Hey guys, there’s an interesting new study from 1000Watt. They studied 600 agents and asked them several questions about where they thought they were in their career.

A shocking number: 31% of these agents said they were actively considering making a real estate brokerage change—switching offices.

That number jumped to 53% for agents under the age of 35.

So when you hear that as a brokerage owner or a team leader, what should that represent to you? What I think it should represent is opportunity.

If you look at your entire market—maybe you have a thousand agents, maybe ten thousand—think about one-third of them are actively considering making a change, and 53% of that younger generation are actively considering it. Then the question becomes: What can you do about this opportunity? How can you get ahead of it?

The way you get ahead of it is by being intentional with your recruiting strategy—getting out there, having conversations, building relationships, and really showing your val...

I have a question for you. As a real estate agent, how topical are you?

What do I mean by topical? In other words, when you watch the news at night, open up your web browser, or scroll through social media, a lot of real estate news hits us. Because we’re in the real estate business, we see a lot of news that affects us.

If it’s really top of mind for you, guess who else sees that? All of your clients see that too.

So when there’s a topic that’s hot, and you see a lot of trending discussion around that topic, what should you do with it? Well, you should speak to it. You should put out your own content where you talk about your opinion on that specific topic.

I’m going to give you two examples that fall into that realm right now—topics there’s been a lot of chatter about, two proposals by the current administration. You can agree or disagree with them, but there’s still a lot of chatter.

The two proposals: 50-year mortgages and portable mortgages.

Have you heard the chatter?

This...

Hey guys, new study from Harris Interactive—interesting study—found that every American knows four people who are going to move next year. I want you to put that in perspective.

Let's say you're a real estate professional and you have just a hundred people in your database. You might say that's not enough to make a living. The reality is those hundred people know 400 people who are going to move.

What percentage of those would you need to have a complete transformation in your career? To actually 10x your performance from last year?

So then the question is: if that's true, how do I get my arms around that business? What am I missing? What am I doing wrong?

I'm going to give you two things you're doing wrong...

First one is going to be hard to hear: people don't look at you as referral worthy.

What does that mean? It means when they look at you, they're thinking, “I don't know if I could trust him or her with a referral,” because they don’t know you're a hardworking agent.

Why do...

As a brokerage owner or team leader in charge of recruiting, where is the number one source of recruits for your team or office? Where are you going to get the most recruits?

It’s an interesting question, right? You might think it comes from video, cold calling, sending texts, video texts — all the things we talk about in recruiting. I’m going to tell you: all those things play a part, for sure.

But the number one recruiting source for brokers and team leaders across the country comes from one area: referrals from your current team.

Just like agents, whose number one source of business is their SOI — their Sphere of Influence — our number one source of recruits is the same.

It comes from your own version of an SOI: your agent body.

Now, what if your agents right now are not referring more agents? You might ask, “Why aren’t they sending me agents?” That should be your number one source of recruiting. Why aren’t they doing it?

A few reasons:

• You’re not close enough with them. Yo
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Have you ever heard the term heuristics? Heuristics with an H. If you haven’t, it’s an interesting concept that deals with the power of first impressions — how people perceive you and treat you.

As human beings, we do something we don’t even realize: we assess people within milliseconds of meeting them based on a lot of factors. One major factor is how they’re dressed, their demeanor, and their overall appearance. Those things play a big role in how we view someone — the respect we give them, how much confidence we have in what they say, and whether we believe them.

It’s all built into what’s called heuristics. The human brain developed this over tens of thousands of years because, back in the caveman days, we had to make split decisions. Can I trust this person? Should I run the other way? We had to decide quickly whether we were in a good environment or not.

Today, we can apply that to business. The way we approach a client, the way we’re dressed, our demeanor, our grooming, can c...

What’s the number one way to grow your real estate business over time?

