This document provides tips for real estate agents to obtain sole mandates from sellers to market and sell their properties exclusively. It emphasizes building trust with sellers by demonstrating expertise in property valuations and market conditions. Agents are advised to showcase their knowledge, visibility in the area, passion for real estate, and accessibility. Closing techniques include presenting a detailed comparative market analysis and emphasizing the benefits of the Century 21 brand. Agents are told to ask directly for sole mandates while addressing any seller resistance by clarifying the value of an exclusive agency relationship.

1. Closing Techniques
For
Sole Mandates and Sales

2. Trust Sincerity and Integrity
Our Value System and Ethos at Century 21 DOES NOT
ALLOW us to FORCE or COERCE or INDUCE clients into
transacting with us under any circumstances whatsoever!
Our function is to advise clients in order that they are
empowered to make a decision themselves. Our advise
though is critical as we are more knowledgeable than our
clients are in every aspect of a property transaction, the
current market conditions, the value of the property and
the area in which the property is positioned.

3. Sole Mandates Closing Techniques
Almost all agents do not understand why they fail to obtain sole
mandates.
In the ordinary course of business, it is never about the price.
It is only about what is presented on the next slide.
It takes time, dedication and professionalism for any agent to
fulfil what is required of them in the next slide
Without understanding what they are supposed to do on the
next slide they will never OWN the MARKET through Sole
Mandates

4. It is Simple – a Seller will always be willing
to give a Sole Mandate if the Agent:
• Has the best KNOWLEDGE on the area, valuations, the logistics of
selling, and the current market conditions
•Has the best VISIBILITY (brand exposure) in the area and is known to
the community for being an area specialist
•Is PASSIONATE about Century 21 and themselves and can
communicate the benefits of Century 21
•Is HONEST and virtuous and understands that their
trustworthiness and reputation is at stake
•Is ACCESIBLE and on time, all the time, for appointments

5. Knowledge
All sellers think they are more knowledgeable on the area, valuations and the
current market conditions and rightfully so, as many of them have been living in
the area for a number of years and also follow market trends in financial news
articles.
However in most cases the seller has their own career which is not property
related and the agent should be able to show them that property is the agent’s full
time occupation and professional career – “this is what the agent does and deals
with day and night while the seller is at their work following their own unrelated
career. The seller is an expert in their career and similarly the agent is an expert in
theirs”
Therefore in all cases the agent must have more experience and more knowledge
on the area, the process of selling, the current state of the market, the marketing
of property and valuations than the seller ever has or will ever have.
The agent must position themselves in such a way that they gain the respect and
envy of the seller by adding value for the seller through their knowledge, passion
and successes.
Warning: WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE THE AGENT WILL NOT
CLOSE A SOLE MANDATE

6. VISIBILTY
It is simple logic to understand that a seller will choose an active and visible
agent to sell their property.
Visibility is achieved through :
• Branded Showhouses
• “For Sale” Boards
• Flyers
• Monthly Newsletters
• Internet Adverts
• Newspaper Adverts
• “Dishing” out of Business Cards freely
• Word of Mouth
• Networking with Colleagues
•Sponsoring local events (Schools)
•Being involved with Community Issues (Crime Prevention)
Warning: WITHOUT VISIBILTY THE AGENT WILL NOT
CLOSE A SOLE MANDATE

7. Passion and Honesty
Sellers have to see “fire” and “passion” in an agent for them to appoint the
agent to sell their property exclusively. Agents must “get themselves into a
position where sellers want to do business with them”. Agents who are serious
and proud of their career, who love the industry, who love and adore their
farming area, who love Century 21 and most importantly, who love
themselves, automatically radiate passion and confidence and sellers want to
tap into their enthusiasm.
The biggest factor negatively affecting an agents passion is that of a lack of
knowledge and therefore the fear of meeting and “talking shop” with sellers.
There is no such thing as an agent being born with confidence. It is a fact that
the more knowledge an agent has the more confident and passionate they
are.
Honesty is a given and any agent who does not understand the importance of
honesty should not be a Century 21 agent. Enough said.
Warning: WITHOUT PASSION and HONESTY THE AGENT WILL NOT
CLOSE A SOLE MANDATE

