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The entry point that has proven itself in practice is the property valuation: owners want to know the value first, often long before they commission an agent. A landing page with a valuation offer typically converts considerably better than the general agency page. Honesty is essential here: say clearly what happens after the inquiry, because anyone expecting an anonymous online estimate and getting three phone calls instead is burnt.

Geographically you can work with precision: if you are strong in certain districts ("farming"), tailor ads and landing pages exactly to them. On the landing page, local reference properties and Google reviews count for more than any advertising slogan, because selling a property is a matter of trust.

Pitfalls: valuation leads go cold quickly, and without a prompt, personal follow-up process the best targeting is worthless. Portals and commercial lead sellers bid on the same keywords, and the click prices reflect that. And rental or property management keywords only belong in the account if your business model genuinely covers them.

A word on lead quality: valuation forms are also filled in by the merely curious, by heirs in early deliberations and occasionally by tenants. One or two qualifying questions in the form, for instance whether the person is the owner and within what period a sale is planned, cost a bit of conversion rate but spare you a lot of futile follow-up work. The economic assessment of the campaigns should hang on the listings actually won anyway, not on the sheer number of leads. That requires a simple but consistent feedback loop from sales back into campaign management.