Marcel- welcome to ActiveRain and the world of Real Estate.  You're smart to make this community a part of your daily work routine!!!

BTW- you're already a step ahead of the game by signing up here.  Read as much as you can here because you will learn from others here.  (PS Read posts by Barbara Todaro )

                     Thank you Marcell Loomis 

Marcell-Welcome to Active Rain. This is a excellent resource for business, education and above all friendships. You can follow Kathy or anyone by clicking the follow button under their picture when they comment on your post.

Welcome to Active Rain - real estate is a roller coaster ride for all of us - listings are the focus but you can work your way up to that until you feel comfortable.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Best wishes for great success in your career.

You should use your blog settings to create an automatic signature for your blogs. Readers want to see your contact information and you will want to disclose the information required in your state.

Good morning Marcell Loomis ,

Welcome to Active Rain! You are going to learn so much in reading and commenting on posts written by members. Its like taking a mini course each day! Real estate is a roller coaster ride but you can even it out and a good start is to obtain some listings. Remember any buyer you work with and close could be a new listing in 3-5 years! I just subscribed to your blog.

Good morning Marcel and welcome to the Rain. I think you are moving forward and that is what matters.

Great post! I can see why Kathy chose to highlight it this week!

Marcell Loomis welcome to Real Estate and ActiveRain! IA great way to impress your clients is to contact them regularly with updates and check ins; find out how they like being approached to: text vs. phone vs. email.

Realtors that are intimidated by listings are experiencing a natural fear: they do not know how to fully communicate their value yet. See it cost $0 to work with you as a sales agent, but it costs 6% to work with you as a listing agent, so you have to sell yourself better to listings. There is also more competition for listings so sellers feel empowered.

If you rehearse a head of time and give your best shot while presenting, you'll get the hang of it. Role play with someone you trust in advance. If you don't get hired, politely ask for feedback why? (And accept their answer, do not defend your position).

Marcell, welcome! I wish you the best of luck in this roller-coaster business of ours. Pushing yourself to create videos is admirable. I am not comfortable with it either. My advice is to keep them really short as people have a short attention span. The shorter the better.

And here is my tip to you, since you are new to ActiveRain. When you reply to comments, you need to "tag" us. This is how you do it.

You have to use the "@" before typing the name. Look at Dorie Dillard's comment above (#7). See how your name is highlighted in blue? That's what you have to do to tag someone. A little drop-down box will appear and then you click on the name. See?  Dorie Dillard 

Marcell, how I wish there was an adult version of Dr. Suess' "Oh, the Places You'll Go. You're at the first chapter my friend! Keep up the great work.

Welcome to AR Marcell and there is no question about it, many of us are on that roller coaster with you-just keep at it and it smoothes out a bit!

We are all, constantly, re-inventing how we do the things we do.  The sooner you can get used to it - the ups/downs, the feasts/famines, you'll be able to enjoy the ride.  

Listings are more about knowing the market.  Follow up with expired listings, especially the ones that haven't come back on the market after 30 or more days off the market.  Send them market statistics for their area, sold data, interest rates, etc.  Contact them indirectly with mail, then email or a phone call and then a face to face visit.  Stay persistent until they tell you to go away or that they have decided not to sell.  Good luck!

Welcome to Active Rain.  You have found a great resource.  One thing I found helpful is to have a good mentor.  Perhaps you can find a mentor who will let you come along to some listing appointments so you can gain some insights and confidence... or at least role play with you.

Marcell, real estate can be a really scary way to make a living sometimes.  But it's totally worth it.

Marcell Loomis 

Nothings beats actua people contact. Door knocking is effective.  It is a form of work out......

Welcome to the Rain! I'm here from Kathy's weekly post on Sunday. I'm sure you will do well....you certainly have started out in the right direction!

Hi Marcel

Welcome to AR!

I know what it's like to start business in a new place - I moved from Boston to Carlsbad CA 11 years ago and we knew abolustely no one here.

You are in a great place to learn from so mnay others, and there are some great ideas above. Not sure I have anything else to add but will let you know if I do. Getting to know as many people as possible will help. Learn as much as you can about the market and market conditions and share what you know about the area housing, communities, etc. here regularly.

Jeff

I'd like to tell you the roller coaster comes to a stop but it's one of those never ending rides. LOL  As a fellow introvert, you will do great! There is room for all types and we just do it in our own way. 

Welcome to ActiveRain and also to the real estate business.  You will find a lot of practical advice and real estate knowledge on this site.  All else comes  with time