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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

Definitely include a business card in the envelope, as your information won’t be printed on the letter itself. You can order preview postcards, letters and a more broad open house invitation postcard to send to your sphere of influence at Wise Pelican. I will be hosting an open house at (address) this upcoming (day and time).

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

6 months course access Ridgeline: All features of Base + Livestream option and Forms Training 101. Full practice exams, quizzes with over 400 exam prep questions, on-demand course review videos, e-textbook, online note taking feature, Terms & Definitions, makeup for missed classes All features of online class + textbook.

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7 Essential Steps to Sell your Home this Fall

Lamacchia Realty

Before any showings or open houses, be sure to rake the leaves and trim any trees or shrubs. Staging Your Home for Sale Now that you’ve gone through the house and made the necessary repairs, it’s time to prepare for listing photos, showings, and open houses.

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Why It’s Important to Hire a Real Estate Agent

McKissock

Selling a house can be a full-time job. You’ll have to field calls from interested buyers, work out where you want to advertise any open houses you might have, and about a thousand other little things that lead up to a finalized sale. They’ve trained for this, they’ve taken and passed exams , and they’ve done this all before.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

Having to be somebody’s confidant, go to open houses and advise on the real estate part would be ”tough,” he said. He did an open house on Sunday and had 70 people come through, but many were not prequalified yet. Now there’s not a definition of what that means. Another challenge concerns the LO comp rule.

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How LOs, mortgage execs are preparing for 2024

Housing Wire

I think they need to have all systems firing, meaning they’ve got to do the traditional stuff where you’re doing broker open houses, you’re going to open houses, you are doing coffee clutches and breakfasts and all that. We’re laying the constant groundwork word doing the agent training.

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

Raleigh Realty

When others are chasing the next shiny real estate “thing”, sometimes the best course of action is to get back to the online basics and become the definitive source for all things real estate in your area. I worked open houses, made daily calls to my database, and focused on my “sphere”. Ask questions. And lastly, get writing.