UP AND RUNNING IN 30 DAYS

Is your listing process focused on the best interests of your client? The five questions below will help you evaluate your process, and update it for today’s client.
The “Client-Centered” Approach
If what the client wants from us is a “sold” sign on the property, and that’s the only way they rate us highly, then, we [...]

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How valuable was your new agent training to your success ? I don’t mean, did you like it, or did you like the instructor? You’ve been in the business awhile. I want to know how valuable you found it to launching your real estate career—and results—fast.. Why?
I’ve done surveys to managers and to newer agents [...]

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If you’re under a year in the business, do you feel you’re really “up and running” now? A few years ago, I did a very revealing survey of hundreds of new agents. (That survey is in Become Tomorrow’s Mega-Agent Today, along with my observations.)  I asked these new agents when they wanted their first sale. What do [...]

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Newer agents: Are you ‘stumbling’ or ‘up and running’? (post 2 on this subject).  It’s estimated that over 50% of new agents fail their first year in the business. From talking with thousands of them throughout my coaching, managing and speaking career, I know why: They can’t answer the questions below. In addition, they may [...]

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Newer agents: Are you ‘up and running’ or down and stumbling? It’s estimated that over 50% of new agents fail their first year in the business. From talking with thousands of them throughout my coaching, managing and speaking career, I know why: They can’t answer the questions below. In addition, they may be getting little [...]

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Who’s inspiring you when you need it? Who’s motivating you? Maybe you’ve never thought about it, but, in attaining goals, having an inspiring mentor is a huge determinant.
How a Homeless Girl Got to Harvard
Khadijah Williams’s mother was last spotted living in a storage unit in Los Angeles. But, Khadijah isn’t living there. She’s on her way to [...]

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If you’re a newer agent, you’ve probably struggled about what to put on those business cards. Maybe you have shied away from putting ’salesperson’. I know. To some, the word ’salesperson’ has a negative meaning. It did to me as a new agent. I came from the world of music, where there was no ’sales resistance’ and [...]

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I know you’re a newer agent. I know you want to feel you’re busy. So, you may have decided to put everyone who suggests they may buy a home sometime in the future (that’s everybody, isn’t it….) and anyone in your car–just to practice. Are you sure?
About Those Standards
Have you heard the saying, “it’s the [...]

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or, how to motivate yourself when it’s easier to give up!
Did you Think You Would Get so many ‘Nos?
I come from a closely related field to real estate——music…..In fact, as a college music teacher, I seldom experienced rejection. (However, I knew what rejection was, because I was a performing musician for many years, and I [...]

In my book, Become Tomorrow’s Mega-Agent Today, I published a survey of hundreds of new agents (less than 3 months in the business). In the survey, I asked them, “When do you intend to make your first sale?” The majority said, “In month one”. That’s great. You would think, then, that new agents would start [...]