The Real Estate Team Myth
by Cecille Joan Fianza
Why your team will NEVER deliver the results that you expect Any of this sound familiar: You have done a great job selling real estate and you found if you want to do more without working 14 hour days, 7 days a week...you need to start building a team. You start building the team by hiring an assistant and a couple buyer's agents. They aren't the best, but they are excited...you generate leads for them, but they don't call all of them. One leaves, so you...
Read MoreThe Best Ways to Stay in Front of Your Subscribers Part 3: Social Media
by James Denson
There’s no shortage of social media outlets available to business owners and consumers these days. In fact, there are more than 60 of them where providers and consumers can connect with each other on a regular basis. That said, there is a much smaller number of social networking sites where the majority of people spend most of their time. Fifteen to be exact. And it’s on these sites where you should invest your...
Read MoreA Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 2
by Deanna Crook
In part 1 of this series, we talked about how to prepare yourself - and your sellers - for the time you’re going to spend at their home. By the time you get to the front door of the seller’s home, they should be moderately familiar with who you are, what you do and how you’re going to be able to help them achieve their goals. As well, you should be very familiar with the seller’s timing, motivation and the goals they’re looking...
Read MoreHow to Add 4 New Listings Every Month
by Jonathan Tucker
A Step-by-Step Guide on how to fill your calendar every month with listing appointments Half of the battle is over. You've made a conscience decision that you are no longer going to focus on chasing buyers all over town to close more deals. (If you need to be convinced why you should want to be paid $2500+ per hour vs. $238 per hour, READ THIS) Now, some of you are going to need a real action plan because if you just say "I'm never working with a buyer again,"...
Read MoreA Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 1
by Theresa Hinch
Showing up unprepared at a listing appointment with nothing more than your laptop and a CMA is akin to showing up with the proverbial “knife at a gun fight”. With the real estate market only producing 3.6% more homes sold in 2018 over 2017 and having the largest number of agents selling homes in 6 years, competition for listings is as fierce as it’s ever been. CTA As a result of this,...
Read MoreBREAKING: Expansion May Be the Best Way to Destroy Your Net Worth
by Lauren Morgan
To expand or not to expand, that is the question. Many agents have dreams of building a big, powerful business that not only takes care of their employees and agents but also of themselves and their families. In the last several years, some of the “big box” companies out there have been facilitating expansion strategies to help agents do just that. While expansion has helped some who’ve taken advantage of the strategy grow their influence...
Read MoreCase Study: Jason Williford and Tracy Cousineau
by Casey Butler
A Powerful Story of Redemption and Success Tracy Cousineau and Jason Williford are partners in one of Atlanta’s most successful real estate companies: Real Estate Expert Advisors. In 2017, their team sold over 550 homes for $136 million in volume and over $4.6 million in GCI. This year, they are on pace to serve over 700 families, putting them in rarified air in the real estate community in Atlanta and beyond. As clients of ours for the past five...
Read MoreThe Best Ways to Stay in Front of Your Subscribers Part 3: Social Media
by Tammy McCurdy
There’s no shortage of social media outlets available to business owners and consumers these days. In fact, there are more than 60 of them where providers and consumers can connect with each other on a regular basis. That said, there is a much smaller number of social networking sites where the majority of people spend most of their time. Fifteen to be exact. And it’s on these sites where you should invest your...
Read MoreThe Best Ways to Stay in Front of Your Subscribers: Video
by Patricia Lanzilotta
If you missed the first entry of this three-part series on the best ways to stay in front of your subscribers, you can check it out here. In part two, we’re going to talk about the power of using video to build authority with your subscribers. As I’ve discussed previously: authority sells. People listen to authority. People trust authority figures and believe them to be right. So right, in fact, that people are willing to listen to them,...
Read MoreHow to hire an Inside Sales Agent ( ISA ) and get results...fast.
by Santino Gance
When you bring your Inside Sales Agent ( ISA ) onboard, you’ll want this person to be a beast on the phone as soon as humanly possible. Certainly, there are a lot of moving parts involved in the process and being derailed by the details about what to do and when could easily hamper your results. The good news is that if you do what we recommend here, your ISA can hit the ground running in no time and start producing qualified listing appointments virtually...
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