Unreasonable Expectations in Hiring
The key failure to hiring in real estate, or any other business area, is unreasonable expectations. When entering into any relationship, there is usually a set of expectations on both sides. [...]
Take One Extra Step to Make Sure Your Real Estate Hires Stick Around!
It may seem a step too far for many realtors but we insist on it because it works! When we take on a new real estate client to help them with [...]
Should You Hire the Real Estate Phenom or the Long Term Employee?
The answer might surprise you! Most employers stress that they want to have someone stay for the long term. The time and money invested in finding, hiring and training a new [...]
How to Hire The Ideal Real Estate Assistant
So you can get your job done effectively! There is no question that a busy realtor needs to hire an assistant. Whether or not your business is at that stage is [...]
Stand for Integrity, Even if it Pays Less!
Sometimes ‘No, I can’t help you’ is the best answer only you can give. Today, I turned away a realtor who had asked us to help him hire a licensed assistant for [...]
Walking the Path from Realtor to Manager
When your real estate business grows from one realtor to include an assistant or buyer agent, your role will change too. Hello, manager! You have just made your first hire and are [...]
Easy Ways to Improve Your Hiring Processes
Tip #1? Hire a recruiter… All joking aside, there’s nothing new in our saying that you need to focus on what you do to make money and grow your real estate business [...]
What Traits and Qualities Make a Good Employee?
These are some of the things you should be evaluating when interviewing candidates! Hiring is always, always a bit of a gamble. Someone might seem great on paper and present badly [...]
Life Happens: Don’t Let an Emergency Define You
It doesn’t take incredible super powers to deal with an emergency, but it does take maturity, composure and mental clarity. While this may seem like an obvious statement, brimming with common sense, [...]
The E-Myth Mindset
The catalyst for building your real estate team.I recently read this amazing book called “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It”, by Michael Gerber. [...]