Looking for guidance before starting your real estate career?
Trying to take your real estate game to the next level?
More often than not, newbies come into the industry with a goal to succeed. However, they try to accomplish that with sloppy dressing, awkward personalities, and lack of information. These are all common issues that agents face, which can put a real dent in their prospects for success.
None of that.
Today, we’ll discuss the top 5 real estate agent tips that every agent should know. These tips will help you take your career to the next level.
So let’s get started straight away!
Top 5 Real Estate Agent Tips
While countless tips are shared and circulated among agents, there are a few tips you must know to succeed. The top 5 are:
Grow your network
Take advantage of online courses
Use technology to your advantage
Dress for where you want to be
Be a better communicator
Let’s look at each tip in detail.
Grow your network
Plainly put, contacts make an agent. And, the size of their network is often the defining measure of their success.
The more people you know, or the more people that know you, help you gain leads, which translates into customers and profit.
Plus, the more people you draw in equals the more word-of-mouth benefits you’ll get from them.
This marketing method cannot be ignored in real estate. I mean, people looking to buy a property aren’t going to run to just any run-of-the-mill agent they can get their hands on.
Instead, potential customers often consult with their family members, friends, and neighbors to find a trustworthy agent known to get the job done. The larger your network, the higher chance you’ll be the agent they’ll be referred to.
So go to seminars, local real estate meetings, and even community events to interact with and advertise yourself to potential clients.
Take advantage of online courses
Real estate is a process of continual learning with changing market dynamics, consumer demand, real estate law, real estate trends, and locality pricing.
You’ll need to be constantly aware of these changes. As well as find new tactics to bolster sales, ways to gain leads, opportunities to profit, etc…
But managing a career with additional studying might not be something you eagerly jump on.
Enter online courses.
Making time for studying has never been easier with a whole host of online real estate schools. These schools offer courses that will help you take your career to the next level.
Colibri Real Estate and McKissock are online real estate schools widely known for their collection of licensing and continuing education courses.
Both sister companies offer easy-to-learn modules with numerous teaching styles to suit your needs, from on-demand to live streaming courses and recorded webinars.
Plus, you get to learn from experienced realtors across the country, giving you an edge in your local market.
So when it’s time to renew your real estate license, it’s always best to take advantage of online courses, specifically those offered by McKissock.
Use technology to your advantage
Like many other industries, technology has changed the way agents do real estate.
Today, there is an explosion of software and systems that make it easier to market yourself and gain leads online.
Software such as Customer Relationship Management systems (CRMs) has been developed to help agents manage their leads and customer interactions online.
Actually, customers expect credible agents to have an online presence. That said, it’s a great idea to make a website to communicate and give information to your potential clients, without them having to schedule a phone call or in-person meeting to get to know you.
With almost all agents now marketing themselves online, through their own sites or social media, becoming tech-savvy is an essential skill you can hardly succeed without.
Dress for where you want to be
We’ve all heard the age-old adage, ‘’Dress to impress”.
Well, that has never been more true than in real estate, where you won’t get that far if you’re not willing to make a statement with what you wear.
In real estate, you’ll often be told to dress for the position you want to be at, not for the one you’re presently in. So if you’re aiming to flip multi-million dollar houses one day, dress in a way that presents your luxury real estate ambitions.
The clothes you wear tell a lot about you, a walking advertisement by which a customer will assess your level of credibility, trust, and seriousness.
So while you can walk into a meeting with a pair of Crocs, you’ll be doing yourself and everyone else a favor by being a bit more particular about what you wear.
In all, choose your wardrobe to reflect the image and position you want to portray. This might seem like a small thing, but I tell you, it isn’t.
Be a better communicator
As an agent, your main priority is communication.
Get this. If you don’t know how to communicate, you won’t become a successful real estate agent. Only a good communicator will be able to attract and maintain customers and relationships.
Now, personality plays a key role, too. You can be the best communicator in the world, but if your personality is not likable, then people might want to stay away.
So to be an excellent communicator and have a great personality, it’s a good idea to be outgoing and well aware of a range of different topics. This is to interact and socialize with a wider community.
It’s also useful to expand your network among the realtor’s community itself, which could lead to learning about exciting opportunities in your area.
Having contacts in the industry also means you’ll be able to benefit from the experience of others and have mentors that can guide you when you find yourself in a pickle.
If you’re already a social person, you likely won’t have any problem setting up your communication and personality for success. But if you struggle to find the right words at times, you may want to work on your social skills and fine-tune them to the demands of the industry.
Conclusion
So there you have it - the top 5 real estate agent tips you should know to take your career to the next level.
While there are many more useful tips out there, the tips above are essential for all agents, no matter where you’re in your career.
So, for more guidance and in-depth support, be sure to interact with experienced agents in your community. Also, always try to learn more in your free time through online courses, take advantage of technology, and fine-tune your communication skills and friendly personality.
Good luck with your career!