Your 2021 Real Estate Business Plan

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By Tim and Julie Harris Key Takeaways: Tools to develop an actionable business plan. How to find the magic number you need to realize your business goals. A free download of our Real Estate Treasure Map.   Your 2021 real estate business plan should be all about the numbers—in other words, the revenue you’ll need for your business to be …

Understand Your ‘Why’ and Put It to Work for Your Clients

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By Kyle Seyboth From CENTURY 21 Real Estate: Kyle Seyboth had the honor of being named the nation’s number one real estate agent according to the 2020 RealTrends and Tom Ferry “The Thousand” ranking. After choosing to affiliate with Century 21 Real Estate earlier this year, he now heads up the CENTURY 21 The Seyboth Team in Seekonk, Mass., with …

A New Amazon Feature That Could Help Generate Leads

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By Lee Davenport Are you looking for new and inexpensive ways to generate leads in a socially distant world? What if I told you I know of a new tool that will actually pay you to generate leads? Y’all (when I get excited my southern twang comes out), Amazon has a new feature called Explore that I believe can add …

5 Tips for New Agents Born After 9/11

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By Jasen Edwards   Dear 18-year-old agent, I remember the day I received my real estate license exam results in the mail. Just a few weeks after I turned 18, I slid a single piece of paper out of the envelope from the Texas Real Estate Commission and I saw the word “PASS.” I was looking out from my third-floor …

How Starbucks Fast-Tracked My Real Estate Career—And I’m Not Talking About the Caffeine

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By Rebecca Donatelli Anyone who knows me knows that I love coffee. I usually drink four or five cups per day—no exaggeration. In fact, it’s rare to run into me without a coffee in hand. My friends know it, my clients know it, even my favorite home inspector knows it (the first time I showed up at one of his …

Dominate in Real Estate: Lee Davenport interview

Learn From the Pros: Build a Successful Real Estate Business

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Are you looking for sage advice from an industry veteran on how to grow your business? YPN Lounge blogger and real estate coach Lee Davenport, PhD, shares her real estate journey and lessons learned along the way in her recent one-on-one interview with Kyle Eaves, an agent with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers in Atlanta. Get to …

Get 2020 Vision for Your Business

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By Lee Davenport I just read an article that says January 17 was the day most people give up on New Year’s resolutions. It’s so prevalent that January 17 has been negatively coined Ditch Your Resolution Day. How is that for demotivation? The struggle is real! If you made it past January 17, good for you! Those of us who …

Real Estate Virtual Assistants

8 Reasons to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Real Estate Tasks

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By Antia Clark Save your time and get a life! Stop wasting your time on tasks that can be taken care of by a virtual assistant. When you spend your time doing $20 per hour tasks, it limits your ability to increase your sales volume and annual income. Learn how to delegate certain tasks so you can focus on the …

The 9 Can’t-Miss Blog Posts of 2019

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By Erica Christoffer The YPN Lounge bloggers are a group of involved YPN leaders who are dedicated to helping their fellow real estate peers thrive. Their efforts collected nearly 100,000 total page views in 2019. In case you missed these thoughtful, business-boosting articles, take a look at the top nine Lounge posts of the year. You’re bound to find tips …

2020: Your Best Year Ever

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By Jef Conn As 2019 wraps up and the holiday season begins, don’t forget to think, plan, and write your goals down for 2020. Prepare for it to be your best year ever. Here are five tips to help you along the way while you’re planning your year ahead. 1. Write Down Your Goals. According to Inc., people who write …