Our classroom schools won't allow any marketing to their students in any way shape or form. But a few of our on-line schools will. Have any of you tried to market to home study students, and how did you go about it. I've spent a lot of time putting together training programs, techonology and systems. This year I need to start growing. Right now I just have 7 agents plus myself. I would like to get to 30 by the end of the year. I love training new agents, and I would like new agents to be my focus for 2007. In 2008 I'll start working on experienced agents. Have any of you ran an agressive recruiting campaign? How long did you run the campaign, and how many agents did you hire? My infastructure is set up to support a large office. What growing pains should I be aware of?

Carla,

We can buy a list of candidates taking the exam here in NC from the real estate commission. Can you do that in CO?

Nope. You can't apply for your license here until after you've signed on with a broker- so any list they would have are already hired. We have some recruiting challenges here in CO.

It is a proven fact that most agents make a change within the first 6-12 months so I'd go ahead and market to the agents that chose your competitors when they first affiliated with a broker, also.

Ann Banos, Broker
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