Real Estate Deals and Steals

Posted by Daniel Workman Jan 22, 2009

This past Monday and Tuesday, RE/MAX Realty hosted a kickstart rally that highlighted real estate sales opportunities in Southern Ontario. Most participants were upbeat about opportunities to sell even in a down market, subject to some hard sales work.

Below are online questions that registration staff posed to attendees.

1. Which of the following do you see as your biggest business challenge for 2009?

• The economy
• Too few motivated buyers
• Listings not selling
• Commission cutting
• Cost of doing business
• Your own personal money management
• Other.

2. Do you use the Internet for your job?

• Don't know
• Sometimes
• My focus on the Web is on sellers
• Not a priority.

3. My priority for career development in 2009 is:

• Developing more referrals
• Creating a business plan
• Keeping my continuing education credits up to date
• Ways to prospect business
• Financial planning and cashflow
• Script and skill development
• No plans.

The most popular answer for question 1. was The economy. For question 2. most answered that they used the Internet to focus on sales listings, while Creating a business plan was at the of the list for question 3.