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ROI & Results

What ROI can I realistically expect? What have real agents actually made?

Ylopo ROI — What Real Agents Actually Make | You Asked, We Answered
ROI & Results Question 06 · Answered by Barry Jenkins

What ROI can I realistically expect? What have real agents actually made?

Barry Jenkins, Realtor-in-Residence at Ylopo
Barry Jenkins
Realtor-in-Residence — runs one of the top Ylopo-powered teams in the country
Summary — what Barry covers in this video

Barry doesn't give you a range — he gives you his actual numbers.

Barry explains ROI from lived experience rather than marketing language. He describes what his own team has seen: leads that came in cold from Facebook, got nurtured by Raiya (Ylopo's AI) for 6–18 months, and eventually closed. He's careful to set honest expectations — not every lead closes in 90 days. The leads that do close fast are usually PPC leads where someone was actively searching.

The long-tail ROI comes from the database accumulation: the leads you generate in month one are still in your system, being followed up with, years later. Barry's framing: the ROI math isn't "what did I make this month" — it's "what is my database worth over 3 years."

ROI compounds over time

Month one ROI looks modest. Year two ROI looks different. Leads that don't close for 18 months still close — and Ylopo's AI follows up with them the whole time.

PPC closes faster, Social closes slower

PPC leads (active searchers) can close in weeks. Social leads (people browsing) often take 6–18 months. Both are worth having in your pipeline.

Your database is your asset

Every lead Ylopo generates stays in your system. The database you build is yours — and it keeps producing ROI long after the lead first entered.

Full Transcript

"I'm going to answer this the way I wish someone had answered it for me before I started: ROI from internet leads is a long game, and the way you measure it matters more than the number itself. If you're measuring 'how much did I make from Ylopo leads this month,' you're going to be disappointed in months one through three. If you're measuring 'what is this database worth to my business over 36 months,' the math looks completely different."

"Here's what I've actually experienced on my team. We have leads that came in from a Facebook ad — cold people who were just scrolling and saw a listing they liked — and those leads closed 14, 16, 18 months later. They were in the system the whole time. Raiya was texting them. They were searching on our portal. We had activity data the whole way through. And when they were ready, they called us. Because we had been the consistent presence in their inbox for a year and a half. That closing looked like it came out of nowhere. It didn't."

"The leads that produce fast ROI are PPC leads — people who typed something into Google and found us. Those people are actively searching, and they can close in 30 to 90 days if you respond quickly and follow up consistently. My team has closed PPC leads in three weeks. So the fast-ROI channel exists — it's just a different cost profile going in."

"What I tell every agent who asks me about ROI is this: stop thinking about leads as transactions and start thinking about them as database entries. Every person who registers on your portal is someone who might buy or sell a home in the next one to three years. The AI follows up with all of them, so you don't have to manually chase 300 leads. And the ones who are ready surface themselves — they start engaging more, searching more, clicking on specific properties. The system shows you who's warming up."

"My honest answer on the numbers: teams that work their leads consistently and trust the AI to handle the long-tail follow-up typically see ROI that gets better every quarter. Year one is building the machine. Year two, the machine pays you back. Year three, you've got a database that's a real business asset — something you couldn't have built manually at any price."

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How long does it typically take to close a deal from a Ylopo lead?

How Long Does It Take to Close a Ylopo Lead? — You Asked, We Answered
ROI & Results Question 07 · Answered by Barry Jenkins

How long does it typically take to close a deal from a Ylopo lead?

Barry Jenkins, Realtor-in-Residence at Ylopo
Barry Jenkins
Realtor-in-Residence — runs one of the top Ylopo-powered teams in the country
Summary — what Barry covers in this video

It depends on the lead type — and the agents who win are the ones who play the long game.

Barry explains that time-to-close varies enormously by lead channel. PPC leads — people who typed a search into Google — can close in 30–90 days because they're further down the funnel when they enter the system. Social leads (Facebook/Instagram) typically run 6–18 months because they were browsing, not searching.

Barry is blunt: if you expect a social lead to close in 60 days, you'll be disappointed. But the agents who build big databases and trust the AI to follow up long-term are the ones who see their pipeline compound year over year. Some of his biggest closings have come from leads that first entered the system 18–24 months earlier.

PPC leads: 30–90 days typical

People who found you through a Google search were actively looking. They close significantly faster than social leads.

Social leads: 6–18 months typical

Facebook and Instagram leads are earlier in the buying journey. They need consistent follow-up over months — that's exactly what Raiya handles.

The 18-month deals are the best ones

Barry's biggest commissions have often come from leads that sat quiet for over a year. They were being nurtured the whole time — by the AI, not by him.

