Real Estate Marketing & Sales Essentials: Steps For Success

Real estate can be a rewarding career — for those with the savvy to succeed. Written by a real estate training authority, Real Estate Marketing Sales Essentials: Steps for Success equips new and experienced agents alike with a comprehensive resource of invaluable tips, advice, and hands-on instruction on how to convert their knowledge into sales — and profits. The book walks readers through the major daily activities of real estate professionals, including prospecting for seller appointments, seller listing procedures, prospecting for buyer appointments, buyer listing procedures, objection handling techniques, client follow-up, referrals, contract writing, negotiation, closing, financing, and more. It also offers sound advice on the characteristics of successful salespeople, equipping readers with insight on such key skills as professionalism, ethics, technology, time management, and the psychology of marketing. Agents are already sold, praising Steps for Success for its real-world scenarios, out-of-the-box thinking, humorous examples, valuable timesavers, and cost-cutting advice.

Overview 1. Real Estate Professionalism and Ethics 2. Characteristics of Successful Salespeople and Time Management 3. Technology in Real Estate 4. Psychology of Marketing 5. Marketing and Advertising 6. Law of Agency and Alternative Representative Agreements 7. Prospecting for Seller Appointments 8. Seller Listing Procedures 9. Prospecting for Buyer Appointments 10. Buyer Listing Procedures 11. Objection Handling Techniques 12. Client Follow-up 13. Contract Writing 14. Negotiating and Closing 15. After Acceptance 16. Financing 17. Referrals 18. Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Consumer Protection Act Appendix Glossary of Terms