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The 50% most agents forget to market to
Experienced agents get about half their deals from people who already know them, and spend most of their marketing budget on people who do not.
Read MoreWhat a slow market actually filters for
Existing-home sales are at their lowest since 1995, and the agents who make it through are not the ones with the biggest ad budget.
Read MoreThe hour a day you spend on marketing, itemized
An hour a day is 250 hours a year. Here is what those hours are spent on, and why so little of it ends up in front of anyone.
Read MoreSolo agent, 70-hour week: what to hand off first
Successful solo agents report 70-hour weeks. The ones who get out of that hole hand off three things first, and none of them is a piece of software.
Read MoreYou know video works. Here is why you still aren’t doing it
Most agents agree video works and fewer than one in ten do it consistently. The gap is not knowledge. It is five specific reasons, and each has a fix.
Read MoreWhat a listing video costs in 2026, and what it should
A listing video runs $250 to $1,000 in 2026, which is why most agents skip it, and why the math deserves a second look.
Read MoreThe agent who hates the camera: a field guide
You have recorded a dozen reels and posted none of them. Here is what is going on, and a way to record once and stop.
Read MoreTwice as many agents as listings. How the listing picks the agent
There are roughly two agents for every listing. Here is what a seller actually sees when they look you up, and what tips the choice.
Read MoreWhat one Zillow lead costs in your market, and what else that buys
Zillow’s published average is $223 a lead in major metros. Here is what that figure includes, what it leaves out, and what the same money does elsewhere.
Read MoreThe buyer agreement conversation, done before the meeting
Buyers now ask why this agent and why this fee before they sit down. The agents who win that conversation had it on video weeks earlier.
Read MoreHow to be the local market economist without reading a single report
Your clients are more worried about the economy than you are, and monthly market update videos with five local numbers are how you become the person they ask.
Read MoreWhat to tell a seller who still wants the 2021 price
Sellers anchored to the 2021 peak are not being unreasonable, they are uninformed, and the fix is data they have already seen from you.
Read MoreThe proptech you bought and never logged into
Brokers say almost half of agents sign up for tools and never learn them, and the fix is not another tool with a better dashboard.
Read MoreFour in ten agents have caught an AI error before a client saw it
AI errors in real estate marketing are common and mostly caught, but the ones that get through land on price, compliance and your name.
Read MoreFor brokers: the retention benefit your agents would actually notice
Brokers say retention beats recruiting, most cannot see who is leaving, and the benefit that would register is the one that removes work from the agent’s week.
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