6 Tips for realtor how to survive a holiday season

6 Tips for realtor how to survive a holiday season

Real estate business has its peaks and lull. The holiday season is usually a difficult period for real estate agents since the number of deals, as well as buyers and sellers, decreases greatly. The reason for that is people’s desire to take a vacation, celebrate and just rest. It is also the time when realtors have time to take a break and gather all their strengths for the upcoming season.

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However, if you are not going to rest in the holiday season and want to continue working, these simple tips will help you to survive it more successfully.

Let everyone know about your availability

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Like all other people many realtors prefer to rest on holidays, but if you decide to work, don’t forget to inform your clients about it. How can you do that? Continue your previous efforts to attract leads by sending out emails, posting new content to the website and social network accounts, and mentioning there about your availability. Connect your posts with holidays and offer incentives connected with this time of the year too. Even if you have no sales, you will continue to attract leads.

Remind your leads and clients about less competition in the market

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Late fall and winter is the time when the real estate market is in a lull, so there is no severe competition for the best offers. Your clients might be not aware of this fact, so it is very important to remind them about this opportunity. If they were thinking of buying a house, there is hardly any better time for a purchase. You can send emails which will focus on the benefits of buying homes in winter and provide facts and numbers to sound convincing.

Congratulate your clients on the upcoming holidays It is always pleasant to receive greetings on holidays, but for real estate agents, it is also the opportunity to remind about themselves. Sending holiday greetings may secure referrals from them since even if they do not plan to sell or buy property, they can recommend real estate agent services to another person and generate leads in this way. People who are thinking of buying an estate will be encouraged to call an agent faster too.

Continue building your real estate business network

The fact that the real estate market is getting slower in winter should not prevent you from building your clients’ network. Since there is more free time in this period you have more opportunities to visit more events related to real estate business and make new acquaintances. It is also a good time to drink a cup of coffee with your leads and ask about their plans too.

Contact real estate investors

There are people who look for good investment property no matter what season it is behind the window. If you have a couple or at least one variant for a successful investment, don’t lose a chance to inform your clients about it.

Spend time on improving your real estate business

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Holiday time brings about more free time and real estate agents who are not planning to rest long can take advantage of it. It is never late to improve your real estate business by improving your marketing strategy, working on lead generation, learning about new approaches and technologies in this business. This effort will bring about desirable results and you will be able to spend your next year holidays as a successful real estate professional.

Written by
Andrew Zlobin
CEO/Founder of spotlessagency.com

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