6 Tips for Choosing a Great Real Estate Agent in Los Angeles, CA (VIDEO)

6 Tips for Choosing a Great Real Estate Agent in Los Angeles, CA (VIDEO)

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After speaking with hundreds of real estate agents in Los Angeles, California. Yes, that includes bad agents, good agents, terrible agents, agents that are just getting started, and agents that are profitable and run large teams. It is clear that the good agents and the profitable agents know something that the others don’t know. After analyzing the conversations let me share with you want I found.

1. A Good Profitable Real Estate Agent Know Something That Others Don’t Know

  • It’s a numbers game
  • Follow-up creates Winners
  • Busy kills sales and momentum

Yes, these three secrets may sound simple but that’s where you are wrong. “The greatest leverage comes from the smallest pivot point.” You might say you have heard these secrets before or you know this stuff already. Or you might be thinking where is the new stuff,

But let me address the biggest reason why a real estate agent fails first. Based on hundreds of conversations with those agents who are stuck under the $30,000 a year level. That means they are losing the game of being a real estate agent and are trapped in a business cycle that resembles depressing chaos.

2. Have an Execution Plan

Agents fail to become Awesome because they fail to execute on systems and implement. They are afraid of the telephone and can’t control their lead guilt. Lead guilt is that lousy feeling or knot in your stomach when you are getting leads but not following up with them. Allowing them to go cold because you are “busy” and not responding in a timely manner.

Failing agents are busy but not profitable. These agents don’t understand busy is not profitable. They don’t know how to focus their energy on dollar productive tasks rather than busy tasks.

Failing agents spend their time bouncing from the new widget, or secret marketing strategy to the next secret marketing strategy. Without implementing or giving the strategy time to work. Profitable and successful agents understand nothing works the first time and everything takes time. You need to have the time and systems inlace to follow up with your leads. Why?

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3. Know Which One of Your Leads Are Ready to Buy

Only 3% of your leads are ready to buy right now. That’s right 3%. That means 97% of leads are displaying buying intent, however, are not ready to take action. This could be buying or selling or renting. There is a customer journey for every lead. This means the time it will take for that lead to Act. Just because you are browsing properties does mean, you’re qualified and ready to sign a contract. That means you are buying leads and 97% of them are not ready to sign a contract today. So what do you do?

Tip: If you would like to know how you can increase the quality of your leads with better list (audience) segmentation. Contact our team, and we will be happy to show you how you can increase conversions and reduce CPA up to 70%. Targeting those leads in-market with buying intent can save you a lot of time and money.

If you are part of the real estate agent that is stuck you move on to the next lead or lead source. Bad agents say “… leads suck” or “… Leads are bad.” However, this is far from the truth. The best agents know that follow-up matters. Follow-up is all about creating touchpoints to continually engage all your leads in conversation. The great news is this conversation can happen online, in their head, or with your assistant or chatbot.

4. It’s a Numbers Game

Profitable agents know that it’s a numbers game to win. You work the numbers, and you will win the game of being an awesome agent. Profitable agents understand the 3% rule and work the 3% rule. This means continually making a connection with your lead to find today’s 3%.

Tips: Profitable agents know their numbers. They know their new leads, postcards, follow-up campaign sequence, is it 3 days, 30 days, 90 days, newsletters, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, lead referrals, the average time to convert based on lead source.

For example, generating over $100,000 in Commissions takes 200 telephone calls per week. We call this the March to Awesome 100k Additional, where we have created the complete blueprint of how to generate $100,000 in commissions.

5. Don’t Skip Foundational Basics

The formula has not changed, and it is the foundation of sales. However, bad agents want to skip the foundational basics or have a belief that it does not apply to them. The success formula is all numbers. 1,000 touches a week, 200 outbound phone calls result in 40 conversations. Which will be 4 appointments and 2 listings.

Why 1,000 touches? Touches are everything that is not a conversation. This includes Facebook messages or social media posts, postcards, newsletters, letter mailings geo-farming to generate your 3%.

Touches are reasons for you to engage with your list on multiple channels. A touch can cause an inbound buying intent action. This means that your lead has the intent to do something with you or refer you.

6. Find Various Ways to Engage With Other Real Estate Agent

Winning agents are continually looking for systems and ways to engage. There is nothing better than an inbound phone call or conversation request via SMS, FB, or Web chat. However, this is further stimulated by outbound calls. There is a difference between buying systems to use, and implementing them into your business. Implementing even the simplest of simples beats complicated or fancy systems.

Yes, that’s right outbound calls. The telephone is still the best way to do business. Yes, there are other channels like Facebook, or Text Message, or WeChat but it is all related to the telephone. The more you call and have active conversations rather than passive the more deals you will close.

Active conversations are moving people toward contracts. Passive conversations talk about social topics and don’t have any commitment or obligation to act. Without a commitment to take action there is no commission check. It is like telling the person the check is in the mail.