15 STEPS ON HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE AGENT

1. How to Be a Successful Real Estate Agent

   Success in real estate depends on your desire to learn how to sell (or lease) real estate.
   There are many ways to sell property but the best way is to be helpful to others and to have many customer and past clients retain you in their "top of mind" awareness. When people think of real estate they should think of you!

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      STEP1
      Establish a mentoring relationship with a successful real estate salesperson or broker. Learn from them. Shadow them. Help them with tasks. Hold their properties open. Run magazine and internet ads for them.
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4. Keep a database of all your contacts and make weekly contact with those who are looking for property services (buy, sell, lease, option).
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   STEP3
   Do floor time. If you do not like "floor agent duty" then you probably are either already successful or you will soon be run out of the business by those who do it. This is how you learn to run an office and work with customers and clients. At the very least, if no business is tallied from this time, you will have done it enough to know it did not work for you. Everyone is different.
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   STEP4
   Look for innovative ways to make a splash in the local market.
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   STEP5
   Use social media .Twitter and Facebook your status and others will notice you are "into" real estate. Top of mind awareness will grow.
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   STEP6
   Talk highly of other salespeople and brokers.
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   STEP7
   Educate yourself with as many programs you can afford cos readers are leader.
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    STEP8
    Get listings. If you have been in business for over, say 3-5 years, and listings are hard to come by, you probably did not treat your first customers very well. They should repeat with you. If not, you did not keep them updated with the business and monthly contacting them with some form of helpful communication. Use calendars, emails, client parties, add them to Facebook, etc.
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    STEP9
    Attend seminars, training and conference on real estate to expose you to new techniques in the industry.
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    STEP10
    Associate with successful brokers. Don't get envious. Your mood will spill over to your customers! The end is near in that case.
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    STEP11
    Become a broker in your state. The education alone will assist your knowledge base enough to provoke more success-inducing confidence.
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    STEP12
    Hold open houses. This is not for new agents only. You never know who will walk in; it could be your next listing client.
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    STEP13
    Read other situations and information from other veterans and educators.
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    STEP14
    Use your time wisely. You have to prioritize your time for more important things. How you allocate your time is very important for your success. Don't stuck for only one activity. You have to find new customer while servicing current customer. 
17. STEP15  HONESTY&INTEGRITY. be truthful in all your dealings with your clients because this will make you to retain old clients and it will also fetch you more clients.
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