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 

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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

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?

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

In this line of work, you know it's important to brand yourself, market your real estate business and keep in touch with your clients.

If you're neglecting the online portion of modern marketing, though, you might be missing out on a significant amount of business.

Here's why.

As a Realtor®, you're probably inundated with phone calls, emails and direct mail that tries to excite you about “supercharging” your marketing efforts or getting to the top of Google's first page of search

Having a real estate website isn't right for everyone – but for the vast majority of Realtors®, it's an invaluable asset.

Being the proud owner of a sleek, shiny website isn't only about garnering leads. It's also about having a presence that lends credibility to your business and that can be used as a selling point when you're showcasing

When you are writing a listing description, you already know that great photos matter. Potential buyers want high resolution, so if you can provide that, you're off to a great start.

But what about the listing description?

That's the tough part. However, if you know what words can get potential buyers to pick up the phone, you can tackle it

The mortgage process recently changed with the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, and it could be a marked improvement over the old process, making it simpler for some of your clients to navigate the home buying