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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). For letters, use the template below: Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a real estate professional with (brokerage). Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a local real estate professional with (brokerage). Great news!

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Study: Real estate firms thrive on repeat and referral business

Housing Wire

Referrals from past and repeat customers still generated the greatest number of inquiries for real estate firms in 2020 with 30% of brokerage business coming from this source, the same amount as in 2018, when the survey was last completed. In 2018, 1% of surveyed brokerages said their business came from open houses.

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Improving your real estate technology, from search to sold

Housing Wire

Whether you’re a real estate agent needing to spruce up the yard for an open house or a DIY landlord who needs ongoing yard care for your rental properties, you can manage it all from the TaskEasy app. TaskEasy , Propertybase and Lone Wolf Technologies will each spend 20 minutes walking users through their platforms.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019.

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How rookie agents are faring during the pandemic

Housing Wire

The cramming paid off and Hunt officially became a licensed real estate agent in March 2021, joining the Eureka-based brokerage, California Real Estate. At the close of 2019, the National Association of Realtors had 1.4 million members. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48

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HousingStack Phase 4: Lead conversion

Housing Wire

Not only do loads of brokerages offer it but also many of the top MLSs as well. Constellation group believes pretty strongly in the promise on this front given their acquisition of both offrs and SmartZip in 2019. While I’ve indicated six specific companies in the listing tools area, there are actually many more out there.

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17 Realtors® Go Back in Time: First Year Real Estate Advice

Raleigh Realty

Andrew Fortune | GreatColoradoHomes.com Colorado Springs, CO Looking back, I wish I would have trusted my instincts, rather than listening to everything my brokerage was teaching me. The problem with many brokerages is that they only teach the “tried and true” methods of getting new business.