Something that’s important to understand when making listing presentations is that you’re constantly being compared to your competitors, so you need to clearly stand out as the best choice your owners could ever make in a commercial real estate agent. With this in mind, utilizing testimonials in your presentation packages from people you’ve already successfully closed transactions with can definitely help you stand out, because people are used to hearing salespeople talk about how great they are, and why they are definitely the best. But reading 10-40 testimonials from your past clients, discussing how great their experience was in working with you, can get your owners to believe that they’ll have this exact same kind of experience with you when they hire you to list and market their property…
Read MoreOne of the situations that you definitely want to avoid when making listing presentations, is making a presentation when you have zero or very little chance of landing the listing. This can happen when the decision maker has already determined who they’ll be listing with, but they just want to receive some additional listing presentations for their own due diligence. In addition, within the corporate environment, the person may be told by their boss that they should receive 3-4 listing presentations in total along with the broker presentation packages, even though the broker who will get the listing has already been determined by the company.
So with this in mind, here is a question that I recommend you ask an owner whenever they’re inviting you to make a listing presentation to them…
Read MoreOnce you’ve identified an owner who will be listing their property in the weeks and months ahead, how do you differentiate yourself from all of the other brokers while you’re still waiting for the owner to get ready to list? During this 2-3 minute video I’ll show you how to stand out in the owner’s mind as the one expert consultant or advisor who has all of the answers for them....
Read MoreWhen it’s time to ask your owners for an extension on your commercial real estate listings, they need to feel that you’ve been doing everything you can to move the listing, and that you’ve been doing everything you can to keep them informed on what’s going on. But if you’ve been dropping out all communication with them during the listing period instead, they’ll be likely to now list the property with one of your competitors, instead of extending the listing with...
Read MoreHere’s a recent 35-minute teleconference that I led titled “5 Key Activities to Explode Your Commercial Real Estate Business”. If you’re looking to kickstart your commercial real estate brokerage business, listen to this teleconference and start implementing some of the key ideas in...
Read MoreWhen you give gifts to your clients throughout the year, you create the bond that leads to you getting constant, repeat business from them, and you make it difficult for them to ever want to work with your competitors....
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