As a seasoned Real Estate agent, you work as hard as you can and strive to do your best for your clients. You treat them how you would want to be treated if you were in their shoes and give each client the attention they deserve. However, sometimes there may be oversights that can impact what’s best for them. Avoid these slip-ups and you'll hit the mark with your clients every single time.

The ability to foster meaningful relationships with your clients is vital to growing a fruitful business in the Real Estate industry. Strong and sincere relationships benefit you in building and maintaining an exceptional reputation as an agent. Since word-of-mouth referrals are the most powerful, it’s extremely important to earn your clients trust during one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives.

Facebook has become a necessity for any Real Estate agents online marketing, as it is crucial in helping create an online presence. Not only does Facebook allow you to stay in touch with your past clients, but it is also very helpful in connecting with new ones. These 5 quick tips will help you leverage Facebook to optimize your online marketing strategy.

In today's Agent Insights post, Patricia Kennedy - a Real Estate Agent at Evers & Company Real Estate in Washington DC - shares her take whether it's worthwhile to hold on to real estate clients if they want out.

Here's Patricia:

Does it ever make sense to try to hold sellers to an agreement when they want out?  

There are usually more than one of several factors that cause sellers to want out of a listing or buyer agency agreement:

• The agent has been unsuccessful at finding a buyer.
• The agent is not doing what he said he would do to market the home.
• The home isn't getting showings.
• The listing agreement was for an unusually long period of time - longer than the sellers want to wait to make a change.
• The agent has made some mistake in their handling of the listing, and the sellers don't like the way the clean up operation got handled.
• The agent has been generally incompetent or unethical, and the sellers want to start over.

You get the drift.  

As in all professional careers, attending trainings and learning about the latest market trends are crucial to professional success. Real estate trainings help you stay current with the latest industry standards and regulations, as well as help you competitively market yourself as an ‘in-the-know’ agent. By attending seminars, webinars or trainings on a regular basis, training will help you: