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No matter whether you're a solo real estate agent or work as part of a 100-person brokerage, you're sure to see new challenges in the coming year. The housing market is evolving fast. Buyers and sellers alike will be affected, and they'll count on you for the expertise to reach their goals.
Technology will be the key to adapting, growing, and flourishing in 2022.
Some agents worry new digital tools are diverting attention from the relationships at the heart of the industry. But good technology doesn't replace relationships; it deepens them by empowering you to communicate clearly and consistently with more people.
Real Estate Technology Is a Strategic Multiplier for Your Business
From the very beginning, the purpose of technology...

How often do you reach the end of the workday feeling like you accomplished everything that you set out to do when the day began? The life of a real estate agent is filled with surprises and unexpected demands on your time. It's so easy to end the day feeling like you missed opportunities to market properties, promote your business, generate new leads, and nurture existing leads.
But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right real estate technology, you have access to reliable, easy-to-use tools that allow you to automate key tasks, make your day more productive, and free up more time to focus on the things you love most about being a real estate agent.
Email Marketing and Lead Nurturing
Email marketing is one the most important places where automation can increase your productivity. Creating and sendin...

It was only a few decades ago when many experts believed that, due to the rapidly accelerating pace of productivity, technology would render the five-day workweek obsolete in a few generations. There were several visions of how it might happen, including a three-hour, four-day week.
Amazingly, while productivity has continued to rise, most people are working even longer hours. What's more, wages have stagnated in relation to productivity, meaning that earners in many industries are going home with less. Luckily, real estate pros are positioned to reverse both these trends.
Unlike so many others, the nature of your business means you really can have it all:

In 2021, and most likely going into 2022, you need to be very intentional and have a strategic approach to getting new listings. In some of my previous articles, I've focused on more passive methods in getting new listings. The passive methods I described in those articles are still good methods for an ongoing strategic approach, but with the current state of the industry, you need to be more aggressive in getting new listings.
If you are in management at your real estate firm or you are a team lead, I am a firm believer that you need to take a proactive approach when it comes to attracting new listings right now. Because, unfortunately, if you wait for your sales associates to do something on their own, you will find that...

The longer a home is on the market, the less likely it will sell for list price.
Weeks on the market directly impact final sales price, with homes that take 12 weeks or longer consistently facing the lowest prices. While there are many reasons for this, buyer skepticism — the feeling that "something must be wrong" with a property that stays on the market so long — is a major factor.
Lingering on the market creates "anti-momentum" as buyers can (and do!) negotiate harder.
By contrast, homes have better odds of selling for above listing price if they go right away.
With that in mind, many real estate agents launch proactive plans to drum up buzz for a listing before it even goes live online. With the right strategy, you can channel the wave of ent...
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