How to Adapt the Buyer Lead Workflow for Investors, Relocation, or Luxury Buyers
Use Sierra’s Buyer Lead Workflow, tags to guide investors, relocation clients, and luxury buyers through their unique journeys, all while keeping your follow-ups automated.
Quick Summary
Sierra’s Buyer Lead Workflow is built for traditional home buyers, but with a few simple adjustments, you can customize it for investors, relocation clients, or luxury buyers. By tailoring tags, action plans, and smart filters, you keep each type of buyer engaged and moving toward closing, all within the same proven framework.
Why This Matters (Problem or Use Case Solved)
While the out-of-the-box Buyer Lead Workflow is excellent for most buyers, it may not fully match what investors, out-of-state relocation buyers, or luxury clients need. Each of these clients has different timelines, goals, and questions.
By adapting the workflow to these specific segments, you can:
- Gather the right qualifying details, like ROI targets for investors or neighborhood priorities for relocation.
- Run follow-ups that speak directly to what matters most to them.
- Use smart filters to find these niche buyers quickly and keep your daily outreach organized.
For example, a team in Scottsdale works with many relocation buyers moving for new jobs. They customized their workflow to include relocation-specific emails and tags like [Relocation: Needs Area Tour] so agents know to prioritize showing different neighborhoods and sharing local cost-of-living guides.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Create Niche Tags for Different Buyer Types
Tags power Sierra’s automations and smart filters. Adding specific tags ensures each lead gets the right content and moves into the correct follow-up plans.
Buyer Type |
Example Tags |
Investors |
[Investor: Cash Buyer], [Investor: ROI Needed] |
Relocation |
[Relocation: Moving for Job], [Relocation: Needs Area Tour] |
Luxury |
[Luxury: Price Met 1M+], [Luxury: Concierge Interest] |
Pro Tip:
Start your tags consistently, such as [Investor: ...] or [Luxury: ...], to keep your database tidy and easy to search.
2. Build Custom Action Plans (FAAPs)
Use the way the Buyer Lead Workflow fills in LPMAMA data as your model. Create targeted FAAPs for each buyer segment.
- For investors:
Build plans that ask about financing sources, target ROI, or interest in multi-unit properties. - For relocation buyers:
Include content on neighborhoods, school districts, and settling-in tips. - For luxury clients:
Create sequences that offer private showings, home staging resources, or detailed local luxury market reports.
3. Adjust or Create Smart Filters for Quick Follow-Ups
Just like the Buyer Lead Workflow uses filters such as Active 1 or BUY - 90 DAYS, you can build filters to quickly find:
- Investors missing financing or ROI details
- Relocation leads who clicked three or more listing alerts, showing serious interest
- Luxury buyers who viewed one million dollar listings five or more times
This means every morning, you can pull up exactly who to call, text, or email, tailored to what they care about most.
Best Practices
- Use consistent tagging. Tags such as [Investor: New] or [Luxury: Price Met 1M+] keep automations and filters working smoothly.
- Model after existing workflows. Duplicate your current Buyer Lead Workflow and tweak the content, tasks, or timelines to match investors, relocation, or luxury.
- Review filters weekly. This ensures your team knows exactly where each lead stands and can prioritize follow-ups that drive closings.
How This Helps Your Business
Adapting the Buyer Lead Workflow to these high-value niches means you spend less time juggling custom spreadsheets or separate pipelines. Your entire team can work from one CRM with tailored workflows that keep investors, relocation buyers, and luxury clients engaged. This helps you close more specialized deals with less manual chasing, while growing your reputation in profitable segments.
Next Step
Pick one buyer segment you want to specialize in, such as investors or relocation. Set up specific tags, build a simple custom FAAP, and create one smart filter. You will be amazed how quickly your follow-up becomes laser-focused.
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Problem |
What to Check |
Niche leads are falling into the general buyer workflow. |
Review your lead routing rules and ensure the correct tags are applied at intake. |
Smart filters are not pulling the right leads. |
Double-check that tags are applied consistently and that your filter logic matches the tags. |
Emails seem too generic. |
Adjust your FAAP content to speak directly to investor returns, relocation checklists, or luxury lifestyle priorities. |
FAQs
Q: Can I still use the standard Buyer Lead Workflow for these buyers?
A: Yes. But tailoring your tags and action plans helps you speak directly to what matters most to each niche, which increases engagement.
Q: Do I need to create entirely new workflows?
A: Not always. You can often duplicate an existing workflow and adjust the emails, texts, and tasks to fit investors, relocation, or luxury needs.
A: No. All these workflows still operate inside Sierra, so you can continue using your Agent Leaderboard and activity dashboards without losing visibility.