Real Estate Game – Becoming an Effective Real Estate Agent
The real estate game is a very competitive one. If you do not man up, you can easily get blown away by the competition. There are 1000’s of agents all over the country fighting for pole position, trying to represent the interests of potential clients every day. These clients want the best of the best. They are always on the lookout for agents who are effective and who offer a wide array of great services.
Here are some tips that can help you become an effective real estate agent.
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Negotiating Skills
Negotiating skills are a crucial component for any serious-minded agent. Negotiation includes bagging the best price for your deal and also ensuring your commission part works out as well. Sterling negotiation skills aligned with effective communication abilities are important. And this actually begins when your first potential client steps on the scene.
It is vital that you sell yourself as an effective agent first to the people that you want to do business with. Then you can continue the negotiations with potential sellers over the phone, by email or in person. Getting a buyer to sign a contract is a daunting task, one that only a good negotiating agent can win.
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Ask for Referrals
Never take it for granted that your clients would automatically refer people to you. You might have done a good job. But they need to be reminded. Do not think that this is awkward. Most clients would do this for you without too much thought if your reputation is a good one.
If you are avoiding this, it means that you want to spend 1ooo’s of dollars in advertising and marketing instead. And with that there is no guarantee that it would be as effective as asking for new clients from previous ones.
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Get on the Internet
Never believe the old-timers and think you can make this business work without leveraging on the Internet. The world has gone digital and you need the Internet to compete favorably in today’s real estate market. You will need to build a website, use social media, learn how to upload attractive pictures of your listings and get a hang of SEO optimization as well.
There would come a time when it would be hard to get your marketing out the door because you are occupied with other things. So you need a virtual assistant working for you overtime, without pay 24-7 and 365.
