In this session of the Real Estate Career Mentor Podcast, I go over 10 personality traits you really want to have if you are thinking about starting a Career in Real Estate! I go into some detail on each of them and give examples to keep mindful of what to watch out for so you can start to improve on them.
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One of the biggest struggles we have in business, myself included, is to set and follow through on our goals. Once we have established reasonable goals for ourselves, we need to be able to execute on a Plan to get them done.
However, what normally happens is we start out well, but slowly we start to drift away from what needs to be done on a daily basis. Either we miss a day here and there and fail to get back on track, or we are not motivated enough to achieve what we are after.
There are a number of reasons why this happens to us all but I have found one technique that really helps me to get many things done on time, over and over again.
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Well it has finally arrived! The first session of the Real Estate Career Mentor Podcast!
You can download the podcast and listen to it on your computer of listen to it here on the blog. You will also be able to subscribe and download it from iTunes so you can receive the latest episodes as they come out!
Because this is the first session together, I introduce myself and share a little bit about my background. I also explain how the Podcast will work and what you can expect from future sessions.
Each show will have a structured format and I plan to have some featured guests!
I will include all information about the show here, with any links that were provided during the podcast.
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As a sales professional, what do you consider a reasonable amount of time to follow up with an email or phone message? 
We are all very busy each and every day. Not only do we have clients to serve and things that need getting done, we have family responsibilities as well.
Everyone is living very busy lives these days and we are always on the go. Dropping kids off, rushing to work, going to meetings and on and on.
So given that everyone is so busy all the time, what would be a reasonable amount of time to return a call or email?
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If you are a new REALTOR® or just getting started in your Real Estate Career, you have limited time to get your name out there to start generating leads. Because Real Estate Commissions are not paid until properties close, that means you are doing business now that will actually pay you months down the road.
If you are brand new in your real estate career, this could mean an early exit from the industry if you can’t get any deals done right away. Not having leads early on, can put a lot of pressure on you and quickly change your overall outlook on this wonderful sales industry.
A quick way to let everyone know about your switch to a new and exciting real estate career is to use an Introduction Letter!
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I walk our neighbourhood 3 or 4 nights a weak with my wife and we have been noticing more and more that there are a lot of Sold signs everywhere. This makes me happy to know that the Agents were successful in helping families realize their goal of getting their home sold quickly and with little disruption to their every day lives.
The striking thing was, that many of the homes that were still for sale, were listed with unknown brands or discount brokers. These homes were still left for sale 30 or 60 days after the sign went up. What causes this? Why are the larger well branded companies getting the house sold yet smaller or discount companies are not as successful.
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On our way back from our recent trip to England, something occurred to me that happens everyday in a REALTORS® life. While
we were taxiing to our take off position in line, the Pilot mentioned on the speaker that we were waiting in line, and that it shouldn’t be more than 10 minutes until take off.
As I listened to this message I was put at ease from my anxiety of flying knowing, we would soon be on our way. As I glanced at my watch about 12 minutes later I noticed we still hadn’t moved at all. Now as minute after minute ticked by, I felt my anxiety climbing. First 10 minutes, then 20 minutes and still no update!
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