Online Real Estate Courses by Alabama Real Estate Institute

Sign up for these Online Real Estate Classes now! Just click a box!  For more information or help with the online registration, contact: James Anderson 251-979-2530 E-mail James Anderson Alabama Real Estate Institute, LLC PO Box 2115 416 E. Laurel Ave. Foley, Al. 36535 School #88010

Alabama Real Estate CE Class Schedule for 2018 (Classroom)

CE Requirements All licensees must complete Risk Management Avoiding Violations (level one requirement) and either Risk Management for Salespersons or Risk Management for Brokers (level two requirement). All associate brokers and qualifying brokers must complete a minimum of 3-hour of Level One and 3-hours of Level Two Risk Management.   Since most people want to complete all their CE requirements …

Creating A Business Plan (Part Two)

If you didn’t read Creating A Business Plan (Part One), please do so before reading this blog so you’ll better understand how to build your business plan. As I told you last week, if you follow these instructions, you will be able to complete your own personal business plan. Since you must know where you are currently before you can …

Creating A Business Plan (Part One)

Success is all about realistic expectations, regardless of the industry in which you work. For some reason people enter real estate sales without giving careful thought to their income expectations. I think it is because they see real estate as being a lucrative profession. They see names on “For Sale” signs all over town and equate those signs with success. …

Why List During Holiday Season

Some owners discount the importance of having their property listed during the Holiday Season, especially from Thanksgiving through New Years. For the most part, they are convinced that people don’t buy property during this time because their minds are directed to more important things. Even if people are out looking at property, many owners don’t want to be bothered with …

Year Ending Sales Opportunities

Tis the Season to be Jolly; Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas everybody and May you have a happy, safe, and most prosperous New Year. This is old Santa bringing you an early gift. For many real estate agents, December is the slowest month of the year. The reason is due to mental inabilities to process the power of reasoning. Other …

Hiring an Assistant

Last week I included the 80/20 rule in reference to the amount of time a successful real estate agent should spend in generating new prospective clients. I stated that one should spend 80% of their work day contacting new leads and allot 20% of the day for taking care of all other business activities. Early in a real estate career, …

Communication—A Major Tool For Success

The most powerful asset we have as sales people is the ability to communicate. This is also an asset that most sales people have never developed. Sales people need to have the ability to communicate with people they have never spoken with before if they wish to become successful. Proper communication requires much practice before you can realign your comfort …

Why Salespeople Should Smile

In my training classes I teach people the importance of smiling and I’m always interested in the facial expressions of my students during my presentation. Much of the time most students will have a blank look on their face; which tells me they don’t believe what I’m saying. When I entered the sales field in 1969, my brother told me …

The Oldest Method for Lead Generation Still Works

If you were to ask a thousand real estate agents, “Do you have enough clients to produce the income you need to reach your goals,” I’m almost positive you would get a big “NO” very quickly, from the vast majority. Before a sale can be made, or a property can be listed, an agent must find someone that is interested …