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Playing around in real estate is fun! But it can be a lot more profitable if you know what you're doing. Learn about overcoming obstacles, the pitfalls, joys and confusion you'll face as a new REALTOR® in this new 3-hour course "10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started in Real Estate." Learn the biggest industry secrets, most avoidable mistakes,and find success in an ever-changing business. 

 

Registration:  

Live or LearnMyWay®:  To register for this course near you, or in an upcoming webinar, visit the Education Calendar. 


 

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Course objectives:

  • Focus on the most important, profitable activities

  • Turn your weaknesses into strengths

  • Make open Houses more fun and productive

  • Attract clients with magnetic advertising

  • Incubate and convert leads

  • Avoid behavior that kills escrows - and careers!

  • "Be where you are" with technology to grow your business & your personal life

Outcomes:

  • Better understand and not be intimidated by the "Perception of Success" in the real estate industry

  • Learn to focus on the most important activities in the business

  • Recognize pitfalls that can occur and avoid mistakes made by most new agents

  • Be able to turn their "greatest weakness" into a strategy even the most successful agent can't compete with

  • Prioritize activities and focus on the more profitable side of the business

  • Learn successful listing strategies that will virtually guarantee success

  • Learn the real purpose of an Open House and how to make them an integral part of their business

  • Understand what a real estate agent really does for a living and how to better manage your time

  • Learn how to avoid behavior that kills escrows and careers

  • Understand how to attract buyers and sellers in advertising that is magnetic instead of promotional

  • Learn how to organize prospects with technology

  • Be able to create realistic activities that incubate and convert leads as well as solidify "customers for life"

  • Understand how to embrace technology to "be where you are" in order to grow your business and your personal life

Who should attend:

New agents who want insider knowledge on real estate best practices.


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