It’s been quite a year. “Unprecedented” has been a favorite adjective tossed around by the press, pundits and everyone in between. Unprecedented or not, 2020 is winding down. This time of year, is typically a high point for retail sales, but not as much for real estate. Of course, 2020 has been anything but typical.…
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There are myriad variables that often define the line between success and failure, some of which are out of our control. But one thing is certain: when it comes to high-performing real estate agents, most make a habit (obsession?) of constantly reviewing and understanding the numbers that define their business. Like anything else, comfort with…
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Last week we posted about how to win by focusing on the big strategies. We reiterated many of the themes we often discuss in this blog: accountability partners, leveraging the value of expired listings, FSBOs, etc. Today, we shift gears to look at how top performers win by managing the little things, the small habits…
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Vulcan 7 recently shared seven tips for success in the real estate business. We thought we’d reproduce them for readers of our blog: Accountability: As we continuously remind readers of this blog, prospecting is the key to achieving your goals. To that end, regular, systematic lead generation with accurate data on expireds and FSBO “now”…
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When it comes to expired listings, always remember: You can assume they are motivated because they’ve already made the decision to sell their home. They are likely not adverse to working with a real estate agent. They have a property to sell without having an assigned agent. Here are a few noteworthy statistics to keep…
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In the first post in this series on call reluctance, we focused on why you get it and how you know you have call reluctance. Obviously, a major contributor to call reluctance is fear, whether it’s fear of rejection or fear of failure. We are hard-wired to be fearful when faced with feelings of dread.…
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If you watch Vulcan 7’s weekly video series, “Roadmap-How to Take 3 Listings a Week,” you know there are two primary characteristics that define top-performing agents: They focus on listings as their primary source of revenue-generation They are almost obsessive about their morning routines, almost all of which are anchored by dedicated phone-prospecting time. In…
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No need to remind you of this, but real estate is a brutally competitive business. Consider: There are more than 1.3 million agents in the U.S., according to the NAR The median number of transactions across those 1.3 million agents was 12 in 2019 Everyone’s hungry to nail down the next listing. Everyone is promising…
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One thing is for certain about the real estate business: agents waste a lot of time by not adequately pre-qualifying prospects. To a certain degree it’s understandable. You make a connection while phone prospecting, and the person seems eager to move forward. You get excited, perhaps forging ahead without asking some basic questions. And, in…
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One of the most daunting aspects of real estate sales, especially for newer agents, is phone prospecting. Even with a system as effective as that provided through Espresso Agent, agents can have myriad reasons for “call reluctance:” We don’t want to bother someone We don’t like confrontation, or rejection We convinced ourselves that something passive,…
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