Building a dynamic real estate team provides a lot of benefits. Namely, the fact that you collectively have a much larger network, more robust expertise and you have the ability to service more clients at a time. If you've been considering the option of inviting another agent (or agents) in to help you build your brand but aren't sure where to start, you're in the right spot.

Craigslist can be a great vehicle for listing promotion and lead generation. In order to take advantage of the benefits, you need to make sure you're following best practices and avoiding Craigslist posting faux pas. For the best possible results with your Craigslist real estate marketing, avoid these 5 common mistakes.

This post was inspired by an “unstoppable agent” rule shared by Tom Ferry for real estate pros at his Success Summit last week - Rule #3: be unstoppable with your morning routine.

In today's Agent Insights post, Melissa Zavala - a Real Estate Broker / Owner in Escondido, California - offers agent advice about specific scenarios where real estate professionals should speak on the phone rather than communicate via text message or email.

Here's Melissa:

To grow your real estate business quickly, you need to qualify your leads as efficiently as possible so you can prioritize your time to high quality leads. Doing so will allow you to get the best ROI while allowing you to create optimized content so you’re able to stay engaged with the rest of your leads via consistent e-mail follow up.