Real Estate Training Articles and Videos

Habits Of The ‘Greats’

Habits are a foundation of success.

As you progress through your sales career, your results will improve as you replace bad habits with good habits.

I’m a great believer that being a salesperson who operates at the mediocre level is much harder work than working towards Greatness. I also believe it’s a lot more stressful.

Think about it: . . .   more →

Controlling the Results Cycle

Out of the total population of salespeople – regardless of the product or service they sell – the largest majority do not produce consistent and high results. The results of most salespeople are cyclical.
Although salespeople blame their market, their area, their leader, team, product, service, unethical competitors, cheaper fees charged by their competitors – you . . .   more →

Ask For A Reference

There is an old marketing saying that says:

“Don’t tell people how good you are. Get happy clients to tell people how good you are”.

References from happy clients improve the success rate of your advertising.

No doubt you know this. So how many references (testimonials) did YOU get last month? Would I be right in saying . . .   more →

Personal Accountability

“Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

William Shakespeare’s words in Julius Caesarspeak of personal accountability. We are where we are in life because of decisions we have made in the past. And we can make . . .   more →

Willpower Exercises

Willpower and stubbornness are close relations. One attribute you want. The other you don’t.

Stubborn people steadfastly hold onto ideas and, right or wrong, will not be persuaded to see any other point of view. You could argue that this is misdirected willpower.

When it comes to forming new habits, willpower is what you need. With willpower . . .   more →

Return for Effort

So often you hear people complain, “I make the calls, but I’m not getting any results!” If you find yourself in this position, perhaps you should do something about it. Prospecting, like all tasks a salesperson performs, must show a healthy return.

There is no delicate way to say this: if you cannot find sellers, and . . .   more →

Prospecting – It’s Just Not That Difficult

Have you ever put off doing a chore that you thought would be difficult? You dreaded doing it but eventually you got stuck into it, and what happened? It was much easier than you thought. You couldn’t imagine why you thought it would be so hard.

Prospecting is like that. It’s just not that . . .   more →

How to Prevent ‘Sign Jumping’


Do you have a problem with unethical competitors ‘jumping’ your signs? People who approach the owner of a property whom they know, or suspect, is exclusively listed with another agent, are  acting unethically. If attempting to induce another person to break an agreement – a promise – with a third party isn’t unethical, . . .   more →

Aim High

Last year I recorded an interview with Adam McMahon, from Dignam Real Estate in Thirroul, NSW.

Adam is a keen goal setter, which explains why he is so focused. In the twelve months prior to that recording, Adam produced around $730,000 in fees for his office, without the aid of a personal assistant.

Inevitably the conversation . . .   more →

What’s Cooking?

Your weekly sales meeting should be the most important part of your business week. If you’re interested in making more sales, pay attention when your leader asks you, “What have you got cooking?

The definition of a cooking sale is a sale you believe you have a reasonable chance of closing.

Some sales are obviously cooking, . . .   more →

CONTACT CREATES CONTRACTS

 

Following the November 2011 sales bulletin, ‘So You Think You’ve Got Plenty of Listings’, Phil McGrath from Impact Property requested ideas on how to develop relationships with sellers. It’s a good question, one whose answer would fill a chapter of a book.

Building relationships requires contact. Lots of it.

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Get Close Part 3

Great questions give great answers. All salespeople need to fully understand their seller’s needs before making recommendations that those sellers put their properties up for sale. Even though the sellers might be ready to LIST, this does not necessarily mean that they are emotionally ready to SELL. Questions help you to uncover their readiness to . . .   more →

Get Close Part 2

In Part 1 of this three-part feature we talked about the importance of understanding your sellers’ needs, and how important this understanding was to making sales. In Part 1, I gave you seven questions to ask your sellers during the listing presentation. Here are fifteen more.

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Get Close Part 1

If you want dozens of happy clients, the secret lies in understanding their needs and then helping them satisfy those needs. You must know what the need is. And, you should understand that your clients possibly have not sat down and qualified themselves. That is your job. To do your job properly, you have to . . .   more →