{"id":1615,"date":"2018-07-27T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/27\/5-magic-questions-of-recruiting\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:27:37","slug":"5-magic-questions-of-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/27\/5-magic-questions-of-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Magic Questions of Recruiting Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Truly, there are only 3 main things a brokerage&nbsp;needs to do to be successful.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1-Recruit talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2-Develop talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3-Spend less money than you have coming in.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s focus on the 1st bullet item. 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