Marketing playbook · for agents, brokers and property managers
Real estate marketing playbook: content that wins listings and buyers
Most agents post listings and wait. The ones who get the calls answer the questions buyers and sellers type into Google long before they pick an agent: what a home is worth, what closing costs look like, which part of town fits their budget. This playbook lists those questions, the angles that turn them into posts, and the phrases that can get a listing pulled.
Start here: three pieces to publish first
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A neighbourhood guide for the area you sell most
Prices, schools, commute, what is changing. It ranks for "[area] homes for sale" searches and gets shared in local groups.
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02
A plain-English closing cost breakdown
Buyers search this before they call anyone. Answer it with real ranges for your market and a line on what you do differently.
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A monthly market update post
Three numbers, one chart, one opinion. Sellers save these and come back when they are ready to list.
This is the same Real estate playbook ADpilot's writer reads before it drafts anything for a business like yours. Use it on your own, or let the machine work through it for you.
Questions your customers type into Google
Each one is a page or a post waiting to be written. Answer it better than anyone nearby and the person searching becomes a lead. Swap the brackets for your own name, town or product.
- "How long does it take to buy a house?"
- "How much are closing costs?"
- "Do I need 20% down?"
- "What credit score do I need to buy a house?"
- "How long does mortgage pre-approval take?"
- "Pre-qualification vs pre-approval - what's the difference?"
- "How much house can I afford?"
- "Is it a buyer's or seller's market in [area]?"
- "What's the difference between an agent and a REALTOR?"
- "How are Realtor commissions paid after the 2024 NAR settlement?"
- "How much does it cost to sell my house?"
- "Should I sell my house FSBO?"
- "What is a 1031 exchange?"
- "How long does closing take?"
- "What are the best months to buy / sell a house?"
Content angles that bring in clients
- Neighborhood guides - schools, commute, amenities (demographically neutral)
- Market update / monthly report - hyperlocal median, DOM, inventory (FRED + local MLS)
- Just sold / just listed - social proof + area pricing signal
- First-time-buyer guides - high-search-volume evergreen
- Home-improvement ROI - which renos return value at sale
- Mortgage-rate explainer - when rates move, explain why
- Before/after staging - visual content engine
- Open-house reels / walk-throughs - Instagram/TikTok native
- Client testimonial + closing photo (with written consent)
- Rent vs buy calculator - lead-magnet staple
Claims and practices to avoid
General guidance from our industry notes, not legal advice. The exact rules depend on your country and regulator.
- Steering: directing buyers toward or away from areas based on demographics - federal violation
- Redlining: refusing to serve certain geographic areas on protected-class basis
- Blockbusting: inducing sales by suggesting demographic change is coming
- Demographic descriptors in listing copy (race, religion, ethnicity, family size, sexual orientation, disability)
- "Perfect for [demographic]" language - never
- Reviewing photos of prospective buyers to gauge qualification
- Bait-and-switch mortgage rate advertising (teaser rate without APR disclosure)
- Unsubstantiated pricing claims ("below market," "priced to sell") without comps
- Using MLS photos without authorization - MLS rules
- RESPA kickback violations - can't pay for referrals from settlement-service providers
- False scarcity ("only 2 units left!") unless verifiable
Let the machine run this playbook
ADpilot turns the questions above into long-form articles built from live Google results, and the angles into native posts for each platform you connect. The claims list goes into every brief, and eight quality gates check each draft before it reaches your approval queue. You approve, it publishes, then it watches what ranks and what people engage with, and writes the next piece with that in mind.