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Instead of actively working the leads she receives from her sphere of influence she refers them to the brokerage and collects her fee when the deal closes.

You want to take advantage of their spheres of influence as well as.

The more you can mine your sphere of influence for networking, the better.  

Basically you have to let everyone you know in your SOI (Sphere of Influence) that you are in Real Estate and continuously remind them with all that you do (i.e. open houses, listings, closed sales, etc).  

I focus most of my marketing on my sphere of influence, current and past clients.  

A few weeks ago I received a post card from an investor wanting to buy my rental property.I know the Dallas market is on fire but if these offers aren't top of the market indicators I'm not sure what are.It kind of reminds me of the "flip this house" TV shows in 2006 and "We Buy Gold" commercials when gold hit $1,900/oz in 2011. 

., you will be at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to many major forms of financing, especially given the currency headwinds you're facing in Oz.

As an agent, working your sphere of influence is going to be critical.

Your 'sphere of influence' or whatever needs to know you are looking to help a seller unload their home burden.