How To Easily Make $100,000 in Real Estate
New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

How To Easily Make $100,000 in Real Estate

In real estate, making $100,000 is a very achievable goal. Having a commission goal of $100,000 is a common number that most new and growing real estate agents will set for themselves and you can hit this goal even if you don’t have any people in your database. In this post and podcast, you will learn how you can go from have no people in your database to $100,000 in real estate commission in 1-2 years.

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Why You Don't Like To Prospect in Real Estate
New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery New Agents, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

Why You Don't Like To Prospect in Real Estate

For most real estate agents, their favorite activity in real estate is not prospecting, however, prospecting is the main driver behind a REALTOR's income. Most agents end up trying to prospect daily by doing activities they don't like or don't fit with their personalities. What if prospecting didn't have to be such a challenge and you could look forward to your daily prospecting?

In this real estate agent training podcast, you will learn why you may not like prospecting and what you can do about it.

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Do You Have a Lead Quality Problem in Real Estate?
New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

Do You Have a Lead Quality Problem in Real Estate?

As a new real estate agent, one of the main challenges that you will face is getting leads. This is a common problem that not only new real estate agents have but also experienced REALTORs. The need for more leads doesn’t end as you move forward in real estate, but your perspective might change. The initial mindset is “I need more leads” or “I need better leads.” There is nothing wrong with wanting more leads but chances are you aren’t necessarily just looking for leads, you want more buyers and sellers in your pipeline. Just a name with a wrong phone number and an unresponsive email is not necessarily what you want. You want true buyers and sellers.

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Zero Resistance FSBO Prospecting

Zero Resistance FSBO Prospecting

There is a ton of information out there on how to get an FSBO to list with you. Working to build trust with a for sale by owner prospect takes skill and a FSBO prospecting plan. With this, you can make FSBO leads one of the largest sources of business for you as a REALTOR. The problem with most FSBO prospecting plans is they are too pushy and create resistance. These old school tactics may have worked in previous years, but leads respond much differently in our modern world and if you are not meeting the FSBO prospect with value, you have little chance at landing the listing.

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5 Fast Tips for Overcoming Failure in as a New Real Estate Agent
New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

5 Fast Tips for Overcoming Failure in as a New Real Estate Agent

Failure in real estate is a hard pill to swallow. You put so much work into securing the listing or building trust with a buyer and they go another direction. The seller lists with another agent and the buyer walks into an open house and buys through the listing REALTOR. What gives? Failure is part of real estate and, to be honest, it shouldn’t even be called failure. Failure has a negative connotation and what we are dealing with her is not negative, it’s just learning, growing, and practice.

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The Best Questions to Ask Real Estate Leads
Buyers, New Agents, Sellers, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery Buyers, New Agents, Sellers, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

The Best Questions to Ask Real Estate Leads

In real estate, most training is around script training and objection handling. These concepts are very important for real estate agents, but oftentimes, the questions we ask are the key to connecting with leads. If you ask the right questions, you find out so much about the lead, what their needs are, and you begin to understand their motivation. Real estate leads need to feel heard and they can pick up instantly on any feelings of insincerity. Asking the right questions is truly one of the keys that every real estate agent needs to know to sell more homes and connect with more people.

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New Real Estate Agent Networking Hacks
New Agents, Prospecting and Sales, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Prospecting and Sales, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

New Real Estate Agent Networking Hacks

Networking is a key part of selling real estate. As a new real estate agent, you need to have the skills to successfully meet people at events and build relationships with them. Networking and events can make up a huge part of your business building process, but you need to know how to effectively networking with people and work a room.

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Survivorship Bias in Real Estate Agent Training
New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

Survivorship Bias in Real Estate Agent Training

As a new real estate agent, you want to be successful, you crave that feeling of putting up multiple listings signs every week and a pay cheque waiting for you at the end of every week. As a new REALTOR or growing real estate agent, you listen to the pros at your office, in your market, and in books, podcasts, and blogs throughout the world. You intently listen to their stories thinking that if you do what they did, you will have their success. It’s natural to think that if you if follow their “one trick to ultimate success,” you will be the next in line for this success.

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The ONE Key to Success as a New Real Estate Agent

The ONE Key to Success as a New Real Estate Agent

In real estate there are a few very important things that will lead to a successful career. Often, we can over complicate the process and lose track of what is most important to our success. If you want to continue to grow your business over time, there is one thing that can almost guarantee your success. One trait that if you stick to it will put you in the top percentage of REALTORs before you know it.

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Tips For Staying Organized in Real Estate
New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

Tips For Staying Organized in Real Estate

Staying organized in real estate is very important but it can also be very challenging. When you are first getting started, there may not be the deal flow to keep track of but there is still a lot of learning, prospecting, and marketing to organize.

In this new real estate agent training podcast, you will learn a few quick tips to help you stay organized in real estate.

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Do You Have Passion for Your Career in Real Estate?
New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery New Agents, Systems, Personal Growth Michael Montgomery

Do You Have Passion for Your Career in Real Estate?

Where you instantly drawn to a career in real estate? Did you want to be a real estate agent when you were young and growing up? If so, you are one of very few real estate agents out there. Most REALTORs found there way into the career later on in life. Maybe someone said you would be great in sales or you have a business background, or maybe you caught the entrepreneurial bug or you bought a house and thought, “hey, I can do that!” Either way, most real estate agents find their way into this career later in life and don’t go up dreaming of selling homes.

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The BEST Content Marketing Channel for Real Estate
Marketing, New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery Marketing, New Agents, Systems, Prospecting and Sales Michael Montgomery

The BEST Content Marketing Channel for Real Estate

As a real estate agent, you need to be leveraging content marketing to help attract more leads and prospects to you, but, with all the content marketing channels out there, which is the best one for a real estate agent? Content marketing in real estate can consist of blogging, social media, video, podcasting/audio, and even books and speaking. With all these approaches to content marketing and only so much time to dedicate to producing content, it can be hard to find the right channel to use as a REALTOR.

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