Real Estate Prospecting
Consistent Lead Generation = Consistent Incoming Business
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.…
Read MoreBuyers Take Time, Listings Take Skill
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,”…
Read MoreUse These Strategies To Overcome Homeowner Objections
Encountering a homeowner objection when prospecting is good news — they are still in conversation with you! An objection is a question in the mind of the prospect that remains unanswered. The objection may be a test to slow you down, check you out, and see how strong you are. The agent who perseveres through…
Read More4 Steps to Handling an Angry Client
An important skill to master in real estate, as in life, is dealing with another person’s anger. Angry clients are a fact of life. Sometimes they’re angry for a legitimate reason. Perhaps you were late for a meeting, made a mistake on paperwork or any of myriad things that can go wrong in handling a…
Read MoreIs FRBO Part Of Your Long-Term Business Strategy?
We’ve become accustomed to discussing the potential of tapping into FSBOs-those homeowners who are trying to sell their property without the support of a real estate agent. FSBOs have long-been a lucrative revenue source for savvy agents who know how to leverage their expertise to bring value to these homeowners. Another interesting, and often-overlooked source…
Read MoreMobile Callback: A Game-Changer for Real Estate Prospecting
A foundational principle at Vulcan7 is to continually improve upon the systems that have helped top real estate agents rise to the upper levels of our industry. Our focus is on bringing our customers the kind of functionality that can take their prospecting efforts to new heights. Today, we’ll introduce you to Mobile Callback-a new…
Read MoreFSBOs and the Allure of the “Seller’s Market”
Today we’re sharing a recent post from the website Keeping Current Matters. This post is focused on tips to help agents engage FSBOs who might happen to be living in a seller’s market. The point, of course, is that many homeowners might think it’s a no-brainer to sell on their own in a market where…
Read MoreOur 7 Tips for Real Estate Success
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…
Read More8 Tips on Getting Super-focused
We are nearing the end of the first quarter. Hopefully you are on track, and working toward your business goals for the year. But if not, this is the perfect time to recalibrate, to step back and assess where you have fallen short, and what you can do to get back in the game. After…
Read MoreAccountability Helps Drive Success
One of the most important strategies for most top performers in the real estate business is to work with an accountability partner, or an accountability team through something like a mastermind group. Accountability is fundamental to success real estate. Of course, accountability begins with looking yourself in the mirror each morning. What standards have you…
Read MoreHow to be an Effective Leader
Whether you are climbing the ladder in a large brokerage, or on the path to creating your own multi-million dollar business, at some point you may find yourself in a leadership position. You could have a handful of employees or a staff of 50 looking to you for direction, guidance, support. Our culture is oriented…
Read MoreWhat Defines a Top Real Estate Performer?
Regular readers of this blog know that we like to focus much of the content on what’s needed from both a psychological and emotional perspective to achieve success in real estate. It’s not a business for the faint of heart, which is why we tend to reinforce the importance of keeping your head in the…
Read MoreHow to Power Through Rejection
If you are an active phone-prospector, you are likely to hear NO often, perhaps as much as 9 out of every 10 conversations you have with prospects. It’s life in real estate sales, especially for those who play at the top of their game. But the key to success in this business is to learn…
Read MoreThe Importance of Perspective
Most of us, at one time or another, have used the phrase “that sure puts things in perspective.” Most often, we say this when something unfortunate happens, to someone we know or in the world in general. Whatever the case may be, the situation prompts us to take stock of our lives. Perhaps just ten…
Read MoreCan You Make an Offer on a Pre-Foreclosure Home?
Earlier this year, Vulcan 7 added a Pre-Foreclosure leads database to its expanding menu of real estate prospecting tools. For those of you unfamiliar with the foreclosure process, there are five general phases (NOTE: Agents need to learn the specific statutes on foreclosure in their state): PHASE 1: Payment Default-arises when a borrower fails to…
Read MoreClosing Strategies that Work
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,…
Read MoreHow To Prepare For The Biggest Expired Listing Day Of The Year With Vulcan7
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…
Read MoreReset: Get Your Head into 2021
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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