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Real Estate Google Ads That Turn Clicks Into Closings

Google Ads that turn expensive real estate clicks into closings, not wasted ad spend.

Predictable buyer and seller leads for agents and brokerages, built on Google Ads.

The Problem: Real Estate Clicks Are Expensive and Easy to Waste

Some months your pipeline is full, others it is dry, and referrals alone are impossible to forecast. Without predictable real estate Google Ads, planning your year and your team is guesswork. The fix is not buying shared portal leads, it is a system that produces exclusive buyer and seller inquiries on demand.

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A Google Ads System Built for Real Estate ROI

We build targeted campaigns that bring qualified buyer and seller inquiries consistently, focused on your best price points and neighborhoods. This is real estate Google Ads built around closings, not click counts.

Search Ads

Google Search Ads for buyers and sellers actively looking in your market

Performance Max

Search, Display, YouTube, and Discovery, driving one conversion goal

Lead forms

Home-valuation and buyer questionnaires that pre-qualify every lead before it reaches you

CRM integration

Call tracking and CRM integration so every lead ties to a closing

Cost per closing

Cost per closed deal and commission attribution, not vanity clicks

How We Run Your Real Estate Google Ads

A clear, structured process so you always know what’s happening and what’s next.

Market Analysis

Identify your best price points, neighborhoods, and ideal client profiles.

Campaign Build

Search and Performance Max campaigns targeting buyers and sellers actively looking.

Launch & Qualify

Campaigns generate leads. Home-valuation and buyer forms pre-qualify them.

Scale Profitably

Focus budget on the price points and neighborhoods with the best close rates.

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What Real Estate Google Ads Includes

Every feature serves one purpose: driving real results for your business.

Search Campaigns

Buyer and seller search campaigns targeting high-intent queries like ‘homes for sale [city]’ and ‘sell my house [city]’, built on exact and phrase match, not broad-match waste.

Performance Max

Performance Max across Search, Display, YouTube, and Discovery to reach buyers and sellers wherever they are, feeding one conversion goal.

Conversion Landing Pages

Dedicated neighborhood and home-valuation landing pages built to convert paid clicks, never your homepage.

Call & Lead Tracking

Track every call and form submission to its source campaign and keyword.

Retargeting

Re-engage buyers and sellers who visited your site but did not reach out.

Conversion Tracking

Every click, call, and form tied to campaign, keyword, and cost per closing.

What We've Learned Running Google Ads for Agents

Real estate clicks are some of the most expensive in local search, and most agent accounts burn budget on tire-kickers. The searches that convert, 'homes for sale [city]' and 'sell my house [city]', are high-intent and worth the premium; the broad terms are not. We build the account around buyer and seller intent, not vanity traffic.

The number that matters is cost per closing, not cost per lead. A commission pays for a lot of clicks, so a lead that looks expensive can still be a bargain, while cheap leads that never tour are the real waste. We track every click through to a closing so budget follows what actually pays.

And speed to first contact wins the client. A buyer saving a search at nine at night is messaging two other agents in the same sitting, so we pair the ads with fast, tracked follow-up, because the agent who answers first usually gets the showing.

KD
WRITTEN BY
Founder of Kihan Marketing, a Seattle-based agency. He leads SEO, web, and Google Ads strategy for property management, multifamily, and real estate clients, focused on leads and revenue over vanity metrics.

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Results Across Industries

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Why Cost Per Closing Beats Cost Per Lead

Cost per lead is the number most agencies quote. Cost per closing is the number that decides whether the ads pay, and the gap between them is where most real estate ad budgets are won or lost.

The framework below shows how the math works, from ad spend down to cost per closing. The point is simple: cost per lead is easy to quote and almost meaningless, while cost per closing is the number that decides whether the ads pay.

StepWhat it measuresWhy it matters
Ad spendYour monthly budgetThe input you control
InquiriesLeads the ads generateCost per inquiry falls as targeting sharpens
Qualified rateShare worth your team's timeFilters out the leads that never convert
Close rateShare that become clientsWhere follow-up speed decides the outcome
Cost per closingThe real efficiency of the channelThe only number that tells you if the ads pay
Two things this makes obvious. A campaign producing cheap leads that never tour is more expensive than one producing fewer, better ones, and no cost-per-lead report will show you that. And follow-up speed is usually the cheapest number to improve, because it is set by your process rather than your bid.

Where Real Estate Google Ads Works Best

Not every campaign type repays paid acquisition. The ones that do share three traits: real intent, a commission high enough to absorb the cost, and a decision traceable from click to closing.
Lead typeHow the prospect arrivesWhat that means for spend
Buyer leads'homes for sale [city]', urgent, comparing several agentsCompetitive clicks, but one closing pays for many
Seller leads'sell my house [city]', high value, fewer searchesHighest-value clicks in real estate, worth the premium
Luxury and niche'[neighborhood] luxury homes', lower volumeEfficient when targeted tightly by area and price point

Google Ads Versus Zillow and Realtor.com Leads

Portal lead services sell the same buyer or seller to several agents. You pay per lead, you compete on who calls back first, and you own nothing when you stop paying.
Portal leads (Zillow, Realtor.com)Leads you generate
ExclusivityShared with several agentsThe inquiry comes to you alone
Speed to first leadFastWeeks for ads, months for SEO
Cost behaviorPer lead, rising every yearFalls per closing as the channel matures
What you ownNothing when you stop payingThe site, tracking, and audience are yours
A reasonable position for most agents is both for a while, with purchased portal volume coming down as the channels you own mature. What does not work is treating a portal as a permanent strategy, because the cost per closing rises every year as more agents bid for the same shared lead.

