Let's talk about you. It's safe to say that you love your job (it's one of the hallmarks of being a Benchmark agent) and that you genuinely care about helping your clients. You're passionate about real estate.

But aside from passion, there are a few things that make good Realtors® great Realtors.

3 Habits of Super-Successful Realtors 

Sure,

REAL Trends' 2016 ranking of the top 500 real estate firms in America is out, and Benchmark Realty made the cut.

The REAL Trends rankings include every firm in the U.S.—both public and private—and because we're one of Tennessee's fastest-growing companies with some of the best Realtors® in the state, we were able to not only

While you don't have to market yourself constantly, it doesn't hurt to arm yourself with some handy statistics you can pull out whenever you need them.

5 Statistics to Share With Prospective Clients 

1. Realtors® net 25 percent more, on average, than a FSBO.

The average FSBO home (across the country) sells for around $210,000; the average

Steady, profitable growth is the current state of Benchmark Realty LLC, currently tracking at a 48% increase in overall volume, says company founder/CEO Phillip Cantrell.

In the latest rankings for the Nashville Business Journal, Benchmark has risen to third in the market, previously seventh around three years ago, according to Cantrell, who

A repeat we don't mind, Benchmark Realty LLC has been named again the Nashville Business Journal's 2016 Best Places to Work based on nominations from the public and surveys completed by employees. The Benchmark broker team accepted the award at a luncheon last week. From culture and freedom to proprietary systems, here are the reasons they

At Benchmark Realty, we take great pride in each of our agents. Realtors® with Benchmark routinely exceed their clients' expectations and outperform others across the country because they're just that committed to success—and we'd like to offer our sincerest congratulations

Millennials – those we've come to know as Generation Y – are those who were born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s.

And they're buying homes.

According to NAR, they're buying more homes than baby boomers are. So what does that mean to us?

The Nashville Business Journal “identified the companies that set the standard for growth, service, quality, innovation and executive of a superb business strategy.” Benchmark Realty LLC was honored to be chosen as one of those companies and a finalist in the 2016 Nashville Business Journals “Best In Business”

Lots of great Realtors® write bad bios.

Are you one of them?

It's tough to write about yourself. As Realtors, though, we're in the business of earning trust and showcasing our expertise so people understand that they need to work with us – so if you're staring at an empty screen (or you're looking at a bio that doesn't really express who

In the past, we've talked about Realtor® blog post topics you can use to kick off an awesome set of posts.

We'll give you 10 more blog post ideas at the end of this post – but in the meantime, we have a few simple ways to make blogging part of what you do every day. Regular blogging can help establish you as the subject-matter expert; you

If you're like most Realtors®, you've put together Just Listed/Just Sold postcards – or you've paid someone to handle them for you. (If you've done it yourself, you know how tough it can