Building a realtor vendor list
A realtor vendor list is the set of trades you hand clients when they ask who to call, with a name, a phone number and your reason for each one. These guides cover the template, how to check a vendor before you add them, how many to keep per trade, and how to find out whether each referral worked out.
- Real Estate Vendor List Template: it's a table of columns you can copy into any spreadsheet, with a filled-in example.
- How to Vet a Contractor Before You Recommend Them: these are the four checks to run before a name goes on your list.
- How Many Vendors per Trade Belong on Your List: two or three names per trade give your client a choice, and one is enough when it's the only one you trust.
- How to Recommend a Home Inspector: read a sample report and check the license before an inspector goes on your list, then let the buyer book.
- How to Track Which Vendor Referrals Worked Out: a simple referral log, filled in by one question to your client, tells you who was hired and how it went.
- How Often to Update a Realtor Vendor List: go through the list once a year, and look again right away when one of three things happens.
- What to put on a realtor vendor list: these are the trades clients ask about, from before the listing goes live to the years after closing.
- How to build a vendor network as a new agent: it covers where to find your first vendors and how to keep those relationships going.
- Textable vendor list: PDF or link?: a PDF gets buried in your client's email, and a link you can text doesn't.
- What is a preferred vendor list?: paid "preferred" programs raise RESPA and disclosure questions, and this explains what to call your list instead.
- What to do after a bad vendor referral: it covers what to say to your client and the vendor when a job goes wrong.
- Vendor list apps for realtors, compared: it compares the apps agents use to hold a vendor list and send it to clients.
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