Setting up Follow Up Boss for a real estate team is fundamentally different from a solo agent setup. You have multiple agents who need to see different things, leads that need to be distributed fairly, and a team leader who needs visibility over everyone.
Get this wrong and leads fall through the cracks, agents fight over contacts, and your team loses trust in the CRM. Get it right and FUB becomes the operating system your entire business runs on.
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Step 1: Set Up Team Roles and Permissions
Follow Up Boss has distinct roles: Admin, Team Leader, Agent, and ISA. Admins have full access. Team Leaders can see all their team's leads. Agents see only their own leads (unless you change this). ISAs can call and text but typically can't see full contact details.
Configure permissions carefully — giving agents too much access can create confusion, while too little means they can't do their job.
Step 2: Configure Lead Routing Rules
How leads are distributed is one of the most important decisions in a team FUB setup. Options include: round-robin (equal distribution), weighted round-robin (top performers get more leads), geographic routing (by zip code or city), lead-source routing (Facebook leads go to Agent A, Google leads to Agent B), and manual assignment.
Most teams use a combination — round-robin as the default with geographic overrides for certain areas.
Step 3: Set Up Ponds
Ponds are shared pools of leads that any eligible agent can claim. They're essential for team setups because unclaimed leads shouldn't just sit — they should be available for the first agent to grab them.
Create ponds for: new unclaimed leads (5-minute claim window before re-assignment), long-term nurture leads (anyone can pick these up), and recycled leads that no agent responded to within a time window.
Step 4: Team Dashboard and Reporting
As a team leader, configure your dashboard to show team-wide activity: leads by agent, call attempts, emails sent, and stage progression. This gives you real data on which agents are working their pipeline and which aren't.
Common Team FUB Mistakes
- Not setting claim timers on ponds — leads sit forever
- Giving all agents admin access — creates chaos
- No team-wide action plans — every agent uses different follow-up
- Routing all leads to one pond — top earners get frustrated
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