Movers and Realtors: An Essential Relationship for Local Success
Forming a partnership with a professional mover can be a valuable tool in your toolkit. In most
situations, when selling a home to a prospective buyer, their household items will have to be moved into their new home.
Whether they choose to do it themselves, hire labor to help load a truck or contract a full-service mover, it is not an easy task. Therefore, choosing a professional is the best option! A pro mover will handle all aspects of the move and make sure there is nothing your buyer must worry about.
When forming a relationship with a mover, you are one step ahead of the game! Your prospective buyer will perceive you as a respected professional who has enough experience to form such partnerships.
Most pro movers are small to mid-sized family-owned companies looking for ways to get involved in their local communities. They want to participate in lunches, sales meetings, charity events or really anything to build a closer relationship with their local real estate market.
If you visit your mover’s website, they should have an About Us tab, which will help paint a better picture of the type of organization you plan on partnering with. Read about our story by clicking on the linked text above!
Finding your point of contact at the moving company is an essential step in the process of forming a partnership. This contact will typically be one of the moving consultants. The moving consultant will go into the home, give the estimates and make sure your buyer is stress-free throughout the entire move.
It is important to form a strong relationship with your moving consultant. They will make the extra effort for you if you do the same for them. Don’t lose touch.
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the normal way of doing things for most people. Networking with professionals in your local market is among them. Despite the lack of physical interaction and the shortage of friendly social gatherings, there are still ways to grow your network!
We have been told many businesses, including real estate companies, are using Zoom to hold their weekly meetings. If you are one of the people who help organize these meetings, invite your local vendors! It gives them a chance to keep you all in the loop about what is going on with them.
Now, more than ever, we could use some lighthearted virtual fun to take our mind off things. Events such as virtual happy hours, trivia nights and even watch parties for holiday films are great ways to keep in touch with your network.
If you have an idea for a networking event, email your idea to our Marketing Director, Joseph, at
joseph.cousinsusa@gmail.com.
Questions To Remember!
When choosing a mover to partner with, it is important to make sure they are ACTUALLY a professional. Any moving company can claim to be a professional, but not all are. Therefore, you should find your mover on moving.org before forming a partnership. Cousins USA Moving Storage has been a part of the American Trucking Association, or ATA, for nearly ten years now!
Each moving company could have its own way of forming these partnerships. At Cousins USA Moving & Storage, we have a few ways of doing so. If you are a Realtor who is a part of a national brand, such as RE/MAX or Berkshire Hathaway, then you and your clients qualify for special rates, as we are a national vendor for both brands.
If you are an independent broker/owner, then you can set up a personalized plan to connect your sales associates with ours by charging a monthly agreed upon rate. With this partnership, similar discounts and specials will be offered by us! On top of this, any Realtor, regardless of affiliation, becomes eligible for our Realtor Referral Program when referring a client.
To refer a client, you can call (954) 792-6650 or email their information to referrals.cousinsusa@gmail.com. Read more about the referral program by clicking on the linked text above!
