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Owning your own business is like taking a leap of faith for yourself and those around you. It's risky, but you take the chance because you believe in yourself and know that the outcome will be worth it. Many people view owning your own business as such a daunting and overwhelming journey. A study by Bloomberg states that 8 out of 10 businesses fail within the first year of their existence. For us at Burgan, even more than 40 years after opening our doors, we still operate with a mentality that we need to be better.  

We believe doing things right.  We believe in being transparent in everything we do and that learning from experience is the best educator.  If you are trying to start up a business or figure out a way to make your business better, this week's...

Burgan Real Estate has completed a 6-month project with the launch of their new, custom designed website for buyers and sellers in the Mahoning Valley and across the world at BurganRealEstate.com.  The new website, designed by Delta Media Group and under the consultation of their marketing firm, 898 Marketing, combines the latest technology for real estate agencies with unique social and digital content, imagery and valuable resources, all designed to deliver the same "Better with Burgan" brand experience customers have come to expect with their purchase/selling process with Burgan Real Estate.   The launch of the new online home for Burgan Real Estate comes after the company's best performing month by volume in June, as well as posting the 6^thconsecutive q...

Finally…SUMMER!  The weather has changed, the sun is out and, let's be honest, finding how to say motivated during the summer is more challenging than the tasks themselves.  The last place you want to be is in the office.  We often find ourselves losing motivation to achieve the goals we have at our careers and jobs because we'd rather be doing something else out in the sun.  From golf and swimming, to enjoying Mill Creek MetroParks or a day on the lake in boat, there is some place else we'd rather be than in the office.  But leaving unfinished work or coming up short at the end of any sales month and, most importantly, the kick off to the best selling period for real estate because you wanted to take off a little early to enjoy the weather, actually does more h...

A few weeks ago, Sue and I were in Chicago as part of our LeadingRE MAESTRO Leadership training.  We've been fortunate enough to be selected out of thousands of applicants to attend and literally learn from the best real estate experts in the world about ways to better our company, our agents and the clients we serve.  One of the things that we talked about on the plane ride over was trying to be present while at this conference even though our mind was wandering to what is happening back in the office.  I mean, it's summertime in Chicago…we better soak this in!  But we were chosen to have an opportunity to be a part of something that can change the lives of our entire organization and we needed to remind ourselves that in order to do that, we needed to enjoy the p...