What’s Good for Your Agents…

by | Jun 17, 2025

On the first day of work, most managers encourage a new agent to start building their sales database.

Over time, this database becomes a powerful source of leads, opportunities, and income.

A small or incomplete database hinders a new agent’s chances of experiencing success, and a robust database that’s never worked produces equally disappointing results.

A database that grows stagnant through neglect is the biggest disappointment of all—both for the new agent and for their prospects who were inconsistently engaged.

What’s good for your agents is good for you.

If you don’t have a recruiting database you’re consistently working, you can’t expect to be successful.

And you’ll feel guilty about instructing your agents to do something you’re not willing to do on your own.

 

The Simple Psychology of Real Estate Recruiting [2nd Edition]

Unlock the secrets of effective real estate recruiting. Revised to include actionable frameworks for sharper execution and to help you turn psychological theory into a repeatable recruiting system.

Creating Pacts to Avoid Distraction

Creating Pacts to Avoid Distraction

Notice the two parts to Nir’s formula: a pre-commitment and an external force to keep you accountable to that commitment. For recruiting setting goals and time-blocks in your schedule is not enough. Most people need some kind of external accountability, as well.

Look for Individuals Who Want to be Measured

Look for Individuals Who Want to be Measured

It’s not that people with a growth mindset don’t experience failure—they just see failure as an opportunity to learn new things, to be challenged, and to experience curiosity. This is an important topic to cover during interviews and follow-up conversations with your prospects. If you find someone who likes being measured, you’ve likely found someone who will push through the inherent failures of growing a real estate business and experience long-term success.