I have a small group of close friends and don't go to church or any big organizations like that. Is it still possible for me to go into real estate and be successful? Where else do agents get leads besides people they know in their personal life?
2006-06-15 12:55:54 · 13 answers · asked by malgernon1982 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
print up cards and get them out there - many places like pizza parlors will allow you to bring in your cards in a little card holder and leave them on the counter - also grocery stores have bullitn boards near the exit you can leave cards on - get your card out there the more people who see your card around they will being to think your really a popular agent
2006-06-15 12:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can be successful real estate agent without an extensive network. You just have to be honest, trustworthy, and personable. These qualities are very important. You also must be willing to talk to random people on a whim. Agents can purchase hot, warm, or cold leads from marketing agencies or websites. Agents can also get leads from sending mailers in their neighborhood.
2006-06-15 13:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by desipyar510 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad is a real estate agent, and I am probably going to be one if what I want to do falls through.
What I have observed is that you get almost all of your business from referells, that means try and network as much as possible. Go on MLS and browse a couple of For Sale By Owners, and contact the sellers, and try and get them to let you sell their house. Make sure you have a low rate, my dad has a 3.75% commision, which has increased his business by about tenfold. If you have about a 6 percent, you need to have a network for it to work. A 4% split will do just fine, even a 5% is stretching it, but will work well.
Once you sell those houses, give them your card (if you don't have one, get one, it helps) and tell them that if they ever need any houses sold, refer to them. Make sure you try really hard on each house you sell though, or the owners won't be happy with your job and you won't get any referalls.
Try and get a personal website up, and make your name known by working hard selling each house, putting it into MLS, the local papers, and maybe another city ad or so. Trust me, I'm 14, but I pay attention to what my dad does.
2006-06-15 13:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is YES, but it all comes down to marketing yourself.
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2006-06-20 14:26:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! A great website to check out is www.buffiniandcompany.com Brian Buffini teaches you how to generate leads and it is a simple, no brainer system. I use it myself and It's working great for me. I would also suggest joining any networking groups in your area.
2006-06-15 13:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE BEST WAY TO MAKE NEW CONTACTS / LEADS, ALWAYS SMILE AND NEVER MEET A STRANGER AND TAKE YOUR TIME IN THE CHECK-OUT LANE AT THE GROCERY STORE, ALWAYS WEAR YOUR NAME TAG AND KEEP CARDS IN HAND OR POCKET.
START A SIMPLE WEB-SITE AND ADVERTISE IT IN SMALL ADVERTISER PAPERS WERE THE COST IS LOW, GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE
EVERYONE YOU MEET OR TALK TO IS A POTENTIAL CLIENT, BUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE THEN THEY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU MAY HELP THEM SOME DAY.
ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AT FIRST.
2006-06-15 17:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by GO AHEAD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best to invest in a good website. NAR's 2005 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers showed 77% of buyers used the Internet in their search! This is a HUGE number!
Everyone wants to be on page ONE of search results! If you think it will be EZ, I have a good deal on a bridge for you!
Best to....
I personally used a firm (link below) that did a 250,000 site submissions for my site. It worked great. But, results now take a few months.
Also, Get HIGH placement for your KEYWORDS!
Even when indexed by the search engines, it's not going to help you if your keyword shows up on page 987. Sure, everyone would like their keywords to show up on page one, two or three of the returned results. But, I want to win the lottery! So? What are you going to do? One thing for sure....it will NOT be EZ!
You need GOOD/Informative content! Without this you will be wasting your time on other methods.
Below is some info that can assist you......
When someone types a specific phrase into a major search engine usually the results will show 10 site per page. These 'organic' sites are boxed in, usually on all sides by pay-per-click site ads.
So, in SEO theory you have to have your site placed on page one, two or three of the returned organic results to really benefit from the power of the Internet!
As an example. If someone in NY wanted a San Diego real estate broker, they would, perhaps type "San Diego real estate brokers' into GOOGLE. If you do this today (standings change all the time), after the pay-per-click and the 'local results' you'll see the first site is: www.brokerforyou.com You will also see (upper right)
"Results 1 - 10 of about 5,080,000 for San Diego real estate brokers."
So, you will see that this one broker's site (not a major real estate firm) has out ranked over FIVE MILLION other sites for this VERY POPULAR real estate search phrase!!!
Quite impressive!
After looking into the site, I also noted lots, of timely useful info in an EZ to follow site. This is VERY important! As without good ORIGINAL content you'll NEVER have a top ranking site!
But, I also found on one of the internal pages, the name of the company that does the SEO for this site. They are:
http://www.websitetrafficbuild...
I also visited their site, and found it too had a high Google pagerank. Plus, they had great articles on SEO and software for learning to do your own SEO.
The bad news is that any true SEO work to get on page one of Google is VERY time intensive. www.websitetrafficbuilders.com has a guaranteed results program...but, as it starts at $3,950.00, it's really not for the little person.
I have downloaded their free trial SEO software, just a few days ago, so have not used it yet! But, I'm really learing alot for the free software. If they put this into an ebook, I'm sure they could sell quite a few copies!
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2006-06-19 03:43:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can be a success at anything if you apply yourself and work at being the best. I always try to be the best at everything I do.
2006-06-15 12:59:08 · answer #8 · answered by windyy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One word Advertise. Get your name out there. This site has cheap advertising.
www.4over4print.com
you should get a website too. Leave your business cards every where you go.
GOOD LUCK
2006-06-15 13:00:02 · answer #9 · answered by Mela L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question, I'm having the same problem with my online store. I hope someone has an answer.
2006-06-15 12:59:42 · answer #10 · answered by lnajordan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