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Summer Road Kit: Time saving tips for real estate professionals

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Summer is here, and people from coast to coast are packing up their cars and hitting the road. Unfortunately, while most of your friends and neighbors are enjoying summer vacations, you’re probably hitting the road for the busy summer real estate season. Whether your schedule is packed with touring homes, hosting open houses, or attending closings with clients, the days are long and the time spent in your car seems even longer.

When your car has become your office and your phone has become your computer, the old rules of doing business go right out the window. That’s why we’ve created the Summer Road Kit, a series of short guides to help you make the most of this busy season.

Included in the Real Estate Summer Road Kit: Managing your business on-the-go

  • Guide 1 – Summer time saving tips
  • Guide 2 – How to build your pipeline on-the-go
  • Guide 3 – Time saving mobile apps for agents
  • BONUS! Guide 4 – Capture listing leads with these Craigslist headlines

 Download the Real Estate Summer Road Kit now for all these great guides!

 

Summer Road Kit: Time saving tips for real estate professionals 

Saving time and creating efficiency's is always important, but when you’re spending more time on the road and less time at your office, it becomes crucial to your success. Check out these five tips for saving time when you’re racing the clock. 

  • Don’t work 24/7, just make it seem like you are. As a real estate professional, you probably feel obligated to be available around the clock. You wouldn’t want to miss out on a great new client, right? 

  • Automate your lead generation. According to the 2013 NAR Member Profile, The typical REALTOR® earns a combined 42 percent of his or her business through past clients and their referrals. While repeat business and referrals are the preferred lead source for most agents, they will never make up 100% of your closed transactions. So where do you find the rest of your leads? 

  • Stop drowning in email. According to a recent study by Velocify, contacting leads by email increases your chance for conversion by an average of 53%. But how are you going to stay on top of emailing leads quickly when you’re away from your desk? 

  • Keep all your leads in one place. Where do you manage and track all your leads? Chances are you have emails, voice mails, post it notes, business cards, and cocktail napkins full of important information about your leads. 

  • Hire an assistant. You don’t need a large business to make use of an assistant. 


Read more on each time saving tip

Download the guide Summer Road Kit: Managing your business on-the-go




 

 

 

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Jack Markham

VP Real Estate Strategy

Equator.com

  

Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

An assistant can give you back your life...excellent reminder!

Jul 12, 2013 01:59 AM
Jack Markham
Equator.com - Seattle, WA

Thanks Li!

Jul 12, 2013 02:30 AM
Florida Tolbert Team Keller Williams Advantage
Keller Williams Advantage III Realty in Lake Nona - Orlando, FL
Keller Williams Land Luxury Division Specialist

And VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS work around the world and around the clock so you don't have to. 

Jul 12, 2013 11:09 AM
Allison Bernard
Keller Williams Central Rhode Island - East Greenwich, RI
Real Estate & Relocation Services 401-533-6916

My three year plan as a new agent is to have 2 jobs: My first job is agent and my second is assistant.  So when my pipeline truly warrants an assistant I will know how to train her.  I even set up two different desks.  And yes I am spending about 95% percent of the time at the assistant's desk!

Jul 15, 2013 12:17 PM
Robert Hicks
United Country River City Realty - Savannah, TN

Thanks for sharing.. Good info here.

Jul 15, 2013 11:13 PM
Jack Markham
Equator.com - Seattle, WA

@ Allison - Love the Accountability!

@ Robert - Thanks!

Jul 16, 2013 12:56 AM
Bill Morrow
Keller Williams of Central PA - Mechanicsburg, PA
Bill Morrow, Associate Broker

And may i suggest keeping a paper log of your communications and thoughts while away as it is a great way to review things and keep your priorities organized when you arrive back home.

Jul 16, 2013 01:33 AM
Travis "the SOLD man" Parker; Broker/Owner
Travis Realty - Enterprise, AL
email: Travis@theSOLDman.me / cell: 334-494-7846

Excellent list. I'm downloading the complete list as I type. THANK YOU!

Jul 16, 2013 02:00 AM
Rob Arnold
Sand Dollar Realty Group, Inc. - Altamonte Springs, FL
Metro Orlando Full Service - Investor Friendly & F

Hiring an assistant and using technology to its fullest are the top 2 things everyone should do to get their time under control.  It makes it so much easier to streamline things and allow you to concentrate on marketing and gaining more business.

Jul 16, 2013 02:07 AM
Bob Miller
Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty - Ocala, FL
The Ocala Dream Team

Thanks Jack, we already have the program thanks to Keller Williams' eEdge Lead to Close CRM.  It is awesome!

Jul 16, 2013 02:13 AM
Kimo Jarrett
Cyber Properties - Huntington Beach, CA
Pro Lifestyle Solutions

Vacation means without working, so planning ahead, and delegating tasks or responsibilities while you're gone certainly proves to you and your family how successful you are, so plan ahead and enjoy your family and friends while on your vacation.

Jul 16, 2013 02:25 AM
Gene Riemenschneider
Home Point Real Estate - Brentwood, CA
Turning Houses into Homes

You got me.  I actually requested it.  Have a great day.

Jul 16, 2013 09:04 AM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker
I've set up a whole new program along with my new website. Still tweaking it. I can already see the time saving happening.
Jul 16, 2013 01:18 PM