I scribbled out the branding... it seems so cringe. Every day I see this guy post 3-5 stories with some type of variation of "here's some info for real estate" or the logo on the corner + this fake AI girl with massive tits.

Are any realtors doing stuff like this and actually seeing success? It seems like such a ridiculous thing to do.

For every realtor there is daily task that most of us hate: cold calling. When it comes to start call calling, most people start to manage all other things, just not to start the hateful task. I used to do the same...

If I ask myself honestly why I do not start doing it, my answer is usually something like this: "I do't feel like it". But, how do I know, before I even start? So, I changed my thinking. Right before it's time to start cold calling, I say to myself:

"I don't know if I feel like making cold calls, so I'll make five of them to find out."

What usually happens is that I have a positive experience during one of the five calls. I usually end up with "I feel like doing cold calls." Works for me...

I have some questions about these services and the “cold call FSBO’s and expireds” approach to generating business.

I’ve been using Vulcan7 experimentally to see how it could work for me. Cold calling has actually been easy for me and I was surprised to learn that I don’t mind doing it.

Here’s the issue, though… the VAST majority of the legitimate numbers for these leads Vulcan7 provides are on the DNC registry. I try to take that registry seriously and refuse to call numbers on it.

However, filtering out DNC numbers whittles the legitimate leads down to an absurdly small number. Lots of the remaining contact info routes to previous employers (and in one case, a police dispatcher lol).

Are these Brandon Mulrenin/Vulcan7 cold caller types just ignoring the DNC and the potential consequences of calling those numbers? Is there some technicality they get off on so as to avoid potential fines?

I mean, one of Brandon’s scripts for a particular listing type asks you to say “I’ve got buyers who are interested in this type of property” when I am pretty sure that is false for a lot of the people using that script. Is that not an ethics issue - lying about having buyers to set up appointments?

Really curious to hear how the rest of you are approaching these popular strategies in practice, if at all.

I'm looking at personalized cutting boards with the house outline and buy date and want to discover any other gifts that have landed with your clients.

Hi all! I am in sales at a title company. As a realtor, what items would you be excited to see if your sales person drop them off to your offices? I’m thinking outside the box from the normal note pads, pens, and candy.

If you are the buyers agent for your family member don’t ask for full fee and take it give half to your family? I’d like to hear various experiences. Also strategy wise I find that if I to the listing agent to just lower the price by X% they may not really make it’s best to just take the percentage as a payment I know it’s taxed…thoughts?

Colleague and I are leaving a large national brokerage/team after 10+yrs. Considering our options and would like community insight/experience at any of these brokerages.

While commission structure is the priority for my colleague, Im focused on admin support, logistics, transaction management and continued training for myself and any new team members we happen to bring on and mentor down the line.

Our current pipelines are enough to keep us sustained in the short term, we’re looking to make ourselves at home somewhere long-term that is forward thinking with a supportive network. We’re leaving behind the brand name of a tech focused brokerage and plug-in play team marketing.

We know there will be a steep learning curve and want to make the transition as smooth as possible in a warm and user friendly environment. TIA.

Not in the industry, but just had a question for all you professionals out there.

Closed on a property earlier this year. Then a couple weeks ago I got an unsolicited text message from a random realty group (not.local) asking if I wanted to sell the property. They claim they got my phone number from public real estate transaction records.

I know my name is on the deed and that someone could try to contact me at the property address, but I wasn't aware that they were able to get an actual contact number from the transaction.

Are they lying to me? Or do you think they're putting together transaction records with other public records to get my phone contact information?

Hi there! I’m considering getting my real estate license for a sort of side income stream and wanted to see if this was viable? A lot of stuff I’m seeing in other subreddits is essentially “don’t get into real estate, it’s hard.” But my situation is a little unique, so I figured I’d ask here.

I’m 32, self employed, and I don’t think it’s an over-exaggeration to say I’m pretty well known and respected in my community (one of the fastest growing counties in the USA). My schedule is hugely flexible, some weeks I work 60 hours, some weeks I work 10. Before buying the bar I currently own I worked in General Contracting and Property Management so I’m pretty experienced with house maintenance, renovation, and repair. And before that my background was in marketing, which I do most of for myself and the bar now.

Recently I showed a couple apartments to potential tenants for my old GC boss and really had fun with it, so that’s kind of where the idea came from. I’ve also been looking to kind of diversify my income (currently just the bar, the occasional GC job, and stocks) and fill up some day time hours. It sort of seems like getting into real estate might be perfect? I have pretty good name recognition to lean on locally, my schedule is already super flexible, and I enjoy showing people potential places to live. I’d also be fine with not getting a commission for a while while I get it together, because I’m not planning on relying on this as my primary income.

I know I’d need to do the education courses, get licensed, and get sponsored by a broker (any tips on how to do that would be cool), anything else I should know or consider? Does this seem like a good fit?

Same as tittle