What is the best way to generate real estate leads?
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There is no easy way to generate leads.  It is all hard work...passing out your cards, word of mouth, referrals.  In my area  a lot of agents ignor fsbo's and if you approach them right you will get them every time.  Do not send a letter or call.  Show up at the door, introduce yourself as a Realor.  Ask about the house and whyn they are moving but let the conversation flow naturally, don't force the lsiting that will come if you just talk about everyday stuff.  Also give them all the forms they would need IF they sell the hosue on their own .  If they don't sell it on their own they will remember the nice girl who brought the forms and was nice to them......they WILL call and list with you.
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Let me assure you that NOT all REALTORS state they are number 1- Ask the various agents you interview, for a print out (probably from the local multiple listing service) of their sales and their agencies sales of the last several months - year, within your price range.  Ask for a marketing plan, where your home will be advertised, etc. - and if someone from their company will actually be there to show your home, rather than accessing via a lock box, with a sign-up sheet and stack of brochures.
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I THINK THE BEST WAY IS TO HAVE YOUR OWN WEBSITE SHOWING PHOTOS OF THE REAL ESTATE YOU HAVE FOR SALE, GIVING ALL THE INFORMATION, WITH THE BEST DESCRIPTIONS YOU CAN GIVE REGARDING THE PROPERTY, PRICE, LOCATION, ETC. ALSO, I WOULD SUGGEST ADVERTISING IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. PUT YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS, MAYBE  A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE REAL ESTATE OR LOCATION AT THE VERY LEAST, AND/OR A PHONE NUMBER.
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Just stay home for a day and answer all incoming phone calls, you'll get a few.\n\nOn a serious note, these guys are selling something\nhttp://www.mortgage-leads.info/
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you can try realtor.com
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Generate your own leads, it will take you about 3 months to start generating the type leads that you are seeking but if you decided to work a ceretain area of the city in which you live and also close to the place where your home is located, you will generate leads directly as well as referrals. Work this are very diligently, become an expert in the area, become a friend of the home owners in the area. \n\nSelect about 5000 homes in one tract, send them a flyer introducing  yourself as the new loan officer for that area. Send the flyers for about 3 months, 4 if you like. You may walk the area and place the flyers on the doors of each home, hire some kids from the neighborhood to do this while your supervise, get your kids to do this and help dad, of course reward them with a meal and some change. \n\nThe flyers should give a little bio or yourself, the services you offer, refinace, first time home buyers,one or two popular loan programs you have available. Place on the flyer that you will give a referral fee of at least $250.00 per referral or what ever amout you want to give a referral fee. \n\nYou should also work the commercial shops in the same area placing the same flyers in liquor stores, barber shops and any other place that will allow you to place your flyer. You can purchase the stands for the flyers from Staples or Office Depot.\n\nAfter placing the flyers for 3-4 months in your 2nd or 3rd month you should be getting calls to your office. You should start a monthly newsletter to the same people. Your title company can provide a farm package with the names of the home owners. Your team members can write article for your newsletter explaining there services.\n\nSince you have made friends with the commercial shops that allow you to place your flyers in their shops, you can offer them ad space in your newsletter to help with the cost of the newsletter.\n\nThe $1000. 00 you would use to pay for these leads that are sold to others as well as yourself could go toward your newsletter. This would be a part of your advertising/marketing budget.\n\nYou should also establish a team of experts to work and help you in your job, a real estate appraisal, a notary, a real estate agent, an insurance agent that sell home owner's policies,your title rep, a CPA, an attorney and tax preparer. Make friends with all these people give them about 10-20 of your business cards, tell them you will pass out their card when you run across someone that need their service if they will pass out your cards when they run across someone that need your services. Give them some of your cards. This will get you referrals. You should make contact with your team at least once a week by telephone or in person. \n\nThis is very hard work, but will pay off in the long run and you will never have to pay for a lead that is sold to at least 4-5 people including yourself. Your leads will call and ask for you directly. In about a year you should be well on your way to getting loans as well as referrals from your area.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON
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You can visit http://www.theaplan.biz/mfm for member leads or go to http://www.mybrokerleads.com/mybrokerleads/ for Broker leads.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nHave a great day!
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craigslist has an easy to use real estate section. If you are close to a bigger city, you may get alot of viewers there.\n\nhttp://www.fsbo.com/  -I've never personally used it, but I've recently seen links from Craigslist to this Site with additional pictures, info, etc.  It's a stand alone Site though- you don't have to use w/ craigs list\n\nMany local newspapers also post their classified ads online now too.\n\nCommunity Webpages?  \n\nYou can't post "for sale" on your local freecycle group, but sometimes the freecycle groups have a second "local community chat forum" where you could get some local ideas.
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On-line classifieds are probably the easiest way to go. You can post them on craigslist or google base or the old newspaper.\n\nA more expensive and upscale way of generating leads is to place your company's profile on Directory M. If you go to WSJ.com or Businessweek, you can see a little directory box on the left where interested people can browse the directory. When people view your profile, they can visit the website or call you. According to Directory M they are featured on the front page of more than 40 major US and UK Internet powerhouses like WSJ and FT.com.\n\nAnd then there's google own simple Click to Call. If you are part of the google advertising program, you can place a click to call button on your webpage. When customers are interested in contacting the company, they just click on the button and place their phone number so they can be contacted.\n\nHopes these ideas help you to generate more leads.
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Hello, I am a real-estate agent and I can never have enough clients. Two ways that work well for me are BNI (Business Network International). BNI is a group you can easily find on line at www.bni.com, there are chapters all over the world and un-like chamber of commerce meetings it is a low “clique” environment and you are guaranteed to be the only Avon rep in the room. Also I use www.craigslist.org, it’s a free online classified site, you can post an add and see if anybody responds. You may have to try different title to get a response but its free. \n\nGood luck\n\nMichael O
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Hook into the Realtor business.  Contact each and every Realtor you can find and ask them to point business to you as they have buyers that require financing.  These are typical questions that Realtors receive and you want to be on their short list.  Also look for residential real estate trade shows and get your name out there by making contacts at those.
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Some Ideas:\n> Get added to home improvement network programs / sites. Usually several in every area.\n> Very Targeted Google ad words - set up and as expensive as you want it to be - http://www.google.com/ads/\n> Network with local real-estate agents\n> Door Store type services\n> referral programs (discounts on future services)\n> Name prominently displayed on vehicles, job sites\n> How about something unusual like a tasteful deck leave-behind with your name on it? Decks always have visitors(flower pot, etc.)
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Go around to all the fisbo in your town and ask them if you could bring them a buyer that would net them the same, could you list their house. Call all the landlords that are advertising apartments for rent in the newspaper and ask them if they would be willing to cash in on all the hard work they have done on their property. Personal observation will be your number one source of leads.
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Consult a reputable real estate attourney to find out...
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Get a commercial real estate agent.  They can help you find a location, and the seller pays their fee.
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In larger markets there is often a Real Estate Board Association which usually has a non-member website that allows the public access to contact information.  Of course there are state and national boards too.  I highly suggest you send your info via snail mail (to their office addresses and their home address if possible) rather than easily deletable or filtered spam on their email.  You have to remember that Realtors are inundated by dozens and dozens of companies trying to sell them stuff.
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Yes, but most of them are people trying to sell you an exam preparation package, and you have to register with the site.  When you register, you will get tons of spam.\n\nYour best bet would be to go to any real estate office and ask the broker for tips.