From sales to suburban real estate realtors? Easy!

 No educational institution offers a course in "country real estate realtor". Knowledge and experience will have to be accumulated on their own, picking up the pieces. However, all of the current giants of the real estate business started somewhere. To give a good start to a newcomer - our tips.

Getting Started. Theoretical base.

1. It is better not to start a professional real estate agent path alone, but from the work in the agency that is called "with the name". The 9 agency of your choice should train and invest time and resources in the beginners.
2. As in any professional field, it is important to learn the theory thoroughly for a successful start. Sales, be it hygiene products or auto parts, have their own specifics, terminology and algorithms. It is desirable to learn them. A good company will always start a partnership with you with a learning theory.
3. Forget that in your previous job you were a respected professional. In real estate, while you are new, ask questions and inquire about anything that is new and unclear to you. Ideally, if the agency will provide an experienced mentor. Or find one among your colleagues yourself.
4. Advertise yourself and the properties entrusted to you on the internet from the early days, on all sorts of message boards, portals and real estate forums. Keep track of legislation and news regarding your new business.
5. Be sure to prepare carefully for meetings with clients. Study all the characteristics of the object of presentation, work on a possible argumentation and always have a few backup options (if the client does not like the basic). For the first meetings it is better to travel with a mentor. Remember about punctuality. Being late in this profession can cost you a fee.
6. A realtor's job involves mobility and dynamism, as well as being proactive. Since you have experience in sales, you do not need to explain what "cold calls" and, necessarily preceding a successful transaction, refusals are. Make the most out of communicating with your client and, in any case, put him in your client base. Today he sells a two-room apartment, tomorrow he wants to buy a cottage near the city.

How do beginners look for clients?

And yet? Where and how do you find your first customers in 2022 or not? How to build trust, to attract and retain customers? About one in four people in your area have sold or bought real estate in the past or will do so in the future. Countryside real estate is a promising area, because in developed countries it is prestigious to have personal homes in ecological areas. Start your activities with these steps:

• Post your ads on the Internet daily: free boards, specialized portals, real estate forums, social networks - use as many promotion channels as possible.
• Don't write off good old-fashioned paper ads. Publish your ads in local newspapers. These days not everyone knows how or likes to use the advances of technology. Some conservatives are more likely to trust the old-fashioned way.
• Business cards in the business world are your face and an extra reminder of you when you are not around and the help of a real estate professional is desperately needed. Every resident of your area, familiar or unfamiliar to you is a potential client in the future. Your hairdresser, the seller at the store at home, the letter carrier, the cab driver, yes, anyone with whom you start a conversation - must get your business card.
• Always do for the customer "a little more than..." than he expects, than he paid, than your competitor would do. Then a satisfied client will tell friends and relatives about you, will recommend you to colleagues. And actually the client can not just once in his life to sell, buy, rent or lease real estate. And now your customer base is replenished, and the fees are growing. "Word of mouth" has never been canceled.
• A great modern idea is to make photos or videos with reviews of sites and real estate itself. You can post such content on Instagram or YouTube, or any popular social network. You should add to the video or photo a detailed description of the object of sale and contacts by which you can be contacted. Don't forget that "friends" on social networks are also an excellent source of clientele.