As a listing agent, a strong mindset is one of your most important assets. Mindset is critical to daily productivity and long term success. Mike Ferry, industry veteran and highly successful real estate coach since 1975, sums it up: “Mindset is key. If you think you can, you can. If you think you can’t, you don’t.” Are…
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This month, we’re focused on practice and preparation on the path to real estate success. For many top performers, the most important preparation strategy is to own the morning. Are you one of those agents who always say: “I am definitely not a morning person?” Do you “burn the candle” at both ends and always…
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“Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.” Author unknown Our success as listing agents is highly dependent upon the strength of our skills. Sellers want a confident, highly knowledgeable agent. How do you become knowledgeable and confident? With practice! Experts recommend scheduling 60 minutes daily, 5 days weekly for skill…
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How do I make time to prospect when I already feel “busy”? “It’s summer, and I’m so busy with existing business, and pendings, to close!” Here’s a fundamental truth about real estate success: when you keep lead generating, business keeps flowing in. If you stop lead generating, you will soon find your pipeline completely empty.…
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In today’s post we introduce an exciting new feature: Roadmap Pitstop! Pitstop is a series of short content videos pulled from our long-running Roadmap video series. These short videos are designed to motivate and inspire listing agents to maximize their income prospecting seller leads. Today we’re launching Pitstop with “Buyers Take Time, Listing Takes Skills,”…
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As we’ve often said in this blog, real estate success is not magical. While “selling” might come easier to some, consistent, on-going performance is typically driven by sticking to fundamentals. Following are seven fundamentals that the team at Vulcan 7 has identified for long-term success in real estate: Tip 1: Accountability, focus, and the power…
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We know the scenario: you’ve done the work to secure the listing presentation. You’ve put in the time to make sure your presentation looks great and covers the essentials. From what you can tell, the prospect seems engaged and interested in what you have to say. Now, it’s time for the CLOSE! For many agents,…
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Note: As you gear up for 2021, we thought it might be helpful to share this post originally published in December, 2019. One aspect of real estate that many experienced agents have not yet tapped into (though, they ought to!) is Expired and FSBO listings.This section of the real estate industry can be extremely lucrative…
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It’s that time of year when we assess the previous 12 months, and set our sights on the 12 months to come. If you go back a year I’m time, what were you thinking with regard to your business in 2020? What were you in-going 2020 goals? What were your short and long-term aspirations? Of…
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Every real estate agent has their own strategy when it comes to prospecting. Some focus heavily on expireds, where others find gold in FSBOs. A large number of dedicated prospecting agents utilize a multi-tiered strategy, blocking off time each day for calling expireds, FSBOs, plus touching base with their sphere of influence. In today’s post…
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