Real Estate Training Articles and Videos

For Just One Day

People who are successful in their chosen fields do more of the right actions every day, over the long term. In this short real estate sales session, real estate agency profit consultant Gary Pittard says that, while most people know what the right actions are, many seem incapable of performing the right actions for . . .   more →

Faking Happiness

Written and video reviews are essential. To quote one winning salesperson: “These days, clients go online and do research on you. At the listing presentation, they verify what they already know”. She’s right. Real estate agents who pay little heed to client reviews will lose many listings to their opposition.

And those reviews must be . . .   more →

Problem Stacking

“Every task is accomplished piece by piece, and every problem is solved one by one. ‘Problem Stacking’ is a sure way to get nothing done”, says real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard.

In this short sales session, Gary explains that when we stack our problems, we focus on how much there is to do . . .   more →

Smart Goals Aren’t Enough

If you have received even a modicum of real estate training, you know about SMART Goals: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and achievable in a realistic time frame.

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How To Enjoy Your Work

Sales can be a tough career. We face rejection daily, doing most of our presenting in unfamiliar territory. We know that we are only as good as our last order, meaning that if we don’t sell, we don’t eat. And like every other ‘civilian’ we have bills to pay. On days without results (most days . . .   more →

No Bad Days

In this short sales session real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that, for most salespeople, a typical month is a string of bad days punctuated by the odd good day, one where they are happy with their results.

What if you were to reverse this trend? The more good days you have, the higher . . .   more →

TTP That’s Our Job

Despite all the automation available to today’s salespeople, how could anybody think that removing a reason for salespeople and Property Managers to speak with clients is a good idea?

In this short sales session, real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard asks, “Is talking to clients now beneath us?” Like it or not, our NUMBER ONE . . .   more →

Courtesy Costs Nothing

Salespeople who treat buyers with disdain would do well to remember that those buyers will become sellers one day. And they will remember those agents who treated them well, and punish those who treated them badly.

In this short sales training session, real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that while no salesperson will admit . . .   more →

Think the Best

No doubt you have heard real estate agents blame the market, or clients, for their poor results. “Buyers are liars”, or, “Sellers won’t see reason”, are common excuses. Real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that blame isn’t a strategy for getting rich. Instead of thinking and speaking negatively about clients (or the market) . . .   more →

Is Door Knocking Still Effective?

In a real estate industry poll, over 65 percent of respondents said that door knocking is no longer an effective method for finding new listings. In this short sales training presentation, real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that people who say door knocking is dead either haven’t knocked on many doors, or . . .   more →

Clueless Negotiating

“Transparency” is all the rage, but as a negotiation strategy it is full of holes. Real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that transparency is clueless negotiating. When buyers give an offer on a property, it is nobody’s business but theirs, the agent’s and the sellers’. Gary says, “Give me PRIVACY over transparency . . .   more →

High But Not Out Of Sight

Goal setting needs to be done properly if it is going to work. Statistics show that only five percent of people set goals. Those five percent earn more than the ninety-five percent of people who don’t set goals.

In this short sales session, real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, says that while many people . . .   more →

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.

Operating at a mediocre level is much harder and more stressful than working towards Greatness.

In this short sales session, real estate agency profit consultant, Gary Pittard, asks “What habits would you . . .   more →

Ask For A Review

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 marketing. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, asks, “How many online reviews did YOU get . . .   more →

Willpower Exercises

When it comes to forming new habits, willpower is what you need. With willpower you can say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to yourself and mean it. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, says that if you feel that you lack willpower, take heart: willpower can be exercised. Start small. Make a . . .   more →

Prospecting

In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, asks, “Have you ever put off doing a chore that you thought would be difficult? You dreaded doing it but it proved to be much easier than you thought. Prospecting is like that. It’s just not that difficult. All you have to do is . . .   more →

Aim High

In this short sales session, real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, illustrates how Adam McMahon, from Dignam Real Estate in Thirroul, NSW, Australia, lifted his performance from ordinary to extraordinary. Adam now produces fees in excess of $1.4 million, but earlier in his career he had difficulty getting past . . .   more →

Contact Creates Contracts

In this short sales session, real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, explains why staying in touch with clients is good business. Contact creates contacts. You must go out and meet people. This is the beginning of relationship building and salespeople who sit waiting for business to walk in the . . .   more →

What If?

How has this past year been for you? Are you happy with what you have achieved? If not, why not? The only way results change is when actions change. Take last year’s actions into the new year, and you can guarantee that you will see the same results. In this short sales session, real estate . . .   more →

Your Path to Mastery

People who choose Sales as a career have three options when it comes to shaping their careers: 1. Do as little as possible and hope for success; 2. Put in the hours but not the study; 3. Work at becoming great. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, says that we . . .   more →