Real Estate Agency Checklist: 12 Mistakes to Avoid

Property agencies rarely fail because they lack listings. They struggle because small habits slip: a price not updated, a lead not called, a commission not written down. This checklist is for the owner of a Nepali brokerage or small development firm who wants to find those leaks. Score yourself honestly and fix the worst three first.

Listings

1. One record per property. If the same plot appears under two names in two files, you will quote two prices. Pick one master list.
2. Status updated the same day. A sold house still advertised wastes buyers' time and damages your name. Make updating status the first thing an agent does after a deal.
3. Original land units kept. Store ropani, aana, paisa and dam, or bigha, kattha and dhur, as written on the certificate.
4. Owner terms in writing. Asking price, minimum price, commission and exclusivity should be recorded with a date.

Leads

5. Every enquiry recorded. Including the ones from Facebook comments and missed calls.
6. A next follow-up date on every open lead. No date means no follow-up.
7. Lead source tracked. You cannot decide where to advertise without it.
8. Site visit feedback logged. A visit with no notes teaches you nothing.

Money

9. Commission rules agreed before the deal. Between you and the owner, and between you and your agents.
10. Advance and balance recorded per deal. Who paid what, when, to whom.

Data and people

11. Individual logins. Shared passwords mean you cannot tell who changed what, and you cannot remove one person cleanly.
12. Regular backups. A single laptop holding your whole pipeline is a risk, especially with power cuts and dust.

How to score yourself

Points ticked	What it means
10 to 12	Well organised. Software would add speed and reporting.
6 to 9	Workable but leaking. Tidy your sheet or consider a system.
Under 6	Deals are being lost. Start with listings and follow-up dates immediately.

A short walkthrough of a typical week

Imagine an agency of four agents. On Sunday morning, which is the start of the Nepali working week, the owner opens the dashboard and sees nine leads overdue for a call. Two belong to an agent who is away, so they are reassigned. Midweek, a buyer asks for a house near Bhaisepati. An agent filters stock by area and price, shortlists two and sends a WhatsApp summary. After the visit she logs that the buyer liked it but found the lane narrow. On Friday the owner checks which source produced the week's leads. None of this needs clever technology. It needs one place where the facts live.

Mistakes specific to the Nepali market

• Quoting a price for a plot without confirming the road. A trail road, a motorable road and a blacktopped road can change value dramatically. Record road type for every listing.
• Ignoring seasonality. Enquiries often rise after Dashain and Tihar and around the new fiscal year, and slow in the heavy monsoon. Plan follow-ups and advertising around those patterns, using your own past data to confirm them.
• Relying on verbal agreements with owners. Note the agreed commission and the validity period of the listing in writing, even if it is only a WhatsApp message saved to the record.
• Mixing personal and company contacts. When agents use personal phones, buyers belong to the agent, not the agency. Store contacts in the shared system.

Training new agents

New agents are where good habits are either built or lost. On the first day, give them a one-page guide: how to add a lead, how to log a visit, how to change a listing status and who to ask for help. Let them shadow a senior agent for a week and check their records daily at first. When records are consistent from the start, the team trusts the data, and trusted data is used. When the first few records are sloppy, everyone learns that the system does not matter.

Consider also how you will handle a departing agent. The leads they hold belong to the agency and should be reassigned the same day, with a courtesy message to the buyers so that the transition feels smooth.

A monthly health check for the owner

On the first of every Nepali month, look at five numbers and write them down. New listings added, new leads received, site visits completed, deals closed and the number of listings that have had no enquiry for sixty days. Comparing month to month shows whether you are growing or just busy. A rising count of stale listings usually means the price expectation is too high, and it is a good reason to call the owner with evidence rather than opinion. Falling leads from one source tell you to change where you advertise. Keeping this habit for a year gives you a reliable picture of your seasons, which is worth more than any guess.

Where software fits

A system makes the checklist automatic rather than dependent on willpower. Overdue leads appear without anyone hunting for them, history stays with the record, and commission splits are visible. WebsNP builds this in our real estate software, and if you also collect rent from properties you own, our rental property software covers that side.

Take the checklist to your next team meeting, and if you want a system built around your answers, message us on WhatsApp at +977 9846280400 for a demo.

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