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Category Archives: Agent Life

How do you Deal With a Bad Real Estate Market?

In many areas all across the country, the real estate market is declining. For some it seems like it may have come to a standstill – brilliant homes sitting there, just begging and waiting for some to make an offer. Some lucky homes that have sold did not sell for their asking price – many [...]

Inspirational Work Quotes

Agent Life by Kathleen

Being an agent can be pretty discouraging sometimes so today I thought I would place together a few inspirational work quotes and real estate quotes to keep you motivated to keep working. These inspirational work quotes can be a fantastic thing to place on your meeting agendas, your desk, or even hung in a few [...]

How Natural Disasters Can Hurt and Help Real Estate

Agent Life by Kathleen

With the Hurricane Ike behind us, and looking at all of the clean up in the areas that have been affected by the storm, I can’t help but reckon about how natural disasters can significantly affect real estate and the housing market. It seems that in most cases natural disasters are terrible for real estate [...]

When Money Gets Tight As an Agent

Agent Life by Kathleen

Unquestionably one of the largest problems with being a real estate agent is the lack of a steady paycheck. It can be especially hard for new agents keenly hunting that first sale and watching their savings depreciate. As one agent I worked with said “Your first year in real estate is spent going into debt. [...]

How to Get Real Estate Agents to Show Up in Office

Agent Life by Kathleen

I was looking at some of the search engine queries that brought visitors to Upstart Agent and one of them was “How to Get Real Estate Agents to Show Up in Office”. It made me laugh at first, but I realize it’s a serious problem. The real estate office I worked in particularly was one [...]

Why Should I Hire You?

Agent Life by Kathleen

If you’re going on a listing appointment, your potential clients are going to be curious as to what you can offer them and if you are truly worthy of the commission price. Today I have a simple exercise for you: List 5 reasons why I should hire you in the comments below. Next week I’ll [...]