Last week I gave you several ways to find listing opportunities. This week I thought it would be a good idea to talk about the listing presentation itself. Having listing opportunities is good, but it is so much better to be able to convert the opportunities into listings! Knowing how to master the listing presentation…
When was the last time you had a listing presentation? How did you do? Did you feel a bit rusty or out of practice? If you are like most agents, listing presentations are not a daily activity or even a weekly one, so it is not uncommon to feel a bit out of practice when…
Welcome to part 3 of my 5 part treatise on how to be successful in real estate! If you missed the first two parts, here are the links to the articles on my blog: Prospecting: https://realtytechbytes.com/?s=prospecting Staying in Touch: https://realtytechbytes.com/?s=stay+in+touch If you’ve done a good job of prospecting for new business you may have gotten…
When I started in real estate in 1986, I wanted to work exclusively with buyers because I thought that was the best place for me to start, and in many ways it was. But, the old timers that were in my office kept saying to me “You have to list to last”. What they meant…
Most of our markets are experiencing low inventory. Because of this, a savvy agent would want to concentrate on building a solid listing presence. One of the tools available to you, for FREE, to do this is RPR Market Trends. Real estate agents can leverage RPR’s Market Trends and Neighborhood Charts to gain more listings…
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, we LOVE to HATE Zillow. But, as I have also said before, that is a very short sighted attitude to take. Yes, I know, Zillow takes OUR listings that we worked so hard to get, and then spends millions advertising them so that they can get…
Do you have an iPod or an iPhone? If you do, you are half way there to creating a pocket sized method of delivering your listing presentation or property tours. Instead of lugging your laptop to listing presentations (Note: You may still want to take your laptop if you fill in contracts online) you can…
As I stated last week, I am in Maui enjoying a wonderful vacation. I have had plenty of time to catch up on my reading, both for pleasure and for business. In doing so, I have had the great good fortune to read about two products that I wish I had with me on this…
I’m more than a little fascinated with AI (Artificial Intelligence) and last week’s post explored a tiny bit of the AI technology. (Read it here in case you missed it: https://realtytechbytes.com/what-is-artificial-intelligence/) One of the leaders in the race to perfect AI is an organization called OpenAI (https://beta.openai.com/). They recently released a research module called ChatGPT. …
In 2018 I wrote an article about things to do when you have nothing to do, and it was well received by my readers! Since then It have updated it several times. Most recently I updated it to reflect Covid 19 realities. I think it is time to revisit that article again so here is!…
