{"id":982,"date":"2019-03-15T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/how-a-new-team-got-up-and-running-with-realtor-com-leads\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:12:53","slug":"how-a-new-team-got-up-and-running-with-realtor-com-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/how-a-new-team-got-up-and-running-with-realtor-com-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"How a New Team Got Up and Running With Realtor.com Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPONSORED CONTENT<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"secrets-to-lead-success\/\">Suneet Agarwal<\/a> will be the first to tell you that when he began working as a real estate professional several years ago, finding the right mix of culture and technology at the brokerages he worked for was a matter of trial and error.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56280 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-15-at-11_48_51-AM-300x294-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\">He tried working with several organizations, he recalls, \u201cthe big names, the smaller names\u2014and it was never really that great of a fit, whether it be culture or splits or just being welcoming to team environments and new technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when he met the team behind <a href=\"https:\/\/bigblockrealtynorth.com\/team\">BigBlock Realty<\/a> in San Diego, that changed. \u201cWe became good friends, we started talking, and then they wanted growth,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we decided, together, to open BigBlock in Sacramento.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To get his team, the Best Sacramento Homes Group at BigBlock, up and running, he began working with online lead programs. That effort also required some trial and error. Some of the programs generated leads from people who had recently done a Google search on a home, but they were still years away from buying or selling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of nurturing that takes,\u201d said Agarwal, could be a bit \u201clabor-intensive for a bunch of agents who are wanting to make money now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of the main benefits of Realtor.com is the leads are closer to the bottom of the buying funnel,\u201d said Agarwal. \u201cAn agent can start today and have an escrow within two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That incentive is big for Agarwal\u2019s youthful team; about 30 percent are new to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have these agents who are making the best money they&#8217;ve ever made in their lives. 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