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This is Why There is No Such Thing as a Bad Lead

by Kevin Risen


This is Why There is No Such Thing as a Bad Lead

    “These leads are junk!” You’ve either heard it or said it about one lead source or another in your real estate career. I’m here to tell you that there’s no such thing as a bad lead. Find out how to get a steady stream of solid listing leads in your market. Notice I didn’t say that every name that pops into your CRM is a good name, that every phone number you get is a good phone number and that every email address is the right address. We’ve...

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How to Expand Into a New Market With Predictable Lead Generation

by Lori Ross


How to Expand Into a New Market With Predictable Lead Generation

    2017 was a crazy year for real estate as the number of existing homes sold nationwide, 5.57 million, was the third highest since 2005 at the height of the market before the crash.   The real estate market is still moving at breakneck speed and it appears that there’s little if any chance of it letting up.   There’s definitely money to be made. That said, as an agent in today’s market you’re definitely facing competition from lots of...

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What Never to do When Expanding Your Business or Growing a Real Estate Team

by Kathy Shearer


What Never to do When Expanding Your Business or Growing a Real Estate Team

    It’s exciting when the time comes to grow your business - either as a team or to expand to another location. What accompanies this excitement, however, are a number of decisions to be made and actions to be taken so that things turn out the best possible for you and everyone involved. And, while you can’t control everything that happens as you expand your enterprise, you can control what you decide to do and how you’re going to handle things. The most...

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How to Overcome Inconsistency and Grow A Successful Team

by James Denson


How to Overcome Inconsistency and Grow A Successful Team

    Every agent goes through changes in their business and each of those changes moves them through different stages towards building a bigger, better more successful real estate business.   There’s no time frame for how long it takes to get to each stage, nor is there a time limit as to how long you’ll stay.   CTA   One of the biggest challenges most agents face is inconsistency - inconsistency in...

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This is How To Structure A Successful Real Estate Team

by Michael Givens


This is How To Structure A Successful Real Estate Team

  Putting your team together the right way makes all the difference   You’re ready to grow your team, but you’re in a bit of a quandary.   Do you hire an administrative assistant next or do you hire an ISA?   Or, should you hire a couple of buyer agents and try to reap the financial rewards from the efforts of other people’s labor?   It’s a tough decision to make and one that could send your business into a financial tailspin if...

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How to Double Your Sales Results With Half Your Budget

by Jonathan Tucker


How to Double Your Sales Results With Half Your Budget

    Doubling sales is an exciting proposition for most agents.   Doubling sales by using only half of your annual marketing budget to do so is mindblowing. But or those who are willing to take the steps necessary to make it happen...it’s also completely realistic.   By looking at how you do your marketing a little differently and being open to some simple but effective ways to generate and convert leads, you can have a whole lot more sales at the end of...

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BREAKING: Expansion May Be the Best Way to Destroy Your Net Worth

by John Parrinello


BREAKING: Expansion May Be the Best Way to Destroy Your Net Worth

    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...

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This is Why There is No Such Thing as a Bad Lead

by Taylor Delph


This is Why There is No Such Thing as a Bad Lead

    “These leads are junk!” You’ve either heard it or said it about one lead source or another in your real estate career. I’m here to tell you that there’s no such thing as a bad lead. Find out how to get a steady stream of solid listing leads in your market. Notice I didn’t say that every name that pops into your CRM is a good name, that every phone number you get is a good phone number and that every email address is the right address. We’ve...

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How to Overcome Inconsistency and Grow A Successful Team

by Tammy McCurdy


How to Overcome Inconsistency and Grow A Successful Team

    Every agent goes through changes in their business and each of those changes moves them through different stages towards building a bigger, better more successful real estate business.   There’s no time frame for how long it takes to get to each stage, nor is there a time limit as to how long you’ll stay.   CTA   One of the biggest challenges most agents face is inconsistency - inconsistency in...

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How to Step Out of Your Business At the Right Time

by Patricia Lanzilotta


How to Step Out of Your Business At the Right Time

    I’ve spoken with thousands of agents in the last several years and the goal for almost all of them is to become true CEO of their business.   As the true CEO, they have the luxury of working if they want to and not working if they don’t.   And if they want to step out of the business and let it run without them, that’s an option too.   In my experience, however, what I’ve found is that most agents step out production and get...

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