If you are a new agent, moving brokerages, or starting your own brokerage, you may be looking at getting a new email address. Here are some real estate email address ideas to keep in mind. Table of Contents Broker’s Email or Your Own Email? For new agents, this is the Read more…
You’re a listing agent getting ready to present your CMA to your homeowner. While a strong CMA is important for persuading a homeowner of a price, there is another number they likely care just as much about: their net! What does it cost to sell a home and, more importantly, Read more…
A real estate agent has two employment statuses: sat at a closing table or unemployed. It’s an up-and-down industry that has a small success rate and most agents fall out within the first two years of getting their license. As agents start to feel that pinch, they may feel like Read more…
States sometimes make it easier for you to get a real estate license if you already have a license in another state. Sometimes, states explicitly negotiate reciprocity agreements with other states. Other times, the state simply allows agents and brokers licensed in another state to skip certain steps to getting Read more…
So you’re ready to go into the real estate business! I don’t exactly envy you. I think back to before I started my own career and think about how naive I was. There were numerous hardships ahead. It’s tough, and there is a reason most don’t make it. There were Read more…
Keeping organized is critical for a real estate agent. Moreover, we are in the paperless world, and your customers will increasingly be tech-savvy folks who expect more from their agents than sloppy scans and manila folders full of copies. Here are some helpful ideas for organizing your real estate filing Read more…
As a real estate agent, setting an income goal for a year is nice. But how do you know if you are on track to achieve it? What do you need to do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to enable success? Is your goal achievable? Are you using Read more…
During the crazy month of June, 2021, I heard of Austin agents with over 100 offers on a single home. This Excel spreadsheet only goes to 100 offers, so they would be out of luck. But for most agents, I imagine 100 is sufficient to intelligently handle the math on Read more…
So you want to make $200,000 as a Realtor. How do stay on track to accomplish your yearly goals? How do you know if you are doing enough to achieve this? Good goal setting means staying on top of your business with a goals worksheet! The purpose of a real Read more…
There was a time when Google was just one of many search engines. I remember using several and ultimately using Google because of its minimalist search design. But that is not what earned Google the earth-shattering business share it has today. Google was savvy, and wasn’t content to be just Read more…