How To Become a Real Estate Agent - Make a Website!

Sorry it has been so long between posts, I've been busy and actually had gotten a bit discouraged with this site, as I have not gotten many visitors. Gladly, now I'm back and will stay here for the long run.

Now, onto some new info. A good step to take when learning how to become a real estate agent is to create a personal website promoting yourself. This not only will get you more clients in the long run, but will also look very professional on a business card. People will think you are a good agent if you have your own site.

The key to a website is design. Just having a website is better than not having one, but a well designed website will get you more clients. I'm guessing most of you don't have web programming skills, but you shouldn't need them. One of the best ways to get a website made is to hire a college student majoring in graphic design. They will be able to spit you out a well designed website in no time, and for cheap. You shouldn't have to pay much, just point out that they will be able to use your site in their portfolio when they are job hunting after graduation.

Another reason to have a website: it helps with advertising. You will be able to list your web address in local newspaper advertisements. It is much more convenient for a potential client to navigate to your website than to call you up based off a small ad in the newspaper. Now you've converted someone from looking at a small ad in a newspaper to looking at a well designed promotional website. And, since you had the site designed by someone who knows what they are doing, the potential client viewing the site is now much more likely to call to set up an appointment.

Lastly, make sure you have photos online of recent houses that you have helped clients buy or sell. This will show potential clients that you have a proven track record of getting things done.