Ten rows, one page. Write every lead down the day it enters your world, circle where it came from and where it stands, and put the next follow-up date in the last column so the paper remembers instead of you. Print this page and keep it on the desk, or copy the table into a spreadsheet: the columns map one to one.
Source has five letters to circle: F FSBO, E Expired, R Referral, O Online, S Sphere. Circle exactly one: where this lead actually came from. The section below explains each one in plain words.
Stage has five circles: N New, C Contacted, R Replied, A Appointment, F Finished. Fill it in pencil and move it as the lead moves. The two rows below are made-up examples, not real people.
| Date | Lead (name / address) | Source F E R O S | Stage N C R A F | Next follow-up |
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| 2026-09-07 | Dana Whitfield, 41 Alder St | ●○○○○FSBO | ○●○○○Contacted | 2026-09-10 |
| 2026-09-08 | Marcus Lee | ○○○○●Sphere | ○○●○○Replied | 2026-09-11 |
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Example rows, top to bottom: a FSBO homeowner who got the first call and has a day-3 text scheduled; a friend of a friend who replied to an introduction and is waiting on a reply from you. Empty rows are yours.
The last column in the log points at this schedule. Count days from the first contact, and write the date for the next touch in the row before you move on to the next lead.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Day 0: call | The first conversation, live or as a voicemail. Keep it short: who you are, why you're calling, one question that starts a real conversation. Log what you said while it's fresh, because the day-3 text has to match it. |
| Day 3: text | Two sentences. Reference something from the call, then one soft question or offer to help. No new pitch, no attachment, nothing that needs more than a one-word reply. |
| Day 10: value-drop | Send something useful with no ask attached: a note on recent sales near their address, a prep checklist, an answer to a question they raised. This is the touch that takes the most effort, which is why it's easy to skip, and it's also the one that gives the person a reason to write back. |
| Day 21: close-out | One last short message: door stays open, here's how to reach me. Then mark the row Finished in pencil and stop spending attention on it. If they come back later, start a fresh row so the history stays readable. |
Four touches per lead, written down before you start. The log column does the tracking; you only have to do what the date says. Job hunting runs the same cadence: the job application tracker puts stages and follow-up dates on one page.
Circling the source every time costs two seconds and buys you a pattern: after a few weeks you can see which letters fill the page and which ones you keep avoiding. That's the point of the column.
Fill the target column on Monday morning, in ink. Fill the actual column on Friday, also in ink, even when the week went badly: the gap between the two columns is the useful part, and you can only see it if both numbers are honest. The example below is one filled-in week, made up; your numbers are your own, not benchmarks.
| Goal | Target | Actual (example week) |
|---|---|---|
| First calls made | 22 | |
| Texts sent (day 3) | 22 | |
| Value-drops sent (day 10) | 9 | |
| Appointments set | 2 | |
| Log rows updated same day | 19 of 22 |
One filled row of log per call, one goal row per week, and the two pages agree with each other. If the actual column keeps landing short, the fix is usually the same either way: fewer open loops, more finished rows.
Ten rows a week keeps the habit alive but thin. The Real Estate Agent Prospecting & Transaction Tracker is the 24-page version: a 60-lead prospecting tracker, a 30-lead follow-up log with a tick box for every touch, listing and buyer pipelines, buyer and seller checklists, open house sign-in sheets, a 13-week goal grid, and a commission and expense log.
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