Hello and a excellent post here in the rain and one that newbies need to see.  Can I reblog it in a couple of weeks?

I think real estate schools completely forget to tell those new agents that they have to prospect. Nobody is going to hand them business on a silver platter.

Jenna Dixon 
So glad you shared these ideas with new agents. You certainly hit the nail on the head a few times for me!! All the best - Lynn

When I do my staging, I have to do it in the proposal for each client uniquely suited to them, and I find that works best for staging with Feng Shui.

Lynn B. Friedman People starting out usually have to learn how to walk before they can run with their business goals, ya know? This is pretty vital stuff she put down here.

I'm always looking for shortcuts.  I've always said, laziness is the mother of invention.  For example, even though I hate GAMLS, I use their Transaction Desk system for my contracts because it allows me a nice shortcut.  It allows me to create a template that allows me to pre-populate much of the contract so it's really easy to create an offer in half the time it took me in the rDocs of FMLS.

Love, love, love this post, Jenna! We are SO glad you're back...in the business AND the Rain! 

As for the advice - awesome! I think a lot of people think flying by the seat of your pants and not prospecting, planning or budgeting is likely the cause for so much failure in our business. Plain and simply, they don't operate like this is a business and when they don't, failure is sure to follow!

Absolutely great seeing you in Atlanta Saturday! I'm so glad to finally put a face with the blogs! (Not to mention, I've heard so much about you from Tammy Lankford, too!)

Jenna, Jenna, Jenna... where ya been, girl?

Good to see you back!  Saw that you'd been at the AR meetup in ATL, so not totally surprised to see you back here :)

Dear Jenna,

Smart advice.

Great advice. This isn't an easy business to be in. It takes hard work and ambition. Thank you for sharing!

That really is what it boils down to - "there are no shortcuts". Unlike on TV, this isn't a career choice where we run around on beautiful days showing three houses to each client, writing up an offer, and zipping over to the closing table.

Thanks for your post!

Thanks for sharing.

I think we can not say it enough: "You Run a Business". That encompasses all the aspects of being self employed. It takes education, finances and management skills.

Good evening Jenna Dixon,

Congratulations on the featured post and so glad to see you back posting. You are right..there are no shortcuts!

This woman has a solid testimony...

Congrats on your success and sharing your advice with the rest of us!

Hi Jenna

Congrats on the feature first of all, and second I'm glad to hear you are back. You've offered some pretty sage advice and honesty and anyone reading it, especially someone starting out new, will appreciate and learn from it.

Jeff

I appreciate your candor and your honesty about leaving the full time real estate business for a period of time. All too often we hear the succes stories or the "I sold 35 homes, it was a slow year". Those numbers don't jive with national averages, so it can be perplexing, at least to me. Unfortunately, I think there are a lot of "puffers" out there.