{"id":1276,"date":"2007-04-08T05:29:09","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2007-04-08T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T15:41:00","slug":"i-want-to-be-a-lister-the-listing-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1276\/i-want-to-be-a-lister-the-listing-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want To Be a Lister &#8211; The Listing Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of important questions:<\/p>\n<p>Chris writes;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Here is a question, I have never been on a listing presentation, I have not yet taken a listing, and I&#8217;m a brand new agent. But I want to be an excellent lister, and I don&#8217;t care what amount of effort that takes.<\/em><em>Where is a good place to start with a listing presentation? I have Tom Hopkins book, but is there a good up to date one online somewhere? IE &#8220;this is an ideal listing presentation from start to finish, these are all the points you need to hit&#8221;. I think if I get the bones, I can probably expand on it, change it a bit for me and make it work.<\/em><em>The top agent in my city sold 150 houses last year. Figure an average house is $400k around here. She is the top dog, so that&#8217;s who I am aiming for lol!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>__<br \/>\nand Scott Cowan writes;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Thank you for the reply. I am looking forward to seeing the videos if you are able to post them online.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I do have a request for a bit more detail about a topic. Currently on BloodhoundBlog you have posted that it is vital to have a really good listing presentation. Currently my listing presentation is nothing more than the research I have completed on the house and the area. I have some local and national statistics that I share. Much to my disappointment (although now that I have been doing much more reading not to my surprise) my success rate is perfect. A perfect 0 for&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Would you be willing to point me in the direction of resources for putting together the really good listing presentation that you have been talking about? I have been reading online and everyone says that theirs is the best etc. I am overwhelmed with the amount of fluff and hype that I am seeing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Your advice that I have listened to and read has been the most practical of the information available online. I am curious what your thoughts are on a rock solid listing presentation.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks again for being such a valuable resource to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1276\/i-want-to-be-a-lister-the-listing-presentation\/#more-1276\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of important questions: Chris writes; Here is a question, I have never been on a listing presentation, I have not yet taken a listing, and I&#8217;m a brand new agent. But I want to be an excellent lister, and I don&#8217;t care what amount of effort that takes.Where is a good place to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-ask-the-broker","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-realty-reality","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":605,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/605\/more-on-taking-listings\/","url_meta":{"origin":1276,"position":0},"title":"More on taking listings","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"November 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Greg, The issues in your post that really caught my attention were trying to become a lister as a new agent and finding much more early success working with buyers. 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