Full Transcript

"If you're expecting a straight answer here — like '45 days' — I'm going to disappoint you. Time-to-close depends almost entirely on which channel the lead came from. And understanding that difference is probably the most important thing you can know before you start with any internet lead platform."

"PPC leads — people who typed something into Google — are in a different mental state than Social leads. They were looking. They had a question, they typed it, and your search portal came up. When someone has that much active intent, they can close in 30 to 90 days. On my team, we've had PPC leads go from registration to contract in three weeks. That's not common, but it happens. The typical range is one to three months if you respond quickly and stay on them."

"Social leads are a completely different story. Facebook and Instagram leads are people who were scrolling and saw a house they liked. They weren't searching. They were browsing. That means they're at the top of the funnel — curious, maybe interested, but probably not ready to talk to an agent for another six to eighteen months. If you expect a Social lead to close in 60 days, you will burn yourself out chasing people who aren't there yet."

"Here's the thing that changed how I think about this: some of my biggest closings have come from leads that were in my system for 18 to 24 months before they transacted. They came in from a Facebook ad. Raiya was texting them. They were using the search portal. And then, one day, something shifted in their life — a job change, a baby, a divorce — and they were suddenly ready. And because we had been in their inbox consistently for two years, we were the first call they made."

"The agents who succeed with Ylopo understand that the timeline is the feature, not the bug. Yes, it takes longer with Social leads. But the AI does the follow-up. You're not manually texting 400 people every week. You're letting the system do that work, and you're stepping in when someone signals they're ready. If you can shift your mindset from 'how fast will this close' to 'how big will this database be in three years,' you will see the ROI math differently."

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What's a typical cost-per-lead across the different channels — PPC, Social, Live Transfer?

Cost Per Lead: PPC vs Social vs Live Transfer — You Asked, We Answered | Ylopo
ROI & Results Question 08 · Answered by Ge

What's a typical cost-per-lead across the different channels — PPC, Social, Live Transfer?

Ge, Co-Founder and President of Ylopo
Ge
Co-Founder, President & CMO — owns every pricing and product decision at Ylopo
Summary — what Ge covers in this video

Cost-per-lead is a starting point — not the whole story.

Ge shares context on cost-per-lead ranges but pushes back on using it as the primary metric. Social leads typically come in at the lowest cost per lead because the audience is broad and the intent is lower. PPC is higher per lead but represents active searchers. Live Transfer is the most expensive per lead — but it's comparing apples to oranges, because you're paying for a vetted, connected conversation, not just contact information.

Ge makes the point that cost-per-lead only makes sense alongside conversion rate and close rate. A $5 lead that never closes is more expensive than a $200 lead that closes in 60 days.

Social has lowest cost-per-lead

Facebook and Instagram leads carry the lowest cost per lead — but also require the most follow-up patience before they convert.

PPC costs more, converts faster

Google leads are pricier per lead but close faster. The higher upfront cost is often offset by a shorter sales cycle.

Live Transfer is cost-per-conversation

Live Transfer pricing reflects a fundamentally different product — you're paying for a pre-qualified person on the phone, not just a contact record.

Full Transcript

"Cost-per-lead is a useful metric, but it's one of the most misused numbers in real estate marketing. I want to give you context on what the numbers look like — and then explain why comparing them directly across channels is the wrong frame."

"Social leads — Facebook and Instagram — carry the lowest cost per lead. The audiences are broad, the intent is lower, and the ad cost structure allows us to generate high volume at lower cost per contact. But here's the catch: a Social lead at a low cost-per-lead who never calls you back and takes 18 months to close isn't actually cheap. The holding cost is just paid in time and follow-up effort rather than upfront dollars."

"PPC leads cost more per lead, because Google keyword costs in real estate are among the highest of any industry. People typing 'homes for sale in [city]' are valuable to a lot of advertisers, so the cost per click is higher. That means the cost per lead is higher. But these are people who were actively searching, which means they convert faster and your close rate is typically better. The higher per-lead cost is often offset by a shorter time-to-close and a higher conversion percentage."

"Live Transfer is a different product entirely, so comparing its cost-per-lead to Social or PPC is an apples-to-oranges comparison. With Live Transfer, our call center has already called the person, run them through a qualifying conversation, and confirmed they're a real buyer or seller with genuine intent. What you're paying for is a pre-qualified conversation that's already in progress — you pick up the phone and they're already on the line. That's not the same thing as a contact record in your CRM."

"The framework I use is this: cost-per-lead is meaningless without cost-per-closing. A $5 Social lead that never closes costs you more than a $200 PPC lead that closes in 45 days. A Live Transfer lead that closes in three weeks because you showed up to a live call has a very different cost-per-closing than any Social lead you could generate. Evaluate the full economics — cost, timeline, close rate — not just the CPL in isolation."

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