Reviving Your Listing Strategy in Real Estate
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Reviving Your Listing Strategy in Real Estate

Conversations create new business, and that is precisely how commercial real estate brokerage works. The more you can start conversations as an agent, the more you will find listings and fresh new business. Real estate brokerage is not unique in that basic business rule, yet some agents forget or do not focus enough on implementing…

Cultivating Success: 5 Compelling Reasons to Pursue an Investment Sales Career
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Cultivating Success: 5 Compelling Reasons to Pursue an Investment Sales Career

I have shared here the five reasons why I think a career in commercial real estate is a great choice. Of course, it is not for everyone, but particularly for those who bring personal discipline and drive to the industry. Are you ready to work hard? Sure, there are things to know and develop, but…

The Prospectors Playbook: Targeted Listing Prospecting
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The Prospectors Playbook: Targeted Listing Prospecting

In commercial real estate brokerage today, as an agent, you can improve your prospecting results by approaching things with a targeted approach. In other words, calling specific types of people for reasons that you have identified includes certain property owners in particular precincts and with specific properties. When you put that ‘target’ focus into a…

A Sales Checklist for Commercial Real Estate Brokerage: What It Is and How It Works

A Sales Checklist for Commercial Real Estate Brokerage: What It Is and How It Works

In commercial real estate brokerage, developing a sales checklist is an excellent idea to help you achieve personal progress and coverage as an agent in your allocated territory. Progress in real estate is all about organisation, and you can get that organisation by using a checklist or systemised process. So, it is very personal in…

Winning the Deal: A Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Commercial Real Estate Sales Plan

Winning the Deal: A Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Commercial Real Estate Sales Plan

A sales plan is the best way to progress with commercial real estate listings and clients. You can ‘sell’ yourself and your services as part of that plan. That means more listings in the future. Some agents overcomplicate things by marketing across a large portion of their territory or city, and then they wonder why…

How to Negotiate Like a Pro in Real Estate
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How to Negotiate Like a Pro in Real Estate

Let’s face a fundamental and ‘raw’ fact as real estate agents and brokers. Everything we do in commercial real estate every day involves several negotiation factors. It stands to reason that improving our negotiation skills will help each of us substantially with listings, transactions, and commissions. How can you move ahead with that? Practiced negotiation…