8. BEING ACCESIBLE
A seller is a consumer and consumers expect good service in
return for their money. An Agent’s career is only about service
and nothing else. Remember, agents do not build the actual
houses nor do they actually buy the houses so they do not
“create” or manufacture anything tangible but merely act as
agents for a seller and a buyer through providing a service.
Knowledge, passion, honesty and visibility mean absolutely
nothing if the agent is never available when the seller needs
them, does not return the sellers calls promptly and does not
provide feedback.
“The seller is paying the agent the commission and it is the
agent who should be “running” after the seller and not the
other way round”
Warning: WITHOUT BEING ACCESIBLE THE
AGENT WILL NOT CLOSE A SOLE MANDATE

9. Without implementing the above points
continuously, the Agent will never “Own the
Market” and will not close Sole Mandates
Millionaire agents understand this and unfortunately, most agents do not. That is
why most agents are struggling agents.
The sad and undignified reality is that agents who do not implement the above will
be labelled as lazy agents OR as agents that are just hoping to get lucky by the
colleagues around them and even worse, buy sellers and buyers.
It takes time, commitment, hard work and dedication to become the most
knowledgeable and visible agent in a farming area. So active passionate agents
work hard at it – lazy un-ambitious agents do not.
These lazy un-ambitious agents are those who will move from brand to brand or
will frequently change their farming areas because they blame the brand or the
banks or their principal or their farming area for their failure.
Now that we all understand the above let us look at Closing
Techniques for a Sole Mandate.
WARNING: Without understanding the above first, it
is of no use to continue with the presentation.

10. Closing Techniques
• Ensure that you meet both the husband and wife (or all the registered owners) at
the same time of doing your valuation and your Sole Mandate presentation. The
one spouse/partner would never be able to communicate the price and marketing
benefits nor your knowledge and enthusiasm you had presented to the other with
the same passion that you did. Wait for the moment when they are both there.
• Agents should immediately go into a Sole Mandate presentation once the home
has been viewed and not come back the following day with the evaluation to do it.
•As you are walking through the home praise the home and comment on its great
features. Ensure that you notice where time and effort has been spent on the
home by the seller (furniture, garden, curtains etc).
• Never walk through with a clipboard as this is too impersonal (you are not an
inspector) and lead the way through the home - this shows your confidence. Ensure
you enter every single room and again this will show your seriousness about the
valuation and your confidence (never just peek into a room)
• Once you have walked through the home instruct the sellers to sit around the
dinning room table or in the lounge to discuss the home (don’t ask - rather
instruct). Accept an invitation for a cup of tea or coffee or water (never alcohol)
•Once you are all around the table then never, never, never ever tell the sellers
what their home is worth – you need to rather show them the value of the home
and this is dealt with on the next slide.

11. Closing on Valuation (Price)
• The agent should now pull out their “toolbox” to show the sellers how much their property
is worth and this is when the agent should become part of the seller’s family by addressing the
home as “ours” and them as “us” to decide on a value and how should “we” market the
property and what “our” competition is etc.
•The “toolbox” must contain a CMA “Comparative Market Analysis” and incidentally, this is a
great tool to delay meeting with the sellers until they are both present – in other words –
should the one spouse phone you for an evaluation immediately, then reply by saying, “ you
know what, rather give me you address and erf number over the phone now and let me do a
proper scientific CMA for you and I will present it to both of you tonight. I prefer this so that
the evaluation is not a “thumb suck” and it will also give us a chance to see exactly who our
competing sellers are in the area. I would hate to give you an inaccurate figure and I am not
one of those agents who allows their personal views and ambitions to influence the price ”
• Other items in the “toolbox” must include details and photos of every single other house
that is for sale in the area and homes that have recently sold (no matter which agency has or
had it) that has similar specs to the seller’s and, the sale history of all these houses (how long
on the market, listing price vs selling price etc)
• Also include current newspaper adverts on homes with similar specs no matter with which
agency
• Your own history of what homes you have sold in the area and what current listings you have.
These should be in your own “brag file” which includes amongst others, you Fidelity Fund
Certificate, family photos, your accolades and certificates, Century 21 paraphernalia etc
•All the above should be laid out on the table and you should then prompt the seller to go
through all the information with you and you should then say, “let us together go through all
this information and we will together come up with the right valuation for our home”.
The point is that when the agent can show the sellers what the value of their home is as
opposed to just telling them, an agreement on price will be reached very quickly and in
fact, because this way value can be physically shown, it is actually the easiest part of
obtaining a Sole Mandate. The other important fact is that the seller will feel that he also got
involved in determining the value of his home.

