3 Tips to Find Listings in the Current Market

Well, that was quite a summer real estate market! Huge year over year valuation gains, bidding wars and lower than low levels of inventory. At one point there were even more NAR members than listings!

However, things do appear to be cooling off a bit and leveling out in many areas. But that doesn’t mean that the inventory shortage (and increased competition) is going to just disappear. It will mostly likely be more of a slow fade. Then again, maybe not. Predicting and timing markets is a tricky business, and hardly an exact science.

The point is, finding listings and sellers isn’t going to get easier overnight. You need motivation, a plan, data, and market insight. You need to get in front of would-be sellers to earn their trust and pique their interest. Here’s 3 ways to do it with help from RPR…

One of the most important things you can do with potential clients and prospects is build trust and confidence. If someone is apprehensive about selling, the housing market or even the economy as a whole, they need reassurance that they’re making the right moves. They want to hear more than opinions; they want charts, graphs, stats and info from expert sources.

You can deliver that and much more! With RPR, every REALTOR^® is a click or fingertip away from accurate, up-to-date property and market data. The trick is figuring out how to convey this hard data to customers in an easy to digest manner.

Here’s a couple of examples of how to put RPR data to work for you:

Prospecting is the ultimate proactive approach to new business. While some top producers acquire listings strictly through referrals and repeats, most agents need to put in some hustle to find new prospects and leads. And RPR is built to help you succeed at it!

Tapping into RPR as a resource in these efforts is a smart approach, as there are many ways to apply its data, reports and maps to a prospecting plan. You can go in-depth with geographical prospecting to find every homeowner in a specific area who’s owned their home more than 15 years, then make a mailing labels list (up to 2,000, for free, every month), and send each one a report on their home. Or you can keep it as simple as creating a one page flyer about their home and drop them off in person or send out a handful of mailers. With RPR as a prospecting tool, you have options.

For an in-depth look at everything RPR offers, we encourage you to download our exclusive e-Book on prospecting for new clients and leads. Get How to Farm and Prospect for new Clients: an Exclusive RPR eBook and you’ll have one of the industry’s go-to sources for prospecting.

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Congrats! If you’ve made it to the presentation phase, you’re now just minutes away from nailing down a new listing and hitting paydirt. This is your time to shine, put your best foot forward, knock their socks off and every other cliche in the book. Your listing presentation is a resume, a capabilities brochure and a first impression all rolled into one.

Using the tools and reports within RPR to create your listing presentation is a smart and savvy way to impress your clients and give you a sharp, competitive edge.
The first thing you’ll want to do is have a pre-discussion with your potential client. During this first step, make sure you do plenty of listening. Ask leading questions that get them talking about why they are selling. Find out all you can about their priorities and goals.

Doing this type of homework will help you tailor the presentation around their needs. For sellers, the most important part of working with a REALTOR^® is the agent’s ability and experience in pricing the home. This is where you and RPR come together to form an unstoppable team. Here are some boiled down highlights you’ll want to consider using:

To create a truly compelling listing presentation, you must stand out from all the other agents, provide relevant data and prove your value. You must convince the owners that you’re the best REALTOR^® to help them realize their home selling goals.

Check out this article, “21 Steps to a Stellar Listing Presentation” for a step-by-step plan to winning that listing.

As you can see, if you have the will, RPR has the tools to help you gain listings. Use these assets and resources to identify, market yourself and pitch your services. Sellers are out there, and RPR can help you find them!