It also lets you feel more comfortable just showing up when you know "Ok I at least know Alex and he seems nice so it's not such an overwhelming social task anymore." 

@Chris Salerno My 2020 real estate goals are:1) keep the fire going by continuing reading, listening to podcasts, and networking2) invest in at least 1 multi family syndication on the LP side3) maintain a consistent presence on social media and publish on my blog regularly.

It's pretty straight forward as long as they have US Social Sec. #.Best of luck and Happy New Year

Ours is a social networking event.

If you have special skills that an older agent doesn't (hustle, social media, video, etc.) then offer to provide those services for free.

Again, partnering up with someone will get you further down the road than any podcast, book, social event, etc. 

Hopefully the mortgage company didn't get hacked, especially if you provided social security numbers, etc.

That’s what the brokers do.That being said the ultimate strategy is direct mail, cold calling and targeted social media all at the same time.

If she starts doing a little investigating and figures out she can sell it for $1.4 Million and happens to see you on social media talking about this she may change her mind :-)

IF she is 1099, you need to set her pay so she can afford the taxes herself, full social security, disability, etc.