Planning is good. Putting your intention on what you’re here to give is good.
But tweaking your plans, then re-tweaking them quickly gets into procrastinationland. And I don’t wanna be part of procrastiNATION.
That said: Today is about one day’s worth of sincerely focused planning, thinking, and intentions. This is the last day this quarter (till 4/10) that I’ll do that. I’m planning here:
Revised personal income goal (mortgage lending) $120,000. This would be fabulous on 12-20 hours a week. And it’s on the cusp of achievability. I think it’s possible; I know that some people are doing it. I want this with minimal overhead. No weeks with more than 25 hours in it.
I average $2,000 net to me, per file. That’s easy: 60 transactions. X 2k = 120k. Basic part done.
There are 10.5 months left; so if I can get 11 total units closed through march (I have 2 ytd, with a few about to close–January was a self inflicted bloodbath), I’m happy, and left with a gap of 5 to cover in 9 months. (I was in a funk–pretty uncool).
I’m a prospecting based originator: I work off of Realtor Referrals…and I work the phones to get them…and then knock the service out of the park. (In theory–Mike is more the service guy). We’ve got a process that I’ve created, and it looks like we can quickly use heapCRM to help with that.
Anyway–moving on: I close about 55% of my applications; many, many people can’t close, and that’s normal. I want to address that number as soon as I can Initially, I want to deal with “realityland,” and see what I need to do with present conditions to get my results.
So if I’m closing 55% of my aps…that means that I need to take 60/.55 = 109 aps.
And an ap? That’s defined as a FULL REAL AP with ALL of the data needed to close a loan. Anything else is a lead…and I’d say that I need about 2.5 qualified leads to get to an ap. That’s a guess though, and again, with HEAP I can figure it out pretty well.
Leads needed, then = 2.5 * 109 = 272.5 –we’ll call it 273 (A lead is someone with either interest in/benefited by a transaction). To get a lead, then I need to connect with 15 people. A connection is any voluntary engagement on their part. Whether it’s on the phone, or anywhere else. Getting to a decision on the lead (BattleCall.Com calls it sink or swim) is the key part of the equation.
15 * 272.5 = 4087.
That’s the contacts I need to make this happen. 4087 in a year isn’t bad. But let’s break it down; I can average 20 good contacts an hour. My basic scripts come from the old 1.0 Mike Ferry system–”Hi, this is a business call..I’m trying to help 100 families move this year…and I wanted to know if you had heard of anyone that may be moving…” And if I get a byproduct lead, that I can use to get more leads form the Realtor, that’s easily done.
So, the next part of the equation is 4087–if I’m taking 7 weeks off including holidays, then we’re looking at 52- 6 (time passed) -7 = 39 weeks. 4087/39 = 104 contacts per week.
If I’m working a three day week (and I will be) that’s M, W and Th as work days. (Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) are spent on my next project. That’s 35 contacts/workday. That’s manageable; 2 focused hours x 3 days a week…then I can serve the hell out of my clients.
So, what I’m tracking:
- Contacts
- Realtor
- Non Realtor Professional
- Consumer
- Leads (Source EEEEEEEEEEEEVERY lead)
- Applications
- Purchase
- Refi
- Submissions
- Closings
- Gross Fee
- Average Fee (derivative)
- Volume
- Turndowns (Should be under 5% of my submissions, our jobs as originators is front line underwriters)
- Cancels
- Emails sent (iterated marketing not spam)
- Marketing sent.
- Blog written (Tendayteam.com)
I think this is it; i can easilly add more. That will appear in the sidebar on the far right (outersidebar) starting tomorrow.
I’ll have more of a concept of what I want the Tuesday-Thursday project to be, really really soon. There are a few projects I want to chunk out; newmarketsurvivalguide.com and rightrightnow.com
Maybe I can Get Clients Now!
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