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What's your best piece of advice
for REALTORS ® working to level
up their careers this year?
“Say yes to every
opportunity that comes
through the door. It may
not work out perfectly for
all parties every single
time, but it will lead to
other opportunities that
will expand your career
organically.”
MATTHEW AYO
Peak Realty Chicago
“Figure out your
greatest weaknesses
in implementing
your business plan
and hire or contract
people who have
that skillset.”
DAMIAN ALBERT
Albert Realty Advisors, LLC
“Get comfortable
delegating tasks and
letting go of control
to free up valuable
time to focus on
income-generating
activities.”
CHRISTINA McNAMEE
@properties
“Find your niche and
expand from there, whether
that is a specific
neighborhood, an asset
type or any other avenue.
Monopolize that niche.”
BORIS LEHTMAN
Fulton Grace Realty
“Be persistent, let your
prospects know that not
everything will be there the
next day and hustle hard.”
MATIJA LANDA
Kass Management Services, Inc.
“The supportive and
collaborative community of
professionals I've met and
worked with along the way.”
ALAIN UY
@properties
“Being able to
leverage my
knowledge on the
local market to help
my clients and their
families make the
best decisions on
their future homes
and investments.”
RICK TREJO
Realty of Chicago, LLC
“I take pride in
creating a business
that unites all my past
career experiences
into a melting pot
of skills relevant to
helping clients make
the biggest and most
expensive decision
of their lives.”
NICOLE HAJDU
Dream Town Realty
What makes you most
proud to be a REALTOR ® ?
“Being able to help my
community and educate
them on things they don’t
know - even something
as small as knowing how
to read their mortgage
statement. Knowledge
is power.”
LAURA RODRIGUEZ
Realty of Chicago, LLC
“I'm most proud in markets
like we're in now, where
people are very stressed
trying to buy, getting
outbid, not knowing how to
price their homes, etcetera.
I am seeing sellers and
buyers really leaning on
professionals with strong
relationships within the
industry.”
SHERRI HOKE
Jameson Sotheby’s
International Realty
TOP PRODUCER
Must-
Reads
Purple Cow:
Transform
Your Business
by Being
Remarkable
by Seth Godin
CINDI
SODOLSKI
COMPASS
Start with Why
by Simon Sinek
EVAN
SMEENGE
COMPASS
Seven Levels of
Communication
by Michael J.
Maher
THOMAS
BEZANES
COMPASS
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