The holiday season is on us, brining endless parties and entertaining opportunities for real estate investors and agents. However, while this can be one of the best times of the year for building relationships and new business opportunities, it has also been one of the most notoriously devastating for many careers.
So how can you capitalize on this holiday season and what must you avoid?
An increasing number of companies have announced that they are throwing holiday parties this year. As the owner of a real estate investing business or real estate agent heading up your own team this can be an excellent opportunity to show your appreciation to your coworkers; creating stronger bonds and loyalty, boosting productivity and even making you more appealing to work with by the top talent you have been courting.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg of opportunities holiday parties offer for real estate professionals from New Haven, CT to San Diego, CA.
Hosting parties for prospects and other industry professionals can make for great business building opportunities too.
They can be organized as open houses to show off a new property, in your office to capture them, as corporate retreats, elegant cocktail parties, happy hour get-togethers, dinners or even purely as networking focused events.
However, whatever your plans for throwing or attending holiday parties this year there are some critical temptations you must avoid. You certainly want to monitor your alcohol intake and not be the fool at this year’s party, nor set up a situation which could lead others to slip down this slope and mean destroying relationships and causing future conflict. Don’t hammer people with business talk either; this is time for fun, relaxing and developing relationships.
Yet, you will absolutely want to take building your contact list seriously and set up appointments to do real business as soon as the holiday madness is over.