12. Closing on the Century 21 Brand and You
Closing on the seller to choose the Century 21 brand is just as simple and easy to do as on price. So
once the price issue is settled then simply :
• If the agent is the most visible, most passionate, most active and the most knowledgeable, the
seller would want their services. That is a given!
•Now combine that with the Century 21 Brand and its benefits and that is that – the Sole Mandate is
“done and dusted”
•Simple ? Yes !!! Provided that the agents understands exactly what the benefits of using the Century
21 Brand are and actions these over to the seller. These include:
• Having the world’s largest real estate brand working for them together with all its systems and tools
( whether this is relevant or not it does not matter because its a matter of prestige for the seller).
Make them feel honoured that Century 21 wants their home to sell. Also:
1. Internal Local Office, National and International networking to help find a buyer quicker
2. Website Marketing – those with iPads and laptops should log on and show it to them live!
3. Show House Days – Century 21 branded Show Houses are prestigious and look great
4. National Property Exhibition – offered as a benefit to sole mandate sellers only
5. National Property Portfolio Publication – offered as a benefit to sole mandate sellers only
6. Newspaper Adverts – offered as a benefit to sole mandate sellers only
7. Pre- qualification of any buyers so we do not have time wasters and/or buyers with ulterior
motives (criminal activity) coming through the home - service
8. Continuous feedback to the seller - service
9. The Century 21 brand and the agent will ensure that every single purchaser in that price range in
the period of the Sole Mandate will be introduced to their property to ensure the
quickest, cleanest possible sale for the highest possible price
Most importantly though, they must be told that they would gain the services of the most
passionate and knowledgeable agent in the area -- YOU ! If you are too embarrassed to say this
to the seller it is because you have no faith and confidence in yourself and you yourself would
then agree that you are in fact not the ideal agent for them and that is a massive
problem, ..........is it not ?

13. Other General Tips on Closing a Sole Mandate
• Once you have closed on the price and on the benefits of the seller using you
and the Century 21 Brand then its time for signature. It is the time to stop the
selling and time for signature. This is the time when the agent must go “on
risk” and ask for the Sole Mandate to be signed. Do not be afraid of rejection
at this stage. Just do it !! Never say ,” think about it and I will contact you
tomorrow”. Weak agents are afraid of rejection and they will rather leave with
a hope that they will get a Sole Mandate the next day. Top millionaire agents
are not afraid and they would want to know exactly where they stand right
there and the. Millionaire agents do not fear rejection
• Let the sellers know that they can only experience the true “might” of the
Century 21 Brand if they agree to give the Sole Mandate. For the seller to
experience all the benefits, they need to understand that it costs the company
money and time and the agent dedication and commitment and this may not
happen without a Sole Mandate.
• Let the sellers know that if the seller gives a Sole Mandate then the agent
has to ( contractually), use all the tools available to them to perform to get the
property sold. Without a Sole Mandate, there is no “performance” contract
for the agent and that the agent is not accountable - the agent will rather
spend their time and effort and the company would rather spend their
resources on their clients who have signed a Sole Mandate and are
contractually accountable. Put the “fear of loss” across.
• Make the sellers feel good by saying that, “ this is a “Century 21 home”

14. “Trading Off” Benefits for a Sole Mandate
The agent must say, “We can get Century 21 to do all that for us if we allow
Century 21to work exclusively on our home” – (remember and don’t forget, as
discussed earlier, you are replacing the words “you” and “me” and “them” and
“mine” with “we” and “us” and “ours” so that you can project you are part of
the seller’s family and on the seller’s side.
In other words, never provide or promise all the benefits of Century 21 to a
seller who does not want to give you a sole mandate. You don’t want to be in a
position when a seller walks away with all the benefits of using Century 21 and
without having singed a sole mandate. You will appear to be the fool !
However never trade - off service for a sole mandate. Whether you are
successful in getting the sole mandate or not never, ever trade off your
passion and service pledge to a seller. Benefits and service are 2 different
things and service must never ever be compromised bur benefits can.
Remember, if you walk away with an open listing it is still good and you could
still sell the property before your competition does, therefore, don’t appear to
be upset if you are unsuccessful in getting the sole mandate

