So What Are Realtors Up To These Days?
Realtors these days are a little less busy than in the past. Although the spring boost will hit the housing market soon, many realtors currently have far more free time than they would like. So how is a real estate agent to survive? The Arizona Republic recently offered some ideas.
Diversify your skills. Realtors probably already have a diverse set of skills that they aren’t even acknowledging. Identify and develop some of those, and see if they might be applicable in another field or another niche of the real estate industry.
Become a professional negotiator. Help homeowners negotiate with lenders to avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes. Not only can this work be lucrative and personally rewarding, but it can also lead to referrals and more clients.
Go commercial. The commercial real estate market is staying pretty strong in most areas of the United States, so realtors should try their hand in that arena. They may find it suits them even better than the residential market.
Market mortgages. There is certainly a growing demand for reverse mortgages, as baby boomers search for income streams other than social security. Marketing these can be lucrative enough to help realtors through the slow real estate times.
March 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
[…] What Are Realtors Up To These Days? John Lockwood wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptRealtors these days are a little less […]
March 30th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
[…] Hayli Morrison is a true recipe for delightful information. So What Are Realtors Up To These Days? is very interesting… Below is a summary: […]
March 31st, 2008 at 2:31 am
[…] Read the rest of this great post here […]