Follow-Up Is Where Real Estate Google Ads Usually Fails

A buyer who fills out a form at nine in the evening is messaging two or three other agents in the same sitting. The agent who responds first very often gets the showing, and the client, whatever either side spent to create the lead.
1
Decide who owns the inbox, by name
Not the office in general. If responding is nobody's specific job, it does not happen reliably, and every missed inquiry was already paid for.
2
Answer outside office hours, or say when you will
Criminal and personal injury inquiries arrive at night and at weekends. An automatic reply that names a real callback time beats silence.
3
Qualify with two or three questions, not twelve
Every extra field on a form costs submissions. The questions that deal are the ones that tell you whether this is a deal you want.
4
Record where each inquiry came from
Ask, or use a separate number per channel. Without it the budget is allocated by guesswork.
5
Follow up more than once
Most brokerage contact an inquiry once. The ones that follow up two or three times sign deal the first group never hears from again.

How to Choose a Real Estate Google Ads Agency

Ask what happens to the campaigns if you leave
The ad account, the landing pages, the call tracking numbers and the conversion history should be yours. Campaigns held in an agency account are a switching cost disguised as a service.
Ask how leads are qualified before they reach you
An agency measured on lead volume will send you volume. One measured on closings will argue with you about targeting, which is what you want.
Ask which market they have run before
Personal injury and estate planning are different problems. An agency that treats them the same has run one and not the other.
Check the arrangement against your state bar's rules
Advertising rules, fee sharing with non-agent and referral arrangements vary by state, and they are your obligation rather than the agency's. Ask how the agency is paid and confirm the structure with your bar before signing. We are not agent and do not advise on this.
Agree the measure before the first month
Cost per closing, reported monthly. Agreeing afterwards means arguing afterwards.

How Our Pricing Works

Scoped to your goals
We price against your markets, campaign scope, and tracking needs, not a fixed rate card, so you pay for the work your situation actually calls for.
Month to month
No long contract. You can adjust, scale, or pause as the results come in.
Your ad spend stays yours
Budget is paid directly to Google, never through us, so you always see exactly what reaches the auction.

We keep pricing simple and scoped to your goals, month to month with no long contract. Ad spend is paid directly to Google rather than through us, so you can see exactly what reaches the auction. We work the budget backwards from what a closing is worth to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Most agents see leads within the first week of launching campaigns, with consistent, optimized lead flow by month two. Paid ads produce inquiries almost immediately, which is why they suit agents who need pipeline now.

Buyer search (‘homes for sale [city]’), seller search (‘sell my house [city]’), and Performance Max typically perform best. Seller leads carry the highest value; buyer leads carry the volume. We weight budget toward your best price points and neighborhoods.

Home-valuation tools and buyer questionnaires ask qualifying questions before a lead reaches your team, so you spend time on prospects who are actually ready to tour or list, not tire-kickers.

Yes. We run Search for high-intent buyer and seller queries and Performance Max across Google’s full inventory for reach, both feeding one conversion goal so budget follows what actually closes.

We integrate with your CRM and call tracking to follow every lead from first click through showing, listing, and closing, so you see exactly which campaigns and keywords produce commission.

It includes Search campaigns, Performance Max, neighborhood and home-valuation landing pages, buyer and seller lead forms, call tracking, retargeting, and closing attribution, all managed month to month.

It runs in four stages: market analysis, campaign build, launch and qualify, then scale. Kihan Marketing first identifies your best price points and neighborhoods, builds Search and Performance Max campaigns, launches with qualifying lead forms, then scales the price points with the best close rates.

It depends on your markets, how many campaigns you run, and how much custom tracking you need. Rather than quote a number that ignores your situation, we scope the work and send a clear proposal, month to month with no long contract. Your ad spend is always paid directly to Google.

Most agents see leads within the first week of launching paid campaigns, with steady flow by month two. SEO takes longer, which is why a lot of agents run ads for immediate pipeline while organic builds.

Choose one that delivers exclusive leads you own rather than shared portal leads. Ask how they qualify leads before your team gets them, who owns the ad account and landing pages, and whether they track to closings, not just clicks.

Kihan Marketing builds owned campaigns and tracks results through to closings instead of selling shared leads by the batch. The Seattle-based team serves agents and brokerages across the US, month to month, with design, SEO, and Google Ads under one roof.

Yes. A solo agent or small team often sees the clearest gains, because a single focused market and price point is cheaper to target than a broad campaign. Kihan Marketing works month to month, so you can start small.

Neither is better; they solve different problems. Paid ads produce buyer and seller leads almost immediately, which suits agents who need pipeline now. SEO compounds over time. Most agents run both.

The whole path from someone searching for a home or an agent to a signed client: the ad they find, the page they land on, the form or call, how fast you respond, and how it is tracked to a closing.

It depends on your average commission and close rate. Work backwards from what a closing is worth to you rather than from a benchmark: a cost per closing that looks high in dollars can still be a bargain against a five-figure commission.

Usually follow-up speed or qualification. Check how many leads go unanswered outside office hours, and whether the leads arriving are the price point and area you actually want. Both are fixable in your process.

Yes. Fair-housing rules, MLS and brokerage advertising guidelines, and RESPA all apply, and compliance is the brokerage’s obligation. We build campaigns and landing pages that respect fair-housing targeting rules and your brokerage’s disclosure requirements.

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