15. The Most Common Reasons for Sellers’ Resistance
to Giving an Agent a Sole Mandate
• Sellers believe that the more agents they has working on their property, the
better the chances of them getting it sold. This is a fallacy – more agents do not
create more buyers.
The reason is simple - At any given time in any given period for any given price
range, there is a set number of buyers and agents cannot create more buyers than
there actually are.
So, the correct business and most efficient and professional way for a seller is to
give a sole agency to the most professional and visible agency in the area at that
point in time. This ensures that every singly buyer for the home at that point in
time and for that price range is introduced to the property buy the most
knowledgeable, passionate and professional agent and brand (YOU and CENTURY
21) to ensure a smooth transaction and the best chance of doing a deal. It is a fact
that one agent can take the same buyer to the same house and not close a deal
when another agent could have taken the same buyer to the same house at the
same price at the same time and close the deal.
• Sellers may get uncomfortable if the agent continuously ‘sells themselves’ to
them when closing on a sole mandate. It may become too personal for them.
Therefore, the agent must always be selling the Century 21 brand as a whole to
them and the benefits thereof and not themselves personally. Sellers must feel
they are getting the might of Century 21 Global to sell their property and not just
the Century 21 agent (YOU) sitting in front of them
Agents negotiating for a sole mandate must let the sellers know of
the above

16. Closing on a Sale
The easiest thing on earth to do !!!!
• All you have to do is to take as many buyers to the home as possible. Someone
will buy it. These buyers will come through your marketing, show-
houses, website, networking, newspaper adverts and your list of buyers you have
continuously being gathering.
• These will all be pre-qualified buyers as you are the top, professional agent.
•One of your buyers will buy the home for the price you are advertising or for the
reduced price that your sellers would be expecting from all the time you have being
giving them feedback. Remember all the time you had being giving them feedback
was for the purposes of price counselling.
• As you are knowledgeable about the contract, bond finance and the transfer
process the deal will run smoothly.
•Lastly, you would have negotiated a deal that has the best possible chance of the
bond being granted (deposits, costs, etc).
It really is that easy – you see, the easiest thing in the world is to sell a house
because a house sells itself. A buyer will buy a house when he loves it and not if
the agent is good or not. He does not care about the agent. He wants the house.
Your function as the millionaire agent is to get it on a sole mandate at the
correct price and then introduce as many of those buyers mentioned in the
previous paragraphs to the house and one of them will buy it and that is that!
Please read the next slide carefully if you are still not convinced

17. Selling is Easy – Anyone can Sell
• The single biggest mistake estate agents do is that they make the selling of a
property their priority instead of making the listing of the property on a Sole
Mandate the priority. This is understandable as when the sell it is the point where
they are physically making money. They are not understanding that they are
putting “the cart before the horse”. This is why service levels amongst estate agents
rank as one of the worst and why most estate agents fail or make very little money.
Most estate agents are after the glamour of selling a property and all dream about
making big money with the big deal when the real glamour and real profits come
from “owning the market” with sole mandates.
What they should rather be doing is selling a brilliant, professional, energetic and
passionate SERVICE TO THE SELLERS with a view of getting the sole mandate and
then the buyers and the sale and commission will follow. Automatically. What is
the use of giving buyers a top service when you have got no properties to show
them ????????
This brilliant, professional, energetic and passionate service is derived from simply
being the most knowledgeable most visible and most accessible agent in your area
and not what a smooth talker the agent is. These 3 qualities take
time, dedication, hard work, patience, professionalism and resilience and
fortunately for the agents who do understand this, they are our millionaire agents
and are living the “Top Billing” lifestyle.

18. Knowledge is being SMARTER
Visibility is being BOLDER
Accessibility is being FASTER