Earning a New York real estate license begins a career of open options and high reward. What is a New York Real Estate License? Selling real estate can be one of the most exciting careers one can enter. In addition to excitement, the field also produces one of the greatest ratios of millionaires and other [...]
The pre-licensing class is only one New York real estate course offered. The Real Estate Course According to the US Census Bureau, in 2012 about 65% of Americans owned their own home. That means in any given crowd 2 out of 3 people have been real estate clients at least once in their life; and [...]
Customer Service: It's making a comeback Is it smart business for an agent or brokerage to say these words? “I’m sorry. We can’t help you with that. Your best bet would be to call one of our competitors.” The obvious answer is no! However, as surreal as it may seem, I know of agents that [...]
What is a Sphere of Influence? We have all heard the saying “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. The real estate business is very much about who you know. The term used these days is "sphere of influence" or SOI. Whether you are an individual agent or the owner of a brokerage [...]
Cash Flow is Everything I have a saying that I tell agents all the time “Rentals pays your rent and sales buy your home”. Agents that do rentals have much quicker and consistent cash flow. It just makes sense. The advantage to rent a few properties a month while you are waiting for your sales [...]
Nothing works without “Start Up Capital” The rental side of the business has many advantages for both brokerages and individual agents. In this series I am going to outline many of the benefits to both companies and agents. The first topic that will be addressed is the capital required to launch a company or an individual career in real [...]
Execution is the key to success This is the final installment of this blog series “The G$ System: Maximizing Your Rental Business”. The big question left is “Are you doing it? Are you “executing” what you have learned in this series?” I have trained thousands of agents in my career and every month I teach [...]
Do you want to make more money? For most real estate agents the answer is a resounding “YES!” Unfortunately, at many companies if an agent approaches management and asks the question “How do I make more money?” the only real answer that management has is “You should work harder and longer hours and then you [...]
Stay in Touch with Previous Clients One of my core beliefs is that the only way this will be a great business for most people is when the majority of their leads are “repeat business and referrals”. Churning and burning new business or cold leads is no way to make a living. I believe the [...]
Closing is an objective, not THE objective I believe that “closing” is overrated by most agents. Many agents ask me for advice on closing techniques. I don’t believe you need to be an “arm twister” to do well in this business. I have a fundamental belief that if you walk the right person into the right [...]