What do top producing listing agents and buyer’s agents have in common? Well, besides reading this site, they’re both masters at writing a super accurate comparative market analysis that helps them snag listing after listing.
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Whether you have dreams of being the next star of Million Dollar Listing, want to help family and friends sell their homes, or are just looking for some extra cash doing something a little different, becoming a part-time real estate agent is a great place to start.
Many agents successfully pursue real estate part-time, but how can you get started? We’ve put together a step-by-step guide that will take you from getting your real estate license all the way to the closing table.
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For most of us, great real estate quotes are like self help books. If you keep reading the same ones over and over they tend to get boring. That’s why we decided to dig a little deeper for this article and find 57 more insightful, funny, and motivational real estate quotes that you haven’t heard a million times before.
Here is our list of 57 real estate quotes that we think need to be used more often: [Read more…] about 57 Insightful Real Estate Quotes You Haven’t Heard 1000 Times
Open houses are essential to the Realtor playbook. They show your seller that you aren’t just a button pusher; you’re a boots-on-the-ground, opening-doors-and-shaking-hands Realtor who’s hustling to sell their home.
But, let’s be honest, the biggest reason open houses are a key to Realtor success is the LEADS. When you finish on Saturday afternoon and look at that open house sign in sheet, chock full of names, phone numbers, addresses…BOOM. I’m practically salivating just thinking about it.
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Between listing appointments, taking buyers out to see properties, marketing, admin, and all the other responsibilities you juggle as a Realtor, it is hard to imagine carving out time for anything else.
Hard, that is, until you attend a kick ass real estate conference that leaves you feeling energized, educated, and better equipped to go home and tackle your next set of challenges.
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Selling a home in the off-season can be challenging. But, where most agents throw up their hands and surrender, you’ve come searching for how to make it work, and we here at The Close are ready to deliver.
We spoke with top producers from across the country—from 11 different states and provinces—to get their best advice on how to sell a home in the off-season, and this is what they said: [Read more…] about How to Sell a Home in The Off-Season: 17 Tips From Top Producers
Are you crushing it this year? If you’re not, then a dose of real estate jokes, puns, and pick-up lines might be just what the doctor ordered to get you back in your game.
Too many closings to keep up with? Well aren’t you special! Since you’re so busy, just bookmark this page and come back tonight to memorize a few of these cheesy, hilarious, and plain old terrible Realtor jokes to tell at tomorrow’s closing.
Either way, here are some fresh new real estate jokes for every agent out there: [Read more…] about 79 Real Estate Jokes, Puns, & Pick Up Lines You Haven’t Heard 1000 Times
Like anything rare and desirable, good real estate domain names can be crazy expensive, or even worse, impossible to get at any price. After all, you’re not the first agent to think of buying locationlocationlocation.com.
Nope. That prized domain name belongs to our friend Bruce Ailion, and with more than 30 years in the game and a thriving brokerage, not something he’s going to give up anytime soon.
So that means newer agents are stuck with domain names like realestate12345xxyy.xom right?
Not so fast. In fact, if you follow the tips and tricks in this article we can help you find a domain name that will work for your entire career.
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What does it take to get Charlie Young, President and CEO of Coldwell Banker to come to a sleepy lakeside town in rural Northern Michigan in February?
A phone call from the owner of a family business, that’s what.
Ken Schmidt, CEO of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Family of Companies, and his team were planning their award ceremony to celebrate their agents and success in 2018, and they thought that maybe Charlie Young might want to get in on the action. He did.
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The recent seller’s market has given rise to more and more multiple offer situations, and in many cases, out and out bidding wars.
Bidding wars can be tricky to navigate, especially if it’s your first time representing a buyer in a competitive situation. To help you out, we’ve reached out to a few top producing Realtors and Brokers for their best advice for getting the upper hand in a bidding war.
Here’s what they had to say: [Read more…] about How to Win Bidding Wars: Tips From 11 Top Producing Agents