Having checks and balances in place will assure your Real Estate business runs smoothly. Agents typically act as their own small business. These four lists are designed to streamline processes with many moving parts, such as open houses and filing taxes.

Real Estate requires agents to exert a wide facet of talents in a single day. Your day might begin slowly with a few phone calls to prospective leads, only to be interrupted with with a last minute listing presentation and impromptu home photo shoot. As you rapidly change tasks, it can be easy to get side tracked. These apps for Real Estate agents will help agents stay focused, by making these otherwise time intensive duties easier.

One of the biggest pitfalls of highly qualified agents is spending too much time finding leads, but not enough time nurturing them. Inman says agents should follow the 80/20 rule, 80% of their time nurturing leads, 20% of their time finding leads. Think about your last in person purchase: Did you buy from the attentive store clerk who guided you through the entire purchase process? Or the clerk who simply greeted you, but then moved onto other customers? We’ve identified 7 common lead nurturing mistakes so that your leads make their final purchase from you!

We know New Year resolutions are cheesy. Which is why this blog title doesn’t contain that dirty word...resolutions. As entrepreneurs, Real Estate agents are generally good at setting goals and probably don’t get caught up in the New Year hooplah. However a little extra motivation from time to time can’t hurt!