Your agents are working. Showings back to back. A buyer at inspection. A listing presentation running long. That is the job. They are doing it.
Meanwhile a lead comes in from Zillow. It gets assigned. The 5-minute window passes. Nobody knew the clock was running. Nobody got an alert.
Twenty minutes later that client calls another brokerage. Someone picks up immediately. The relationship is gone.
This is not a people problem. It is a visibility problem. The gap between lead arrival and confirmed contact is where revenue leaks out quietly, every day. In real estate, the first contact wins.