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How real estate professionals can help first responders buy a home

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Listen to all of these really great mortgage programs (most agents and buyers don’t know about these!) Create a First Responder seminar or webinar, in person or online. You can even search for investors, first time buyers, first responders, etc. for first responders and consider doing any or all the following: 1.

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How to get listings in real estate: 11 proven strategies for 2024

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Listings are the life-blood of all successful real estate businesses, but making the leap from working primarily with buyers to working with sellers can be a challenge for many agents early in their careers. You can meet new people anywhere, and you never know who’s thinking about putting their house on the market. Who’s it for?

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How to become a luxury real estate agent

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You might be ready to take on the luxury real estate market! I’ll show you what it takes to succeed as a luxury real estate agent in any market. If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+?

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8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2023

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Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. It dishes out everything from email and SMS marketing to effective lead capture forms and an integrated CRM system. However, Market Leader may not be ideal for larger teams or those looking for more customization.

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Agents fight misconceptions to win deals for military veteran clients

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This is an absolute must, especially in the market right now as it gives the lender an opportunity to fill the listing agent in on the buyer’s background and how the VA loan process works,” Pascoe explained. Even under “normal” market conditions, VA buyers struggle to successfully purchase a home using their benefit.

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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

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While marketing to your sphere of influence, networking, and direct mail campaigns work, they can be time-consuming and they don’t always yield quick results. Data analysis allows real estate agents to focus their marketing efforts (and budget!) Visit Market Leader 2. Looking for more listing leads?

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How LOs get into a real estate agent’s circle

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Any time my buyers are the ones bringing a lender to the table who I am not familiar with, I am going to have some questions for that lender. Looking back, Summers is glad she encouraged her buyers to swap lenders. If my numbers drop as the market slows further or are consistently super low then I should really start to worry.”.