Back in March, COVID-19 hit the U.S., and the real estate industry was thrown into a tailspin. Agents across the country were forced to reevaluate and make changes to keep their businesses afloat.
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COVID-19 Update: Checking in with Agents 7 Months Later
By Smart Agents on Oct 5, 2020 10:48:27 AM
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How Steve Built a Fail-Proof Listing Presentation
By Smart Agents on Aug 24, 2020 12:44:07 PM
Steve Dozier has been a real estate agent since 2001, and over that time, he’s built a solid business and handled millions of dollars in transactions.
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5 Facts to Entice Home Sellers in 2020
By Smart Agents on Aug 17, 2020 10:45:02 AM
To say the year 2020 is an unusual one is an understatement. But unlike many housing analysts predicted, the housing market remains strong, and experts now believe a crash is highly unlikely.
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How John Eccles Is Landing Vacant Deals Amid COVID-19
By Smart Agents on Aug 3, 2020 12:20:14 PM
John Eccles, an agent with Keller Williams in Maine, has been in real estate full time for about a year and a half.
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How CJ Garrett Roth Built Professional Rapport to Land Inherited Listings
By Smart Agents on Jul 24, 2020 11:59:24 AM
CJ Garrett Roth, owner of the brokerage Low Country Charmed in Charleston, S.C., has been an agent for 17 years.
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How To Ask For Price Reductions
By Smart Agents on Jul 20, 2020 9:09:27 AM
Congratulations! You've landed the listing. That's great news!
But there's also some bad news. The sellers are insisting on a too high price. You know the home will never sell at that price. So when the time inevitably comes to ask for a price reduction, how do you go about it?
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Despite Increase in Coronavirus Cases, Real Estate Market Continues to Improve
By Smart Agents on Jul 13, 2020 10:02:44 AM
Despite rising coronavirus cases across the country, the real estate market is continuing on an upward trajectory.
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How to Find and List Inherited Homes
By Smart Agents on Jul 5, 2020 9:46:32 PM
If you’ve ever worked with inherited home sales, you know how emotionally charged the process can be. Not only has the person selling recently lost a loved one, but there are often multiple players involved — some of whom don’t agree on what should be done with the home.
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How Rahim Gets Listings Through Senior Housing Partnerships
By Smart Agents on Jun 22, 2020 12:03:01 PM
With a background in nursing, Rahim Charania, an agent from London, Ontario, got into real estate in a nontraditional way.
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How to Get Listings From FSBO Open Houses
By Smart Agents on Jun 15, 2020 10:22:37 AM
Rick Culp, a Denver real estate agent, says that when he first became an agent, he dealt with the same struggle all new agents encounter: getting solid listings. He tried working with buyers, but even buyers were skeptical of his skillset, since he had no listings. Then, one day, Rick struck gold with his first FSBO.