Justin Novak
Your Next Door Agent
With Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate – All Seasons
I focus on a relationship based model and not one of dollars and cents. Of course this is my job and the goal is to make money; however, the old ways of begging and brown-nosing are done and gone.
Some agents promise you the world, some promise you “top dollar” or we’ll buy it nonsense, some buy into Barbara Cochran’s and other programs and some have penned the Be Generous avenue. Do you want to know what is generous? Dropping family plans at the last minute because we listened and wanted to work into your time-frame, showing 100 plus houses on our dime to have a customer decide to wait for more options, staying up all hours to iron out unforeseen issues to make sure we get to the closing table, endless meetings, lunches and coffee dates to never hear from a prospective customer again and my favorite…countless conversations, emails and research to get someone approved, to have them use their relative that just got their Real Estate license.
That is generous because I go into every conversation knowing that nothing is guaranteed until I have my check in hand. I genuinely love and enjoy meeting and getting to know you, story-telling and educating. Does it suck when something falls through? You bet your ass it does. But I wouldn’t change my “job” for the world.
I want to share who I am so I write and often don’t focus on real estate trends or the market. If you want to know I’m happy to have a conversation about that; but you’re here either looking for your next home, first home, or wanting to detach from one, which is much bigger than a set of data.
I’m a father and family man. My children are often around, included and I highly encourage you to do the same. I focus mainly in the Metro and SE MN but have clients statewide. If you’re moving out of state, I’m happy to pre-screen agents and find a referral for you.
Even if you have a question about starting your own career in real estate, I’m to help. Reach out at any time. More to come.
[Daily Impact #52] “The Spartan Trifecta”
I remember around 2010 or 2011 hearing about a race called the Spartan Death Race. It boasted the simple tag line, “You May Die”. You are not told when it starts. You are not told when it ends. You are not told what it…
[Daily Impact #51] “Moving forward from the fog…”
I can’t believe it’s September. Children either began or returned to school yesterday. Almost overnight, the weather cooled and if you look around, some trees are beginning to change and drop their leaves. Time continues to march on, and in the blink of an…
[Daily Impact #50] “Journal it…”
Yesterday in my entrepreneurial group, my mentor told the story of how this past week his son had a hitting clinic for baseball with Hank Jones who was a long time scout for the LA Dodgers. In the story there were life lessons, words…
[Daily Impact #49] “I want to be like Batman…”
10 weeks ago I set a goal for myself…to be able to do 100 push ups. With a goal in place, I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to get there. So I picked up my phone, went to the App Store and…
[Daily Impact #48] “Success…”
I think if there is one thing on this planet that everyone would agree on, it would be that they want to be successful in life. What it means to be successful will vary from person to person and the road traveled to success…
[Daily Impact #47] “Reaching a breaking point…”
When I was a sophomore in college I went to go live and study in England for a year. If you have never studied abroad, you go through a range of emotions as you adjust to a life away from family, friends, and a…
[Daily Impact #46] “A different point of view…”
Earlier this week I shared a story about a recurring dream I have had since childhood and how it has given me a fear of lions. In this dream I am being stalked by a lion who I can’t escape from. I had a…
[Daily Impact #45] “My experiment with sugar…”
My transition to eating a plant-based diet did not happen overnight. In fact, eating plant-based had nothing to do with whether or not one should eat meat. But instead has everything to do with what effects eating certain foods has on the body at…
[Daily Impact #44] “Working while others sleep…”
A few days ago I wrote about how I now wake up at 5am to start my day. Those few hours of uninterrupted quiet time has really helped me to focus, remove distractions, and be more productive throughout my day. An unexpected benefit of…
[Daily Impact #43] “How I do business…”
I don’t have a Listing Presentation or Buyers Presentation. I also don’t practice scripts or spend time memorizing ways to combat objections. All of this is Real Estate 101, or so ‘they’ say. Most major Brokerages have some sort of ‘skill builder’ course they…
