6 Months in Update
Can I still call myself a new agent? 6 months in. I have been in sales for over a decade, but no prior RE experience.
Started full time in December, got my first deal in January for $950,000 and since then got nothing until the last couple of months. My sales experience taught me to always trust trial and error. I tried many different sources, methods, ways, and tracked my progress with each of those to see which yields the best results.
My pipeline - created on Google Sheets (although I have a FUB account which I obviously use but don't want to use their integrated reports) currently has solid but not guaranteed list of buyers and sellers, totaling roughly 150k by end of year in take home commission, pre-tax.
I've received Zillow leads, Realtor.com leads, and other office leads, almost 99% are trash, junk, low quality, just looking, even after applying sales skills, STL and other KPIs in order to close, I am only in touch with a few that are serious right now, out of dozens.
My stronger leads are sphere. I am a shy individual but whenever I think of providing for my family, I'll talk, build rapport and do my best to create a conversion.
I meet people outside, we chat, I give my card and they text me the next day. Sometimes on the spot.
I also cold call (primarily expireds), roughly 100-150 people a day. I am struggling with scheduling appointments, but out of 8 scheduled in the last couple of months, I currently have 4 active listings. That's a solid 50% conversion rate.
I'm also under contract with 2 additional buyers that are spheres.
Looking at take home pay (pre-tax) of about $35,500 from start of year to end of May. Much less than what I made last year, BUT I get to spend more time with my wife and baby daughter, I get to decide when to start or stop working, and I have no boss sitting on my head with complaints. I love it.
I hope it will become more stable in the coming months, I hope to end the year with what I made last year or more. Working hard to achieve that.