9 Tips For Teaming Up With Family

Blog Contributor Being a REALTOR®, Business Challenges, communication 4 Comments

By Samantha Jones The beauty of the real estate industry is there’s no one way to run your business. We have fluidity and flexibility. This leads to some agents (like myself) adopting a team approach, and oftentimes, team members are part of the same family tree. After working with my mother for nearly five years full-time, I’ve learned a few …

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Is It Time to Build a Real Estate Team?

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Managing Your Agents 2 Comments

By Matt Clements Building a team, in my opinion, is a must. Think about it: Your clients expect it. In order to be a top agent today, it’s critical for your clients to know that you have power, reach, and resources behind you. You need a buyer’s agent, maybe even two or three. This power will always be looked at …

4 Steps to Hiring Out Your Sales Process

Blog Contributor Establishing Your Business, REALTOR® Finances, Work/Life Balance 3 Comments

By Alexis Craig The true test of whether or not you own a real business is if you can go on vacation to a place like Fiji—without your cell phone—for two weeks and continue to see your income grow. If you need to be working everyday in order for your business to grow, then you’re in a bottleneck. You don’t …

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What You Give is What You Get

Blog Contributor Commitment to Excellence, Personal Fulfillment, Sales & Marketing 5 Comments

By Anand Patel The word “role model” gets a lot of lip service. We live in a society that loves to point fingers at our teachers, musicians, athletes, and actors when our kids behave badly. Personally, I never deeply considered the importance of being a role model until recently. As you may know, I reference my 3 1/2-year-old daughter every …