The Truth About How to Be Successful in Real Estate Success in real estate over the long haul is all about ongoing education and prioritizing knowledge. When I was about 20 years old, my mentor W.E. “Bill” Mitchell told me: “Don’t focus on…
Read MoreLet’s boil down the best Instagram tips for real estate agents. Real estate is a visual industry. The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” is particularly true in the realm of selling properties. In the age of social media,…
Read MoreIf you don’t have a transaction coordinator, you ARE your transaction coordinator. Similarly, if you don’t have a social media specialist, you ARE your social media specialist. Same goes for your videographer, your IT specialist, your marketing…
Read MoreIt’s Thanksgiving day, the one day a year we’re all willing to say what we’re grateful for. But what about those other 364 days? It’s time to normalize practicing gratitude on a daily basis. Personally, I make it part of my morning routine….
Read MoreHave you ever bought something that needs to be assembled, but you skipped reading the instructions and just started putting it together… …Only to realize you have to start all over because you weren’t doing it the right way? Yeah, I…
Read More87% of Real Estate Agents Fail. Here’s Why. While the real estate agent failure rate may seem shocking to some, it’s the stark reality of the industry. However, this doesn’t mean you should give up before you get started. Below, we’ll…
Read MoreHow to Create a Google Map of Your Sold Homes Realtors, more than anyone, work in a geographically based industry. We tell our clients all the time — location, location, location — yet when it comes to analyzing our own business, most of us have…
Read More“Reviews are dominating consumer decisions.” That was one of the first things I said to kick off my BluePrint event yesterday morning. And it’s true. We all want more reviews! But look around you. People are busy. They have jobs, and lives,…
Read MoreI’m gonna be blunt… If you’re not doing the seven things I discuss in this blog, you are losing ground to the competition. Because recently I’ve been talking to lots of top-producing agents, team leaders and CEOs, and they’re all…
Read MoreTell the truth… you’d sorta like to see your boss have to wear a banana suit to the office one day, right? Think that might motivate you? CEO of Howard Hanna Rand Realty, Matt Rand, certainly thought so. So he issued a challenge. Right…
Read MoreBuying or selling a house in today’s market – and in today’s terminology… it’s a lot. A lot of stress. A lot of fast-moving parts. A lot of important decisions that need to be made quickly. And for some people, it’s too much. I’ve…
Read MoreReal Estate Objections & Scripts to Deal with Them Objections exist in any sales profession, as customers have to overcome them to be ready to make a purchase. In this post, we explore the top seller objections in real estate, specifically. If…
Read MoreI have a really simple – yet potentially painful – question for you… Are you relevant? I recently met Greg Creed, former CEO of Yum! Brands and author of a great new book called R.E.D. Marketing. He brought up the topic of social and…
Read MoreI was pretty stoked when I got to fire a t-shirt cannon on Tuesday at Day 1 of this year’s Success Summit into a crowd of 4,000 dedicated real estate professionals who joined me in Dallas. Then on Day 2, we took it up a notch and loaded that thing…
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