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How do real estate agents find clients?

A few months ago I quit my job because i couldn't keep up with school. I've heard that realtors choose their own work schedule, and even though i've found basic information about the job, i still don't know how real estate agents find their clients.

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1. Like any other job you find clients by offering the most desirable product. For the sellers: You have to be convincing that you have a better method of listing a house for sale and being able to sell it quickly. For the buyers: Listen intently about what they are looking for in a home, and show them homes that match their desires. As a home buyer, I really hated wasting my time looking at homes I didn't want. Quick way to loose perspective buyers.
2. Through online real estate websites. check out http://www.hyderabadall.com
3. They often canvas an area, talking to home owners and leaving flyers. But keep in mind that sales are really DOWN at this time.
4. 1. Pound the pavement - knocking on doors in areas you want to work so that when you send mailers, people know who you are. 2. Aggressively staying in contact with sellers on other agents' expired listings & unrepresented sellers because eventually many of them figure out going alone isn't as easy as it sounds. 3. Maintaining past relationships with past clients so they used you again and send you referal business. 4. Meeting the requirements to handle their office's relocation referals & referals from orgainizations like USAA. 5. People who come to open houses are often looking for an agent. In simple words, it's a lot of work. If school is in your way, you will not have time for prospecting.
5. Most network within their own social group. New buyers are found from present listings. They call about the house with the sign and agent tries to get them on board to buy a house, any house, they do not necessarily try to sell them that house. The successful agents really do NOT choose their own hours. They keep themselves available from 8 am to 8 pm. You can not expect clients to work your schedule, you need to be available anytime they are. That is mostly evenings and weekends, but it can be anytime.
6. Well, there are two types of real estate agents: those that have to continue to go to clients or those that have clients come to them. 1. The first one or two years, real estate agents should work under a broker that's busy and fast paced, so you know the basics of what you are doing and about marketing. 2. Once you have a good collection of people you worked with, get their referrals, and then find a niche in your area. For instance, a realtor in my area only concentrates in certain neighborhoods (those with houses above $500,000). Even with a bad economy, he only gets the rich people, so his business doesn't slow down. 3. Marketing on the Internet, giving good customer service to every client they come across, being knowledgeable of what your competition is doing (and doing it better than them), and Internet ownership of the keywords to your specific area will land you wealth.