UP AND RUNNING IN 30 DAYS

Are you drowning in the clutter of your real estate office? Envision your business desk. If I walked into your office, what would I see? Could I see processes and systems you use in providing top quality customer service? Could I see your checklists, posted, so that I knew you followed a regular, proven procedure [...]

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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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 We all talk about qualifying buyers and sellers. I hope, as the year folds into 2010, that you’ve made a goal of better qualifying methods for 2010. But, in addition, buyers actively qualify agents to figure out who to work with. (Or, if they just take any agent who comes along, they are disappointed because [...]

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You’re a new agent, and you feel you need to do all kinds of things before you actually start talking to people. I know. You’re scared spitless to start actually selling real estate. So, instead, you do all the other ’stuff’ that keeps you out of trouble–that is, away from clients! That other stuff includes:
Paperwork
Blogging
Social [...]

Tags: Carla Cross, coach newer agent, sales, selling real estate, success, Up and Running