Never Lose a Buyer Again
Nikki Ubaldini
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Nikki Ubaldini
• Crystal Beach, Florida
• Cofounder of The Gary & Nikki Team
• Regional Operating Principal: Florida–South
• Operating Principal in Three Market Centers
• MC Broker
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Delivering Steller Buyer Consultations
• Setting the Stage for Success
• Explaining the Home-Buying Process
• Conducting a Needs Analysis
• Defining Expectations
• Getting an Exclusivity Agreement Signed
Win the Buyer Every Time
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• Prepare a Home-Buying Packet or Buyer’s
Book.
• Practice your conversion scripts.
• Get into the FLOW of opportunity.
Getting Prepared
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• Who is it all about?
• What’s their favorite subject?
• Don’t sell and tell about YOU.
• Close for CITO.
• Congratulations! You have an appointment!
Convert the Lead
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Use a script to set the stage for success:
“Before we get started, I would like to share my/our team mission with you. My/Our mission is to help you achieve your goals and exceed your expectations. By doing this I/we hope you would never hesitate to refer me/us to your friends, family, or coworkers. Therefore, at the end of our meeting today, one of three things will happen …”
Setting the Stage for Success
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“One: You will understand all the benefits I/my team can provide
to you and you will choose to hire me/us and that would be great!”
“Two: You may not understand all the benefits I/my team can
provide to you and you may choose not to hire me/us and, to be
quite honest, that wouldn’t be so great.”
“Three: I/We may choose not to represent you in the purchase of
your new home.”
“Would that be a fair assessment?”
(Pause for reaction)
Setting the Stage for Success
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“Let me explain why I would say that. Remember, my/our mission is to help you achieve your goals and exceed your expectations. Well, if at any time during our meeting today I feel I/We cannot achieve your goals or exceed your expectations, I would rather turn you down now than let you down later, and we can part as friends. Does that sound fair to you?”
“Great, let’s get started!”
Setting the Stage for Success
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• Walk through state disclosures.
• Don’t ask them to sign any documents …
yet.
Setting the Stage for Success
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• Overview• Research Process• Properties• Market Conditions/Inventory• The Offer• The Contract• Negotiation Process• Contract-to-Close Process
Explaining the Home-Buying
Process
Win the Buyer Every Time
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• Ask permission.
• Adjust your script.
• Explain the steps.
• Help buyers understand the value an agent
brings to the process.
1. Overview
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• Explain the research process.
• Research sources:
• Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
• For sale by owner (FSBO) houses
• New construction houses
• Withdrawns and expireds
2. Research Process
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• Set up for success.• Determine average number of homes a
buyer typically tours before making a decision.
• What would the buyerdo if the first house meets all of their criteria?
3. Properties
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• Share local market conditions.
• Explain buyer’s market vs. seller’s market.
• Use the statistics to explain the market.
• Be the interpreter, not the creator, of the
market.
• Educate. Don’t sell and tell.
4. Market Conditions/Inventory
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• Discuss how much they are willing to pay.• Explain the process of determining/making
an offer.• Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)• Types of contractual contingencies
• Prepare for multiple offer situations.• Explain what you can control and what you
can’t.
5. The Offer
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• Highlight key points in contract documents.
• Provide sample documents.
• Ask buyers to review documents.
• Explain which standard
contingencies will be included.
• Encourage questions before writing an
offer.
6. The Contract
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• Explain your role.
• Explain their role
• Explain time is of the essence.
• Reiterate responsibilities of a buyers agent.
7. Negotiation Process
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• Explain the importance of this phase of the home-buying process (“Our job really starts now.”).
• Provide: • Statistics on real estate closings—FSBO vs.
Real Estate Agent
• A brief overview of the activities and interactions you will manage during this process
8. Contract-to-Close Process
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• Use a script to ask about the transaction:
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being ‘not very
good’ and 10 being ‘it’s awesome, it’s a great
experience,’ what one thing has to happen for
this transaction or process to be a 10 for you?”
Conducting a Needs Analysis
The Tens Exercise
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Always go three-deep!
1. Why is _____
important to you?
2. Describe for me what
you mean by
_________.
Conducting a Needs Analysis
FAMILY
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• Use a script to ask about the HOME:
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being ‘not very
good’ and 10 being perfect, what one thing
does your new home have to have or be to be
a 10?”
Conducting a Needs Analysis
The Tens Exercise
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Always go three-deep!
1. Why is _____
important to you?
2. Describe for me what
you mean by
_________.
Conducting a Needs Analysis
FAMILY
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• How does somebody win with you?
• How does somebody lose with you?
Defining Expectations
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• What do you feel I have the right to expect from you as my client?
• What do you feel you have the right to expect from me as your agent?
• Listen to how their commitment to you is developing and strengthening.
Defining Expectations
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Use a script and move straight to the buyers
agent exclusive (representation) document:
“Ready to get started finding that dream home?”
Pull out your AGREEMENT OF LOYALTY and
begin filling it in!
Getting an Exclusivity
Agreement Signed
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• Complete the document with their
participation.
• Put exclusivity language into layman’s terms.
• Present document for their signature.
Getting an Exclusivity
Agreement Signed
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• Elements that make this approach “stellar”
• Key points to remember
• Common obstacles or objections
• Ways to customize the approach
Delivering Stellar Buyer
Consultations
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• Develop powerful scripts to help set the stage for success.
• Create a Home-Buying Packet to help you explain the steps in the process.
• Practice probing to identify needs, wants, and values.
• Clarify expectations!• Learn how to get an exclusivity agreement
signed.
Ideas into Action!
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