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This will be a great topic of my interest.  I am wondering what the "average realtor" spends on his or her Real estate business each month.  I will look at the results and make a determination of the average.  Please be realistic and truthful if you can because I bet others will be coming back to this blog to see the results, thanks everyone!!

In keeping things at a budget, if you had to choose between mailing out to let's say like 500 folks or putting in a full page ad in a newspaper...what would you choose?  I will be interested in what you guys have to say. Let me know what you think about that, thanks!

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Hey Guys,

Just was thinking about the low price buyers...so you get the pre-qualification letter from the bank and let's say basically their is nothing on the market they can afford at this time...it is sad to say that to the customer but i tell them I will keep looking and hopefully something may come up and basically i will put them in a email campaign with the mls. What do you say for those folks that are on the real real low end of buying?  Also I have had some situations where I feel like Ms. Customer is just looking around taking up time and not actually buying anything...sometimes that can be frustrating so I just tell them up front that within 10 to 15 properties you should find something suitable....Any suggestions on this? Thanks Again!

With various training tapes and things I have been told a good rule of thumb is to call existing folks in your database at least once per week and email them twice a week.  Thanks to my new software I bought last year I am able to send email automatically and prewritten from Outlook..I purchased an add in software and I know I get busy with current customers but the trick is to keep calling the other guys while your closing deals with existing folks...I know I struggle on that sometimes which causes a delay on the next sale...this year I plan on trying to eliminate that.  Real Estate can easily swallow 50 plus hours a week...I remember back when I first started when I was manually emailing everyone spending too much time and thankfully I only did that for a couple months until I found my tools I needed.  Any suggestions on what you guys do to balance your existing deals while managing potential guys...obviously I want to handle as much as possible but sometimes it is better to refer it to someone than to loose it altogether...Your Thoughts Please?  Thanks!

I don't like the idea of manually putting in listings in my website...I do need the IDX link for the site but don't wish to pay he $200.00 Price tag and extra monthly expenses....but I desperately need a IDX link so buyers and sellers can view all the properties not just the ones that I enter by myself.  I have my email program set up for customers who want email updates on homes for sale but for those customers that want more to view right now I don't have a solution unless I fork out extra cash....has anyone had a better solution for this?  Please Tell me about your IDX experience or maybe you don't use IDX at all? Hymm Interesting Topic...Can't wait to hear from you guys.