I’ll tell you—it’s simple, but it might sound counterintuitive. Most agents are chasing things that scale fast: big lead generation systems, expensive marketing campaigns, or complex funnels. But the truth is, there’s one simple action every REALTOR on earth wishes they’d started from day one:

Add one person a day to your sphere of influence.

That’s it. One person a day. That small, consistent effort compounds massively over time.

Let’s break it down.

In an average year, there are about 220 working days once you remove weekends, holidays, and vacations.

The average American has around 27 conversations a day. Out of those, you only need to turn one into a new connection—someone who agrees to be part of your real estate group or newsletter.

You could say something like, “Hey, I’ve got a little real estate group where I send monthly housing updates, DIY ideas, and fun listings I come across. Would it be okay if ...

Guys, can I tell you a story? If you don’t like it, don’t watch.

My wife and I are shopping for investment properties in different parts of the country. As we’re looking, of course I’m calling REALTORS. How am I finding them? In these markets, I don’t personally know any, so I went to Realtor.com—just like most buyers would.

I searched for agents, looked at their stats, found a few who looked good, and started calling. I wanted to see if they’d answer or call me back.

Well, no one—and I mean no one—answered their phone.

I get that people are busy or in meetings, but I left voicemails and still… nothing. No callbacks. Crazy.

So then I thought, this is what buyers go through. Everyone assumes agents are hungry, but most aren’t.

Then I tried something different. I filled out the Realtor.com lead form as if I were just another lead. Technically, I am a lead—a big one, actually. I could give these agents tons of business because I’m looking to buy multiple investment properties.

Gues...

Brokerage owners and team leaders, I want you to start watching for something, and I want you to be opportunistic. That might sound negative, but it’s not.

As an office leader, you have a duty to yourself, your business, your family, and your colleagues. That duty is to recruit consistently. One of the easiest ways to do that is to be opportunistic in a positive way.

What does that mean? Look for trigger events.

Trigger events in your community could be:

• An office leadership change at XYZ Company
• A brand change
• A staffing shakeup
• A technology challenge

I hear about these things all the time, and when they happen, they give me a reason to engage with that company.

For example, I might ask in my office, “Do you know anyone who works at XYZ? They’re having some changes over there. I’d like to reach out.”

Then I’ll make the call:

“Hey, I understand there’s been some changes at your company. I’ve always been impressed with your work. You’re probably very happy where you are—a...

Did you know that half the listings in America aren’t selling? Yes—half.

That takes us back to the old-school days. When I first started in real estate with Century 21, I proudly wore the gold coat. I had to buy it myself, so it was a big accomplishment. Back then, I attended a class called the Two-to-One Class. The theory was simple: for every two listings you took, only one would sell. A 50% sales rate.

Now, imagine meeting with a seller and saying:

“Good news—I’ll do my best to get your home sold. Bad news—I’m only successful about half the time.”

How do you think they’d respond? Probably not too excited. I realized quickly I didn’t want a 50% failure rate—I wanted 100% success. That meant changing the conversation.

Here’s the script I used:

“Mr. Seller, you may not realize this, but in today’s market only about 50% of listings are selling. That’s unacceptable to me. I want to sell 100% of the listings I take. But that requires us to have a different kind of conversation. I ca...

Quick question: Have you put your sphere of influence to work? If not, you’re missing a huge opportunity.

Think of your sphere as a massive sales army. Maybe you have 100 people, maybe 200, maybe 500. But are you actually putting them to work?

That means programming their reticular activator—the brain’s pattern recognition system—to look for real estate opportunities. We all have it, and you can tap into it. I’ll give you two simple techniques.

First technique:

When you’re talking to someone this week, try this script:

“Here’s a crazy stat that might blow your mind—within the next two weeks, you’re going to hear of someone who wants to buy or sell real estate. You might not think so because you’re not tuned in to it, but just watch. And when you do, think of me. If you can, I’d love for you to send me that referral.”

What happens? Almost inevitably, they’ll hear about someone buying or selling a house within the next couple of weeks.

For the second strategy, say this:

“As we he...