Every thought about selling homes in Virginia?

September 16, 2011

Have you every thought about becoming licensed to sell real estate in Virginia? We have an upcoming real estate licensing course beginning September 26th! The course will run Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-5. You COULD BE selling homes by the end of October! This 60 hour course meets the requirements of the Virginia Real Estate Board. In at little as 2 ½ weeks we will have you prepared to take that next exciting step in your future! Call 703-497-7788 for more info and to sign up!

Prudential Carruthers REALTORS in Lake Ridge


Why agents continue to make the move to Prudential Carruthers

June 17, 2010

Top 10 reasons agents come to Prudential Carruthers REALTORS

10.) Team atmosphere. The agents at Prudential Carruthers realize that their efforts and attitude are contagious and that one of them exceeding expectations will lead to more of the same. In a business as innovative as ours, different agents have different work styles. We believe that we have an environment that is supportive of most any business style. Our leadership, staff and core services work as a team that is friendly, professional and AVAILABLE to assist you and your clients.

9.) Your website leads remain YOUR leads! We never reroute your business back through the company in order to get referral business. Not only do we provide you with a website, but we work with you to maximize its potential.

8.) A top notch relocation department. Our award winning corporate, government and broker to broker relocation department is second to none. We pride ourselves on the fact that we had 100% buyer side conversions in 2009 on all Prudential Relocation referrals. Our agents are the BEST!

7.) E-business is about helping you improve your online presence and create your own online leads! While, yes we have lead sources that we funnel out to agents, we feel that our focus on working with you to help you get business that doesn’t have a referral fee attached is the best philosophy. I’m sure you feel the same way .

6.) We keep it simple. Realtor.com can be enhanced for $99/year and all the leads go to YOU! It’s not smoke and mirrors. We care about your short and long term livelihood. Keeping you in front of clients and out of marketing and administrative tasks is our goal.

5.) Local ownership. Tom Carruthers Jr. and Tom Carruthers III live locally and are heavily engaged with the offices. They understand the market in the Washington DC suburbs. There is no large corporate conglomerate deciding from afar what the next move should be. We are building offices, not closing them.

4.) Great online contact management and ecard technology. Our offices are equipped with all the tools that you need for a successful business. We never charge you for copies, you can scan to email and much more.

3.) Our commission schedule is very generous and beats out all our major competing brokerages, while our offices continue to offer more support. We offer bonuses for selling PCR properties. We provide “TeamBuilder”, a great way to earn residual income. Our vision is always looking forward, not through the rear view mirror.

2.) Unprecedented marketing support! Need a listing presentation; we’ll have it ready by tomorrow morning. Need open house materials? Done! Want professional postcards to send out and a system that is automated? Not only DONE…but also subsidized, and we’ll throw in some “just listed” and “just sold” cards for FREE!

1.) Hands on management that truly cares about helping you build a better business. Yes, we have a full time, non-competing managing broker in each of our offices. It’s not about numbers, it’s about people. How successful is an office full of nonproductive agents? We focus on having the best agents and continually work with them to create new opportunities. Training is a key to keeping up in this rapidly changing marketplace. Not only do we provide quality new agent training, but we continually work with our experienced agents to keep them ahead of the coming trends, technology and changes in law.

This is just a small sampling of some of the things that Prudential Carruthers Realtors offers. It was recently said by one of our transfer agents: “PCR is one of the BEST KEPT SECRETS”! I would like to remove the mystery for you. From Tom, our president, Judy, our regional, Helen our relocation director or anyone else associated with Prudential, you could not find a better group of personable and caring people that spend every waking hour assisting our 800+ agents to improve and grow their businesses. Now that you have a taste of the “SECRET”, what will it take to get you to find out the rest?



Be the Carpenter of your own life!

May 18, 2010

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials.

When the carpenter finished his work, the employer handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house, “he said, “my gift to you.” The carpenter was shocked. What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then we are shocked to realize we have to live in the house we have built! If we could do it over, we’d do it much differently. And better. But you cannot go back. You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Your attitudes and the choices you make today build the house you live in tomorrow. Build wisely! Build with commitment, pride, joy, and love.

A great and true story, borrowed from Hobbs Herder


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