I had started to work on this Blog Posting prior to attending a meeting at Re/Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada Inc. Head Office in Toronto. While there, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to listen to one of the founders, Walter Schneider being interviewed by Coach Ken Goodfellow.
It was amazing for me to hear him repeat the words that I had used in my previous post “Selling is a Contact Sport”. We need to get out there and create value.
So you have just signed up with a real estate broker as a new Real Estate Agent, so now what? How do you make the phone ring? How do you find clients to work with? What should you be doing first? These are questions asked over and over again by new Aspiring Real Estate Agents.
The first few weeks are very important to most real estate agents. They usually have limited funds to hold them while they try to get some deals under their belts. With some hard work and a little luck, within 3-5 weeks you should have a decent amount of people you can call upon.
Here are 10 things you should do straight away to help build you business quickly and ensure that you have a successful start to your real estate career
Every real estate agent knows how important it is to keep up to date with training. There are new sales techniques, new technologies always coming down the pipe. If we don’t stay on top of the newest thing, we could be missing out on a huge potential for massive profit. Where do we find the time to get caught up with training? There must be an easier way.
Brokers provide lots and lots of things that will help you launch your real estate career. They provide a place to hang your hat, people to answer the phones for you, furniture and an office. They may even provide a website for you and have advertising that you can be a part of. And while these may all be very important, I believe these are the 3 critical things you should compare to help ignite your real estate career and rocket you to earning large amounts of commission while starting a very stable business.
The real estate industry offers one of the best careers I could ever imagine. Low start-up costs and it gives someone an opportunity to run their own business. It offers freedom of time to come and go as you please. It allows you to escape a 9-5 job with flexibility and the ability to earn a very lucrative income.
Many times I have seen people jump into the industry with unrealistic expectations. Putting themselves behind the 8 ball early, so I have put together a short list of things that you should be aware of before committing to a real estate career.
