Is NOW a Good Time to Get a Real Estate License?
Many aspiring real estate agents want to know if NOW is a good time to get a real estate license. We’ve all heard that the next recession is right around the corner. We’ve certainly seen real estate growth slow over the last year or two in much of the country. Given that the housing market is getting softer, is this the right time to …
The 5 Best Podcasts for Real Estate Agents
Today, we’re looking at the 5 best podcasts for real estate agents. Podcasts are a genius tool for real estate agents! They offer a convenient means of professional growth and development. You can listen while driving to the office, catching a bite between appointments, or hitting the treadmill. And today’s podcast hosts aren’t holding back; they’re offering complete real estate education and training, full …
How to Plan a Year’s Worth of Real Estate Blog I...
This post was originally published in September 2018. Here’s the new and improved version! Coming up with real estate blog ideas and scheduling them isn’t as hard as most people make it out to be. I’ve been a professional real estate blogger for a few years now (you may see me on Inman from time-to-time, but I mostly ghostwrite Realtor® blogs), and today I’m …
Top 5 Best Books for New Real Estate Agents
Today we’re looking at the best books for new real estate agents. Because, let’s face it, your real estate courses did very little (if anything!) to actually prepare you for a career in real estate. You need to know how to actually build a successful real estate business of your own. And that’s exactly what you’ll get from these 5 books. Here are the …
How to Pass Your Real Estate License Exam on the First...
Have you read horror stories about the difficulty of passing your real estate license exam? If we’re being totally honest with ourselves, the reason so many people struggle with the real estate license exam is that they simply haven’t done the work to be prepared for the exam. It’s the same reason so many people struggle in the real estate field in general! They …
Top 10 Weird Ways to Make Money in Real Estate
Today we’re counting down the top 10 weirdest ways to make money in real estate. Here are the criteria for our list: The way to make money must be at least real estate adjacent You should be able to make a reasonable amount of money (more than a few bucks per month) And it should be something most agents aren’t doing…something on the weird …
7 Streams of Income for Recession-Proof Real Estate Ag...
You may have heard that the average millionaire has 7 streams of income. Now, I don’t actually know if that’s true (no one seems to be able to cite any reliable source for that stat). But the idea that multiple streams of income build millionaires makes sense to me. It’s dangerous to rely solely on the income from your job. Especially as a real …
Affordable CRM Options for Real Estate Agents on a Bud...
In real estate, having a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system is mandatory. But paying good money month-after-month for a CRM software subscription is not. Stop and think for a moment about the purpose of a CRM system. It’s simply a way to organize your lead follow-up, right? You certainly don’t need an expensive database for that! All you really need is a spreadsheet to …
How to Build a Strategic Real Estate Agent Operations ...
Do you have a real estate agent operations plan in place for your business? An operations plan is critical to systematizing your real estate practice. It outlines what you do and how you do it. And it makes the process replicable so your employees and successors can deliver the same quality experience you’re committed to. So today, we’re going to walk through the exact …
Make More Money in 2023 With These Real Estate Side Hu...
Have you already seen our detailed list of over 25 real estate side hustles for agents? That list includes gems like: Blogging: savvy agents are already blogging for leads anyway, so you might as well turn your blog into an income stream! Property tax appeals: appeal your clients’ property taxes to better serve your real estate clients and make some good money on the …
How to Create the Ultimate Real Estate Agent Marketing...
Do you have a real estate agent marketing plan? Not just a vague idea of sending mailers once in a while or “trying” to cold call on Wednesdays. But a real, documented plan for reaching the number of leads you need to reach to close the number of deals you need to close to hit your income goal for the year. The reason so …
5 Clever Real Estate Investment Strategies for Beginne...
While there are lots of different ways to invest in real estate (check out our list of 18 ways to invest in real estate!), real estate investment strategies for beginners are a little more limited. If you’re brand new to real estate investing, you want to start with fairly simple, straight-forward real estate deals that expose you to as little risk as possible, right? …
