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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Treat it like a business.

Oct 22, 2020 12:29 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Find a niche, built it, and dominate.  Never grow tired and never give up. If we stop believing in ourselves how could we expect others to believe in us and hire us. 

Oct 22, 2020 03:05 PM
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Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Make contact with as many people as humanly possible. Let them know you are in RE and ask how can you help them. Good luck Brittany Harrison 

Oct 22, 2020 02:42 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Start taking your GRI courses and learn to run your business like a business. Listen to a top notch mentor - do what they suggest.

Oct 22, 2020 12:55 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Daily lead gen

Oct 22, 2020 12:23 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Learn about yourself then, apply what you have learned on others

Oct 22, 2020 12:00 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Brittany,

Find an excellent mentor was each of our keys to success.  

Oct 22, 2020 11:56 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

A successful 1st year in real estate?  That a great question!
What YOU must do is define what a successful 1st year looks like to you.  Since being a real estate agent is EXACTLY like owning your own business, all you need to do is refer to the goals listed in your real estate agent business plan. You do have a business plan to guide you in developing your business, right?
Here are some of the elements in your business essential to implementing the correct strategy to establish your business. Be aware, in many unfortunate situations, an agent believes they can rely entirely on the franchise and broker for all their business guidance. The outcome of that is 'dime-a-dozen' agents who, if lucky become survivors not thrivers.
In your business plan, your 'product' is identified based on the environment you are in. For some the produt is services in condos or 55+ communities or SFR, or 2nd homes or military housing or manufactured housing or new construction. For many agents it is a blend of many of these types.
Next is'who' are the people who have great interest in the product?
Then, 'where' do they live?
How will you reach them?
What is your promise?
How many contacts will be needed to create the required conversions, that result in closed transactions?  This is a marketing cost, (marketing is your REAL business)  which is crucial to proper budgeting and capitalization.
Now, comes what resources are available to you?
If you possess a big library of contacts, like 6,000 regional people....you are at the 20 yard line and ready to score BIG. No list?  Direct mail and grass roots with relevant CTA will prove golden.
How about a collaboration network to supplement or replace the contact list? 
Finally, now that you have the real estate agent business plan idea, make sure you choose a broker who is ready to implement your business instead of their plan for you. If the brokers systems have ANY merit the broker will COMMIT to getting you involved in a transaction within 30 days of signing.
It is YOUR business. As the CEO you will need to take responsibility and make the hard decisions and commitments. You will be SHOCKED regarding the number of brokers who understand the agent runs their own business and have such low expectation they don't even ask to see your business plan. You need to ask yourself' "Is this the partner I want?"

Follow these suggestions and it is your hand that controls the tiller guiding your business where you need it to be.
Best of success,
Annette

Oct 23, 2020 05:39 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Network, network, network! Spend at LEAST 40 hours each week in your business...and remember, it IS a business, treat it as such. This means setting short- and long-term goals and that will help you focus on what you need to do to build your business.

Put together a database, reach out to your sphere to let them know you are in the business and keep up with them each and every month. Do call time, open houses and preview every property that hits the market in the areas that you want to dominate. 

Build your brand and share your successes with your sphere - including sharing your blogs with them. 

Best of luck!

Oct 22, 2020 10:22 PM
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Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Prospect daily.  You will get more than your fill of rejection, but you can't let it stop you.  Keep moving forward.

Oct 22, 2020 02:32 PM
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Larris Hutton
Linchpin Property Management - Fayetteville, NC
Property Management Company in Fayetteville, NC

Build your personal brand!!

Oct 22, 2020 07:50 PM
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Caroline Gerardo
Licensed in 20 states - Newport Beach, CA
C. G. Barbeau the Loan Lady nmls 324982

You need to be in for the long haul, eat heathly, work 70 hours a week, laugh alot, have a good partner at home that does something else, find a mentor who can answer questions and guide you to treat everyone with respect, learn to let negativity go, demonstrate the size of your heart by working for free, take risks, keep learning every day

Oct 22, 2020 03:18 PM
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Hello Brittany, you need to prospect and work with an active agent.

Oct 22, 2020 03:00 PM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Remember, you have a license, you are learning how to fly with those untrained real estate wings. Watch your spending, study other successful agents, brokers in your market and think what if I was the buyer, the seller. What would I want and need from my real estate professional. Do that.

Listings are King, inventory is everything for something to sell. Farm, canvass around COPVID19 limitations, hunt down FSBO's, check out places with lawns are not mowed, talk to neighbors, family and friends because you are always hungry for listings to sell little blue agent. You need to add a mug shot to be not lost in the crowd. Be tenderhearted, tough skinned and remember, real estate is an all consuming sport. 

Oct 23, 2020 04:33 AM
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Jerrill Ewing
N & J Lake Properties, LLC - Eatonton, GA
Builder

find a good broker to mentor you

Oct 22, 2020 05:52 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Be willing to learn and stay persistent

Oct 23, 2020 08:20 AM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Get a mentor. 

Oct 23, 2020 04:35 AM
Rainmaker
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Find a mentor who is dedicated to help you succeed and put in the work.

Oct 23, 2020 04:28 AM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
Lake Sinclair Specialist

have enough money in the bank to live on and some extra for marketing and a website

Oct 22, 2020 05:48 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Do the work!

 

Oct 23, 2020 06:17 PM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Have the reserve funds to survive the first year . . . this is an expensive business and you'll need to seed it and feed it till the groove is achieved.
If Your Broker Didn't Tell You This, I Will

Oct 23, 2020 10:15 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Sell a lot of homes.

Oct 23, 2020 08:44 AM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Make sure that your friends and family know that you are real estate agent. Learn how to generate leads. With no leads, you have no business.

Oct 24, 2020 10:17 AM
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Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

Follow up, follow up, follow up is MY one thing you can do to be successful. It amazes me how many associates fail to do this one simple task.

Oct 24, 2020 09:57 AM