From time to time my brother and I get sent e-mails with requests or questions and sometimes outright frustration on items that agents are going through. In one particular e-mail from an agent in a Las Vegas, NV where the state has been hit hard we got the following and this is an excerpt from the e-mail. I am getting calls from an ad I took out in a local real estate magazine to the tune of 276 calls each and every month but they all seem to be interested in bank owned properties and they never... 

For our loyal subscribers, you have found that we really push to help everyone book more appointments in just 3 mintues or less.  We have received some great feedback from all across the country about their results on using 3 questions in just 3 minutes for more appointments.  The nice part is that this method is not just useful for leads from the internet, it can be used for foreclosure leads and even be used by investors trying to find properties for their own investors. Joe was just featured... 

Making phone calls from the leads that come in through your website and blog is an exciting process.  After all that means someone has taken the time to read the information you have taken the time to put together and felt compelled to fill out one of your contact forms. Sometimes this excitement can lead to too much energy on the phone.  Although the people making requests online want to hear from you, they aren’t always prepared to actually hear their phone ring. so quickly!  When you... 

Whether you have huge volumes of leads or you have just a few dribbling in, it is essential to make to maximize each one to find out if there is a real opportunity or just somone who will waste your time.  Even with online marketing in real estate people still want the help of speaking to a professional that will help them with their goals.  Understanding their needs before you ever pick up the phone will lead to more appointments coming through your door. For many a real estate professional the... 

My brother and I hear all the time “Buyers are Liars” and these days we hear “REO\Bank Owned Buyers are Liars”. Ready for the truth? They aren’t lying so much as they aren’t telling you the whole story. I know you might be thinking that is the same thing but stay with me here for a minute. REO Buyers are primarily looking for one and only one thing: The greatest deal that they are ever going to get in their lives! Just about every buyer who is interested in buying... 

Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you exactly what you had to do? You didn’t like being bossed around, told what to do, and having absolutely no power whatsoever. It was a feeling of helplessness. If you didn’t feel that way I envy you because my brother and I did and we always stuck together to see what we could get out of. As an adult no one likes being bossed around. Sure every once in awhile someone has to tell us how to do something that we asked them for but we... 

How about working with a motivated buyer who actually wants to get things done? There “buyers” out there who are really just browsers and then there are buyers who just want to get something done. Some of these people are searching all over the Internet, newspapers, & driving around town to find the house they want and they still don’t have an agent yet! Why don’t these people have an agent? Sometimes these people don’t have an agent yet because they think they don’t... 

I am of course a HUGE fan of getting more traffic to websites.  Hopefully you know by now that Joe and I want your websites and blogs to have a veritable flood of people every day coming to your blogs eager to contact you. As much as we both love traffic (and leads) it is imperative that we do something with all of those leads!  It’s early here in 2009 so we wanted to make sure to address this issue.  Focusing on leads and traffic are great, but you need to focus on conversion!  Seriously,... 

Law and Order and CSI are really some great shows on television.  There always seems to be one of them on every night.  If you have watched these shows before they do a great job of taking you through the crime and usually even getting the bad guy.   They often feature an interrogation where they will just hammer on the suspect until the confess.  Two police officers proceed to tell the suspect what they did, and ask load questions like “isnt’ that how you killed her?”. ... 

As you start generating leads online, you will find that people will be requesting information on a variety of topics.  Some of the things they may request information on are: A particular neighborhood An condo complex An individual listing Information about loan programs The best agents working leads from their real estate websites and blogs will follow up on these requests.  Some people will provide phone numbers while others a simple e-mail address.  All are worth following up on as you never...