly bittersweet to be a far cry from the plunging seller's market many metro areas experienced during the throes of social distancing in 2020. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Whether these numbers represent your hurried market frustrations or fall well below them, I have some tools -- both new and my long-time favorites -- to help you keep your sanity. The month of May is over but let's keep with us mental health awareness! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Class Overview</b> Clip:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QFwIqrwzWZI" width="320" youtube-src-id="QFwIqrwzWZI"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Love or Liability Letters?</b> Clip (Shout out to Kelly Guin Thrash):</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3HxRIWCX2Sw" width="320" youtube-src-id="3HxRIWCX2Sw"></iframe></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to watch the full class? Get full video access: </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/learnwithdrlee/558103636" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;">click here</span></a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, here are the tech tools for your toolbox mentioned in the full video:</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ribbonhome.com/" target="_blank">Ribbon</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="https://feedly.com/" target="_blank">Feedly</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="http://AnswerThePublic.com">AnswerThePublic.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="http://Mention.com">Mention.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.showaide.com/" target="_blank">Showaide</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.structurely.com/" target="_blank">Structurely</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/national.association.of.realtors#!/vizhome/USPS-Analysis/By-State_Flows" target="_blank">NAR USPS Tableau Data</a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sA6yygjh27s/YLfKidYxQdI/AAAAAAAAbxE/QRJTz5oVLp4LWH4FpjfdkFud9IspjV_NwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-06-02%2Bat%2B1.46.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sA6yygjh27s/YLfKidYxQdI/AAAAAAAAbxE/QRJTz5oVLp4LWH4FpjfdkFud9IspjV_NwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-06-02%2Bat%2B1.46.56%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our friends at RE/MAX Gold are encouraging agents to use handy outstanding California Association of REALTORS' Fair Housing and Discrimination Advisory Form -- one example of the type of disclosure we all should use as I mentioned in this class.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sound off -</b> I would love to hear from you!  Give me a shout on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LearnWithDrLee" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; line-height: 22.08px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://instagram.com/learnwithdrlee" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; line-height: 22.08px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instagram</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/leedavenport8?sub_confirmation=1" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; line-height: 22.08px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YouTube</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or by visiting </span><a href="http://www.learnwithdrlee.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; line-height: 22.08px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LearnWithDrLee.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.  </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />Download today your complimentary (aka NO FEE but for a limited time so hurry) copy of my new book, <a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/luem6y7zox" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">How to Be an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro</span></b></a>. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Want more tips </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">from fellow real estate pros (like Leigh Brown, Kim Hayden, and Sarah Johnston to name just a few) to help you become even more resilient in real estate?</span><b style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grab our new book, </span><b style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resilient Real Estate Women</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, by </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B00WTAE5L4" style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">clicking here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Want more of the best practices of our nation's top producers? 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8 New + Favorite Tools to Keep Your Sanity in Today's Market

Nationally, home showing foot traffic is up by an average of 105%  and those homes are receiving an average of 5 offers . If you are in an a...

Real (Estate) Talk: Is anti-racist code for anti-white? What being an anti-racist real estate pro really means

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Excerpt from <a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/yi5dxzq5tz" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">How to Be an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro</span></a> and featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2021/05/31/real-estate-talk-what-being-an-anti-racist-real-estate-pro-really-means/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/yi5dxzq5tz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zI2ZW4Am7E/YBycqxd7g3I/AAAAAAAAbhI/6uB-mKrZA58XtiC9yUXcBoh-uy2pJ4W_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h334/BookBrushImage1058.png" width="640"></a><span></span></div>

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Real (Estate) Talk: Is anti-racist code for anti-white? What being an anti-racist real estate pro really means

Excerpt from How to Be an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro  and featured in Inman News .  

VIDEO: 5 Ingredients to Being an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro

<div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M_O7wHpU62M/YIIJy8TP-sI/AAAAAAAAbuU/Q9gYBq8K08MiOGKoSDTYMPqUMpk3XcOPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-19%2Bat%2B9.14.21%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M_O7wHpU62M/YIIJy8TP-sI/AAAAAAAAbuU/Q9gYBq8K08MiOGKoSDTYMPqUMpk3XcOPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h476/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-19%2Bat%2B9.14.21%2BAM.png" width="640"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although “anti-racist” is not a new term (it has been around since 1943), it has not been widely used in mainstream media until recently (with Ibram X. Kendi helping to popularize it). <span></span></span></span></div>

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VIDEO: 5 Ingredients to Being an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro

Although “anti-racist” is not a new term (it has been around since 1943), it has not been widely used in mainstream media until recently (wi...

Real (Estate) Talk: The Road to Reparations, FINALLY!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The Road to Reparations, FINALLY: How one city is leading the charge to repair the past. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>As featured in my monthly race and real estate column in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2021/03/31/real-estate-talk-how-one-city-is-leading-the-charge-to-repair-the-past/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>. </i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine looking both ways before crossing the street at a pedestrian crosswalk. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLHkqGqt9jM/YFj0oSALDII/AAAAAAAAbrc/kIlZ-oKY6wICJfqoRpuZNvzs9Sfh7icrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/road-166543_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLHkqGqt9jM/YFj0oSALDII/AAAAAAAAbrc/kIlZ-oKY6wICJfqoRpuZNvzs9Sfh7icrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/road-166543_1280.jpg" width="320"></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></span><span></span></div>

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Real (Estate) Talk: The Road to Reparations, FINALLY!

The Road to Reparations, FINALLY: How one city is leading the charge to repair the past. As featured in my monthly race and real estate colu...

Make Fair Housing Your Superpower With the Help of This Organization

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HeJQm6v4ns/YF4Zk8LmF2I/AAAAAAAAbro/YQZlrWLsjsodqtGq3vSaoAvGB1s6pXUXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/floor-plan-1474454_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1280" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HeJQm6v4ns/YF4Zk8LmF2I/AAAAAAAAbro/YQZlrWLsjsodqtGq3vSaoAvGB1s6pXUXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h424/floor-plan-1474454_1280.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.ypn.realtor/the-lounge/make-fair-housing-your-superpower-with-the-help-of-this-organization/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">REALTORMag YPN Lounge</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">  </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fair Housing is not just for National Fair Housing Month in April. <span></span></span></div>

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Make Fair Housing Your Superpower With the Help of This Organization

As featured in REALTORMag YPN Lounge .    Fair Housing is not just for National Fair Housing Month in April. 

Real (Estate) Talk: How one firm is making Dr. King’s dream a reality

<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An excerpt from the book, <a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/luem6y7zox" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">How to Be an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro</span></a> and as featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2021/03/24/real-estate-talk-how-one-firm-is-making-dr-kings-dream-a-reality/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Inman News</span></a>.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2xb0nIpsNmI/YArxr7zO5DI/AAAAAAAAbdQ/xadUXb-t0rsFYVHdxCO35cpKRnhXVToeACLcBGAsYHQ/s1742/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-22%2Bat%2B10.39.11%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1742" height="490" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2xb0nIpsNmI/YArxr7zO5DI/AAAAAAAAbdQ/xadUXb-t0rsFYVHdxCO35cpKRnhXVToeACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h490/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-22%2Bat%2B10.39.11%2BAM.png" width="640"></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div>I love pizza (even though now I try to get healthier toppings and crust).<span></span></span></div></div>

Real (Estate) Talk: How one firm is making Dr. King’s dream a reality

An excerpt from the book, How to Be an Anti-Racist Real Estate Pro  and as featured in Inman News .   I love pizza (even though now I try to...