Amy Chase: Hi. I
am Amy Chase and welcome to Metro Brokers TV.
I am here today with Howard Prager out of the Colorado Springs central office. Howard's office is Howard Prager's Home
Selling System. Howard welcome.
Howard Prager: Thank you very much Amy.
Amy Chase: Tell us a little bit about your real estate
background. How long have you been in
the business and...?
Howard Prager: 40 years.
Amy Chase: 40 years, terrific. Okay.
How long have you been with Metro Brokers?
Howard Prager: I have just joined Metro Brokers in the last
few months.
Amy Chase: Okay and where were you prior to coming to
us?
Howard Prager: Well, I retired for 10 years. I had done lot of repos and other types of
things and just got fed[Phonetic] off the land and didn't need to do
anything, but this current market attracted me.
It has attracted me for both the young people that can get in and really
get good deals and in addition to that, for investors who can also get in and
get good deals including myself.
Amy Chase: Absolutely.
So, obviously being in the business for that long, you have seen a lot
of trends. Tell us a little bit about
what you are seeing now in Colorado
Springs.
Howard Prager: Well, first of all, the current market you
know nationally and in Colorado
Springs, the market hasn't been lower. You know going all the way back to the 1980s,
which was the last you know big deep market decline, that wasn't even as low as
it is now. So, this is really a deep
decline; however, right now, everything is really looking up in Colorado Springs and that's because in Fort Carson 10,000
GI's are coming into Colorado Springs
with their families. So, that's 10,000,
there is 5000 listings on the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors. So, something has got to give and it is
giving. The properties that are you know
listed for less than $250,000 are really starting to sell and sell fast.
Amy Chase: How are you analyzing your data and what are
you doing for marketing and how are you getting the word out to your potential
investors and buyers?
Howard Prager: Well, I do Google Ads and in addition
AdWords, in addition to that I am pretty high up in terms of the people that
look on Google and the other search engines.
I am advertising in the military papers and other sites where the
military are likely to look and so forth.
In addition to that, I also advertise for investors to get in because it
is a good opportunity for them as well.
Knowing the market is very important and it's just as important as it is
in the stock market, but real estate you have to know where it is exactly.
Amy Chase: Even more so and if somebody wants to contact
you, what's an e-mail address or how do they get on your mailing list?
Howard Prager: Okay.
howardprager... Prager spelt, p-r-a-g-e-r, howardprager.com or
howard@howardprager.com for my e-mail address.
Amy Chase: Terrific and with regards to Metro Brokers,
is there anything that you would like to tell our viewers today about what you
like about Metro Brokers, the business model or what it offers you as a broker?
Howard Prager: Well, I think it offers me everything. It offers me independence. I can supervise myself and supervise others
and I do not have to report back because I know what I am doing and I have been
at it for 40 years and I don't see why I should pay a huge franchise fee to
some organization that's going to try and do everything for me.
Amy Chase: So low fees, flexibility....
Howard Prager: Low fees....
Amy Chase: And the freedom to do what you want to do
when you want to do it.
Howard Prager: Exactly.
Amy Chase: Terrific.
Howard, thank you so much for coming today.
Howard Prager: Thank you very much for having me.
Amy Chase: You bet.
