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This experience has demonstrated to me three facts about many, not all , real estate agents: They do not understand the sales process and therefore, They consistently engage in really bad marketing and this results in, They violate the #1 Sales Buying Rule. MORE
What I have learned is 90% or better of the real estate marketing messages we have received are missing the sales target. Had these real estate agents made any personal outreach they would have learned this card is not for us. MORE
For Sale By Owner (FSBO) real estate market is expanding. Some real estate agents are even resentful of this emerging market and whine to others within their industry or spheres of influence. From my own experience in selling our home under the FSBO sales process, I am astounded as to how easily most real estate agents give up. Those real estate agents who can adapt will increase sales; those who cannot adapt will lose sales. MORE
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Having been in the process of selling our home, I have experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of real estate marketing. residential real estate industry is incompetence of real estate agents. MORE
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What I have observed is how real estate marketing separate those with the “desire to sell” from the “desire to show.” One of these real estate agents is very proactive with a proven track record of selling higher value homes because of her strong desire to sell. MORE
Perhaps we could look at a more complex sale, that of real estate. Many predicted the demise of the real estate agent 15 years ago, but the evidence shows that these reps are still going strong despite a much more empowered customer. MORE
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Their Danger Report released over a year ago revealed the number one problem with those selling real estate is their overall incompetence. Having recently engaged in selling our home, I can attest the majority of real estate agents (over 50%) are door openers not real salespeople. Having been in sales for nearly 40 plus years I was truly amazed by the casual fact finding attitude of the real estate people I interviewed.
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In the real estate industry this is truly a Stone Age practice and has not kept up with the evolving marketplace. In real estate on average, there is a 6% commission. Unfortunately in real estate industry the seller pays both sides of the commission.
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Believe it or not the residential real estate market has changed. Yet excuses of its takes too much time to the inability to write effective marketing messages seem to still justify the use of impersonalized real estate marketing messages.
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This experience has demonstrated to me three facts about many, not all , real estate agents: They do not understand the sales process and therefore, They consistently engage in really bad marketing and this results in, They violate the #1 Sales Buying Rule.
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