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Successful businesses arise through professionalism, industry and focus. The premise of a business also reflects on the reception of the trade by the public. The physical address where you conduct your business speaks volumes about your products and services. Entrepreneurs go to great lengths to make their appearances appealing on the outside.

A new business trend has emerged in the market. Due to the high cost of living, businessmen have found alternative ways of establishing themselves. Many entrepreneurs are now using virtual offices and serviced premises. Serviced offices are apartments that allow people to put up a trade of their choice. These premises come without the expenses of sourcing, managing, or furnishing.

Operating businesses in leased premises can cause many problems in the future. Leases restrict entrepreneurs to a fixed address until the expiry of the contract. This can pose a huge loss in cases where the business has to expand to operate efficiently. If an organization needs to expand globally, binding agreements prevent any form of progress. Serviced offices allow you room for flexibility and grant you freedom to respond to change.

Companies offering serviced office space also provide a wide range of services to their clients. Besides having a notable business address, the client organization can also benefit from furniture and cleaning services. The cost of furniture can be overwhelming for small scale businesses. Furniture equipment can be helpful to beginners who only have operational capital. The task of looking for cleaning agents is unnecessary in serviced offices. The service companies offer reliable cleaners to their clients. Continue Reading

When you run a commercial real estate agency with many salespeople, it is important to avoid operational problems that stifle listing opportunity and deal conversions. All too often today we see some agents cutting corners when it comes to operational support and backup for the sales team.

You cannot make good commissions when you cut corners.

The common operational problems we see today are usually:

• Lack of support staff to assist the sales team with their listings, advertising, database, and contract or lease documentation processes.

• The sales team spending too much time on administrative duties therefore not getting into the market and meeting enough of the decision makers.

• Little or no database support to capture the qualified enquiry accurately and in a timely way.

• Little or no marketing material to assist the sales team with their sales presentations and pitches.

• Poorly constructed marketing campaigns that have little relevance to the property precinct or the listed property.

• Lack of consistent prospecting and cold calling systems and strategies on the part of the sales team.

• Sales staff that do not know how to handle technology in the presentation and marketing process.

• Selection of under experienced staff with little or no market presence.

Let’s face the facts; today’s commercial real estate market is challenging and competitive with many agents chasing the same listings. This means that your agency and the sales team should have all the required tools at their fingertips to move on a potential listing and take it to market as quickly and effectively as possible. Continue Reading

Throughout the whole of Florida, there are many truly high class properties, but the developments at Cape Coral make it stand out, for the sheer number of outstanding, and just as importantly, affordable homes, which are grouped together in neighbourhoods and communities. With hundreds of miles of canals making up the basis of the city, many of these terrific houses and condos have a waterfront location. Cape Coral real estate experienced a remarkable boom at the turn of the century, but then struggled for a 2 or 3 year period around 2006-08, but has recovered well, and its prices are now highly competitive and as a consequence, highly sought after.

The city has many notable residents including: actress Angela Watson, illustrator Echo Chernik, Olympian Jason Smith, Stacy Carter the professional wrestler, former Major League Baseball Player Mike Greenwell, NFL players Greg Spires and Earnest Graham, plus Hilary Hemingway the writer and producer, who is also the niece of Ernest Hemingway, the Pulitzer and Nobel prize winning author. Its situation, just 14 miles from Southwest Florida International Airport, makes it all the more appealing as a great get away destination. Although there is no rail link to the city, bus services are very good, and a short trip across the Cape Coral Bridge into the adjoining city of Fort Myers, opens up even more options. Continue Reading