Is your real estate business going to grow next year? If youre working with Benchmark Realty, well give you all of the tools (and the time) you need to succeed including a little help with organizing your 2015 business goals.

Are You Ready for 2015 planning?

If you havent gotten started on next years business plan because, well, its not next year [...]

When we accept a listing, one of the first things we think of is staging. Are they hiring a professional? How will they do it?

While many sellers do hire a staging pro, there are many who dont and its our job to at least point them in the right direction. That said, there are four huge home staging mistakes your sellers can make that can [...]

If you need a recommendation for a heating and air company, a plumber or a pest control service who do you call? Chances are your Benchmark Realty agent might be one of the best-connected people you know. Our agents participate in a proprietary Brain Trust community forum where we share these types of referrals on a daily basis. So how do [...]

Weve all seen it before: a client whos so excited about buying his or her first home that theyre making classic mistakes.

As a Realtor, its your job to help them do the right thing. The good news? You can do that while building their loyalty and earning their respect and its probably easier than you [...]

With all the buzz in the media about the Millennial generation, it is pretty easy to forget that people who were born between 1946 and 1954 make up 15 percent of the countrys total homebuyers and 22 percent of all sellers across the [...]

As a Realtor, youre probably a people-person. Youre probably friendly, positive and pleasant to be around (at least after a cup or two of coffee, that is), so it might not cross your mind to take safety precautions when youre out and about but security experts say that real estate is a high-risk [...]

When the news broke that Zillow and Trulia were merging, most Realtors were left scratching their heads. What does this mean for us? Will we save money on advertisements, or will we end up spending more? Will it be as valuable joined as the two sites were apart? [...]

This post is the first in a series of our three free marketing letter templates for Realtors.

Its not always easy to reach out to a referral, follow up after an open house, or make sure that your current clients feel like theyre still connected to you while their home is on the [...]

At this months Mastermind Meeting, we caught up with a few agents and asked what they enjoyed most about working at Benchmark Realty.

Reggie Polk, an agent who has been with Benchmark for over a year spoke highly about the agency.

I really love the flexibility of managing my own businessI feel like at Benchmark Realty, I have the most

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Lighting a citrus candle and setting up your open house signs is only half the battle when you want to bring in qualified leads. So whats the other half?

Really, there are three big things to keep in mind when youre holding an open house.

1. Invite the Neighbors.

Nosy neighbors are the perfect unpaid advertisers. Sure, theyre not going to [...]

Its normal for people to spend between 25 and 30 percent of their income on rent thats whats considered affordable. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Nashville-Area Economic Summary, Nashville residents are spending, on average, [...]

When it comes to your cities, towns and neighborhoods, you really are the subject-matter expert. You know where the most peaceful (or most active) parks are, where theyre putting in a new traffic light, and where you can go to get the worlds best cup of coffee when youre out and [...]