Comments on: Realtors and Home Builders: If You Knew a Sure-Fire Tactic to Generate More Sales- Would You use it? http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:48:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Coach http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-67 Coach Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:51 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-67 Ah yes...some things never change. Feed them and they will come! Great thoughts on promoting a new model. Ah yes…some things never change. Feed them and they will come! Great thoughts on promoting a new model.

]]> By: Bill Storlie http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-66 Bill Storlie Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-66 Good report Rick, some things never change.We always had good response from Realtors by offering a free lunch for them at a new model. That seemed to work the best for us when starting to get them to work with a builder Good report Rick, some things never change.We always had good response from Realtors by offering a free lunch for them at a new model. That seemed to work the best for us when starting to get them to work with a builder

]]> By: Coach Rick http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-65 Coach Rick Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:34:19 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-65 Holly- Great idea with the inspections! How about working with a select group of Realtors to offer design/build solutions to tough listings and buyers that want/need some updates. You could pair up with a renovation financing specialist and help Realtors sell more listings and buyer sales with your service. I know of one Realtor who specializes in foreclosures that spent $1,000,000 in 2009 working with remodelers to fix up his listings- and he only did a couple of 203k loans! You bet- there is a lot of opportunities to partner with Realtors (See #5 in my first list). Thanks for the comment Holly- Great idea with the inspections! How about working with a select group of Realtors to offer design/build solutions to tough listings and buyers that want/need some updates. You could pair up with a renovation financing specialist and help Realtors sell more listings and buyer sales with your service.

I know of one Realtor who specializes in foreclosures that spent $1,000,000 in 2009 working with remodelers to fix up his listings- and he only did a couple of 203k loans!

You bet- there is a lot of opportunities to partner with Realtors (See #5 in my first list).

Thanks for the comment

]]> By: Holly C Bertsch http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-64 Holly C Bertsch Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:23:36 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-64 What about remodelers? They can have a relationship with Realtors also. I have offered Realtors "free contractor inspections" to their clients to help them figure out how much repairs or remodels would cost. It seems to work...Let me know what you think. What about remodelers? They can have a relationship with Realtors also. I have offered Realtors “free contractor inspections” to their clients to help them figure out how much repairs or remodels would cost. It seems to work…Let me know what you think.

]]> By: Scott Stroud http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-63 Scott Stroud Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:53:54 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-63 Rick - Excellent points, and great suggestions. If a builder were to add up all the marketing and advertising costs associated with in-house sales, working with Realtors becomes very appealing. And those builders that work with Realtors to drive traffic to in-house sales reps have the best of both worlds. Rick – Excellent points, and great suggestions. If a builder were to add up all the marketing and advertising costs associated with in-house sales, working with Realtors becomes very appealing. And those builders that work with Realtors to drive traffic to in-house sales reps have the best of both worlds.

]]> By: kjwolter@cbburnet.com http://www.nhsalescoach.com/closing-more-sales-and-maximizing-profits/can-realtors-and-builders-work-together-and-ditch-the-oil-and-water-chemistry#comment-62 kjwolter@cbburnet.com Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:44 +0000 http://www.nhsalescoach.com/blog/?p=503#comment-62 Couldn't agree more with the relationship between builders and realtors. Most builders don't get it. They see it as some big fee, rather than a marketing expense that brings them solid business. Look at my listing at 10 Island Road in North Oaks as a "to be built". It took a long time to find the right builder-realtor relationship. Shortly after we partnered on this lot, we picked up a buyer/client for a lot across the street from this lot that was listed for sale with another agent. Definitely good results for both realtor and builder when everyone comes together and sees it as a win-win situation. Couldn’t agree more with the relationship between builders and realtors. Most builders don’t get it. They see it as some big fee, rather than a marketing expense that brings them solid business. Look at my listing at 10 Island Road in North Oaks as a “to be built”. It took a long time to find the right builder-realtor relationship. Shortly after we partnered on this lot, we picked up a buyer/client for a lot across the street from this lot that was listed for sale with another agent. Definitely good results for both realtor and builder when everyone comes together and sees it as a win-win situation.

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