How To Plan Your Tasks in Real Estate
Personal Growth Michael Montgomery Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

How To Plan Your Tasks in Real Estate

There are a million tasks you "could" be working on in real estate, but which ones "should" you work on? This is true for building any business.

If other agents have built successful businesses, then there needs to be some framework we can implement that will put us on a similar trajectory. To illustrate how to find the most appropriate tasks to focus on, all you need is the Eisenhower Matrix and an understanding of the "Magic Zone" in this table.

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Market Mondays: Listing Update Email
New Agents, Sellers, Marketing Michael Montgomery New Agents, Sellers, Marketing Michael Montgomery

Market Mondays: Listing Update Email

As a real estate agent, you need a system for listing maintenance and following up with sellers during your listing agreement. Market Monday is an email you can send your sellers on a weekly basis. This email keeps them updated on the market conditions and primes them for a price reduction. It is a simple email that includes feedback, market updates, marketing, and a REALTOR recommendation.

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How to Quickly Find a Real Estate Agent Mentor
New Agents Michael Montgomery New Agents Michael Montgomery

How to Quickly Find a Real Estate Agent Mentor

Finding a mentor in real estate is one of the first things you should do as a real estate agent. If you are a beginner real estate agent, it can be difficult to know where to start when looking for mentorship. In your real estate career, you need to form relationships with those who have walked before you and have years of experience.

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Ultimate 1-3-5 Keller Williams Goal Setting Worksheet [FREE]
Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

Ultimate 1-3-5 Keller Williams Goal Setting Worksheet [FREE]

The Keller Williams 1-3-5 Goal Setting Framework is the perfect framework for defining your goal, then building priorities and strategies. This structure is also known as Keller Wiliams GSP (Goal, Strategy, Priorities). This tool will make you a successful real estate agent provided you build the proper systems into your goal setting plan

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How Long Will It Take To Be Successful in Real Estate
New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

How Long Will It Take To Be Successful in Real Estate

As a new real estate agent, how long will it take for you to become profitable and start making money? This question comes up a lot. Realtors become licensed and are excited to get out there and start selling homes. This is not the way building a business works. It takes time and strategy to start producing and selling homes. Then after a few years when there are some deals flowing in, how do you become more profitable? Do you try to increase revenue or decrease expenses?

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Part Time Real Estate Agent Tips and Tricks
New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

Part Time Real Estate Agent Tips and Tricks

Starting your real estate career is just like starting any other new business: it takes time, effort, and money. In real estate, there is a growth stage and you keeping a job while you are building your business can be a great way to pay your bills and learn as your business expands. To be successful as a part time real estate agent, you need to focus on the highest and best use of your time and you need to keep you mindset focused on selling real estate.

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The Best Free Real Estate Agent Tools for 2019
Marketing, New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery Marketing, New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

The Best Free Real Estate Agent Tools for 2019

As a real estate agent, there are so many apps, tools, and CRMs to choose from. Each piece of software works a little differently and has certain features. What are the best tools out there if you are on a budget and want to focus on free tools only? We have your back! Here are our favorite real estate agent tools, apps, and CRMs for 2019. They include tools for meditation, productivity, organization, video, lead generation, social media, and graphic design.

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Real Estate Agent Geo Farming Plan
Marketing, New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery Marketing, New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

Real Estate Agent Geo Farming Plan

Geographic farming is the most powerful way to grow and maintain a successful real estate business.  It allows you to establish your brand and centralize your listings and sales in one geographic area.  To be a successful farmer you must commit to an area and understand that it’s a marathon, not a sprint.  Setting up these expectations and being in the right mindset right out of the gate is the key to success. As a new real estate agent, you can quickly become a geo farming pro with these quick tips.

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Building a Sustainable Real Estate Schedule

Building a Sustainable Real Estate Schedule

In real estate, you need to build your prospecting schedule with sustainability in mind. We have all been to conferences and had the rush of excitement when we get back. We plan on putting everything into action but after a few days, we lose interest and begin to stop doing these activities. Usually, this is because what we are trying to do is not sustainable. We plan to prospect for 8 hours a day, doing activities we don’t like, and we tell ourselves that we are doing it, “to be successful.” You don’t need to work 24/7 in real estate to be successful; you just need a sustainable prospecting schedule.

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Join a Real Estate Team or Go Solo?
New Agents, Systems Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems Michael Montgomery

Join a Real Estate Team or Go Solo?

There is so much to know in real estate. The list of skills required to be a successful real estate agent is endless. How does one learn everything they need to know to be a successful real estate agent? Well, it comes down to the people you pair with. That might be choosing to join a real estate team or working closely with a real estate mentor. If you are new real estate agent (0-2 years experience) a team and mentor is recommended in most cases. If you are a growing agent (3-5 years experience) then a team may work or you could just want to pair with a great mentor.

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Email Marketing Hacks for REALTORs
New Agents, Marketing, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery New Agents, Marketing, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

Email Marketing Hacks for REALTORs

As a real estate agent, email marketing can be fantastic way to build relationships with people in your database. It’s just important to you approach your real estate email marketing with the right strategy. In this podcast, we discuss a few of the best hacks for REALTORs who want to leverage the power of email marketing using such platforms as Mailchimp. You will learn about subject lines, open rates, unsubscribers and more.

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