Homebuyers—especially first-time buyers—are usually in sticker shock when house hunting. Tack costs for home inspection, closing, and taxes onto the price of the home, and clients who have been counting pennies to buy the home of their dreams are now looking to their realtor wide-eyed and confused. Realtors need to prepare their clients for thoseContinue reading “5 Ways to Help Your Clients Afford Their New Home”
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How To Find The Best Real Estate CRM For Your Business
With so many CRM systems and other products saturating the real estate technology market, how do you know which is the best real estate CRM? While there are standard productivity-enhancing features in most CRM systems, what works for your colleagues might not be the system that works for you. It’s important to do the researchContinue reading “How To Find The Best Real Estate CRM For Your Business”
The Best Real Estate Team Model For YOU and How it will Succeed
Article Highlights: 1. Definition of a Real Estate Team 2. Google’s Take on What Makes the Most Successful Teams 3. The Orchestra Team Model 4. Who to Hire and When 5. Your First Team Member: The Assistant 6. How to Hire Team Members 7. How to Pay Your New Employees 8. Leading through Expansion The conductorContinue reading “The Best Real Estate Team Model For YOU and How it will Succeed”
The Technology and Training Your Inside Sales Agent Needs to Succeed
You’ve hired your Inside Sales Agent (ISA). This is one of the first critical steps to building and scaling your real estate business, but what now? Desk, phone…check! Not so fast. An ISA is your ultimate customer relationships manager. As the first point of contact for incoming leads and the one often charged with initialContinue reading “The Technology and Training Your Inside Sales Agent Needs to Succeed”
How to Build and Scale a Successful Real Estate Business
It starts with a simple goal. I want my brokerage to be #1 or I want to go from 80 transactions to 800. Whichever you choose, there’s a question that needs answering: How do I do it? Looking at your real estate business, you know the key to success is growing — which can meanContinue reading “How to Build and Scale a Successful Real Estate Business”
10 Maintenance Tasks to Get Your Home Ready for Fall
The leaves are falling, the farmer’s markets are bustling and the cozy comforts of home beckon — it must be October. Make the most of this month’s bountiful harvest, get some exercise raking leaves in the brisk air and button down your house in preparation for winter. Then sit back, relax and warm your handsContinue reading “10 Maintenance Tasks to Get Your Home Ready for Fall”
12 Pieces of Furniture for People Preparing to Move
How do you make a space look and feel permanent, even when you know you may be moving on? And what about solutions to decorating and storage woes that don’t involve springing for built-ins you would only need to leave behind? If you don’t plan to stay in your current home long term (no matterContinue reading “12 Pieces of Furniture for People Preparing to Move”
How to Bring Back 50% of Your Real Estate Website Traffic
The Problem: Real estate website traffic arrives for a first-time visit, but drops off the face of the Earth afterwards, leaving no trace and a disappointed look on your face. Why Does This Happen? We now live in a society filled with an increasing number of consumers who are wary committing to new products andContinue reading “How to Bring Back 50% of Your Real Estate Website Traffic”
How to Hire an ISA for your Real Estate Team and the Truth About Virtual Assistants
ISA Prospects: Licensing and the Best Personality Types While most ISAs will need to be licensed, and it’s certainly handy to hire someone who has already checked this off the list, don’t let the convenience of that blind you to the bigger issues at stake when hiring someone (personality, drive, fitting in with your team,Continue reading “How to Hire an ISA for your Real Estate Team and the Truth About Virtual Assistants”
8 Formulas for Picking a Real Estate Team Name
Stumped on what to call your real estate business? Does it seem like all the “good” names have already been picked? On paper you may have a list of cool names, but there’s lingering doubt on which one is best. Sure, you could go the creative route and choose something that really stands out …Continue reading “8 Formulas for Picking a Real Estate Team Name”