Do some of your clients commit “bathos”? - 07/30/10 06:36 AM
I have had one of these thankfully.  Although I don't recommend this on a daily basis some agents like them.  To those agents I take my hat off to you as I don't understand it hey it's your business not mine.  Anyway I would guess you want to know the meaning of bathos well its: an abrupt often ludicrous change from the lofty to the ordinary.  Maybe they need it so the price of their property can be adjusted to compete in this market.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Don’t let an outside influence affect you’re inside decision… - 07/29/10 10:17 AM
If you go to a listing presentation don't let any influence from the outside affect your gut decision that this listing is just not right for you.  Hopefully you decision to stay with your mate was not made on an outside influence it was because of their inner beauty among other reasons that makes you want to stay with them...   We all have outside influences that affect us every day.  I'm not saying you should not pay attention to those influences but you should make your own decision on how and why you chose the path you did.  It's a great … (1 comments)

Are some of your clients committing “barratry”? - 07/29/10 06:09 AM
I like this one.  Not because I have clients that do this but I'm sure there are some out there.  I know for sure I've heard it from other agents.  I'm just thankful that so far I have not had to deal with them but I know their coming.  So what is barratry well its: the criminal offense of bringing about quarrels or lawsuits.  I of course am referring to quarrels.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Do some of your contracts look “barbarous”? - 07/28/10 06:32 AM
Ok people and I not just talking to other agents.  My outlook is not to make people mad and have fun.  Some of the time I come across as a grouchy old man so says my wife.  I know it's hard to believe but that's how a lot of people view me.  Don't get me wrong I've had my moments but anyway when writing contracts try not and do this.  The meaning of barbarous: characterized by substandard usages in speaking or writing.  Now is your mouth and pen barbarous?  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell … (3 comments)

This business can be addictive as “barbital”. - 07/27/10 06:06 AM
Are you one of those people like me?  Once someone tells me I can't do something (games on) and we'll see.  I remember when I told the relatives I was studying to become a realtor I got those yea right looks.  Anyway I have an addictive habit in that once I decide on a career I devote my whole self to the task of trying to be the best.  The meaning of barbital: an acid used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit forming and toxic.  Other than being toxic is your business (real estate) hypnotic and habit forming?  Join … (5 comments)

Don’t let your career become “banal" - 07/26/10 06:20 AM
I've seen this in some agents.  They come to this point because they can't let it go.  24-7 they are in the game.  They come to wonder why they are losing clients and not getting any business.  They work themselves into exhaustion and find it difficult to come back.  Take time to enjoy other things in life and live it to the fullest.  The meaning of banal: dull or stale as because of overuse.  Is your business lacking because you have been at it so long you can't remember when the last time you took some days off.  Take some days … (6 comments)

Don’t let your business become “banausic” - 07/25/10 12:19 PM
Tell me when you're at work (which should be 24-7) do you sometimes find yourself doing this?  If you are SNAP OUT OF IT and get busy.  Don't let yourself fall victim to this wherever you are in your career. Don't fall victim or lure anyone else into this and the meaning of banausic: merely mechanical mundane or utilitarian.  Believe none of your clients will believe you each and every client has their needs and you need to meet those needs.  To be banausic in your approach will end your career.  Join wordsmith on Activerain.  It's a great day to buy … (2 comments)

When a person points their finger at you look at it as a “bauble”. - 07/24/10 06:51 AM
It really doesn't make any difference what finger their using.  It can be in some States considered as obscene but in Arkansas a federal judge ruled it is a freedom of speech and therefore you can point or show (the finger) at anyone and there is nothing the cops can do.  I would be interested to see what a judge would do if someone did this to them in their courthouse.  Anyway whichever finger a person uses look at it as those it was a bauble and the meaning of bauble: a jester's baton with an ornament at the end.  Join wordsmith … (4 comments)

Did you ever want to “absterge” anything you’ve done? - 07/23/10 05:47 AM
Man oh man I know this one hits home.  This just happened to me the other day.  I had written a blog and someone commented on it.  I when I read it took it one way of course it was the wrong way and I responded.  After I cooled off and went back to re-read my comments I found I was a jerk.  The meaning of (ab sturj'): to wipe away: clean.  I've learned my lesson from now on I will write a comment and wait a little while as I calm down and then decide to post it or not.  … (7 comments)

Engineers built the Titanic a novice built the arc… - 07/22/10 01:55 PM
Ever wonder when the storm clouds appear if that one is going to be the bad one you'll never forget.  How about when you know you have made a mistake and the boss wants to see you do you get the deep gut feeling.  Remember in the corporate world or whatever line of work you're in your bosses made mistakes also on their way up the ladder.  If a novice could build one of the most historic vessels of all times just think on what you can do.  The people on the top can be dismissed just as fast as you … (2 comments)

Have you come up “abortive” at home or work? - 07/22/10 06:31 AM
I know I have and I bet you have to.  I have truly talked my best talk and poured my heart and feelings out to certain people.  Some clients I have spoken to and tried to get their business have come to this.  Nothing has worked for some of these people and I know I just know I could have done a better job than the agent they chose.  I don't understand but I guess why they make Ford, BMW and Hyundai.  The meaning of (a bort'iv): coming to nothing: unsuccessful, fruitless.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to … (1 comments)

Have you been “abased” by any clients or your boss? - 07/21/10 06:20 AM
Although I have been talked to in my former profession and once I was actually written up.  I can't remember what I did to be written up so apparently it was no big deal and did not affect my position.  So anyway I know my dad did this but otherwise no one has affected me in this manner.  The meaning of (a bas') is to humble or humiliate.  I truly hope no client has done this to you now are far as the broker you're on your own.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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It’s been an amazing 7 days. - 07/20/10 08:23 PM
I can't speak for the rest of my office or any other agent on the face of this earth.  I can say that for me man what a ride.  First it started with a listing and then another one Friday.  Today I landed another listing and still another on Friday.  I am working on getting a third for the week.  Then there is an offer we are waiting on a response from and I'll write another one tomorrow and maybe a third.  Life is good. It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Are some of your clients “yammers”? - 07/19/10 06:51 AM
I have had them in the past and I have only one or two left.  If they start this with me for no good reason I cancel the contract and never look back.  I have too many clients that don't do this.  They realize I'm doing the best I can to market their property.  The meaning of yammer: to whine, whimper, or complain.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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There are two rules in real estate. - 07/18/10 08:49 PM
The business of finding homes or property in any venue is one I embrace whole heartedly and enjoy.  There are rules to be in this business and rule number 1 is that the industry is changing as it has in the past and rule number 2 is to refer to rule number 1.  If you are stuck in the past than you might need to look for another career.  I understand rules may vary from region to region but the basic concept is that things change and so does real estate.  That's my two cents worth otherwise I say "It's a … (0 comments)

Do some of your clients make you study “ufology”? - 07/18/10 10:47 AM
Sometimes I wonder where clients get the ideas of what they are asking us to do.  I understand that for the most part the client is right but on occasions I believe they pull the information out of the thin air.  The meaning of ufology: the study of UFO'S.  Maybe someone needs to ask them where they came up with that idea but not me...  Join the group wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Akin to using “wedein” when given driving directions - 07/16/10 07:00 AM
Have you noticed when looking over the MLS exchange some of the agents when giving driving directions it's difficult at least to follow them?  They will get you to your destination at some point but man the left and rights get confusing sometimes.  The meaning of wedein: a series of short parallel turns executed in rapid succession.  Be kind to other agents (if possible) when giving directions on the MLS or otherwise.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Don’t treat your contract(s) or clients like “tachisme” - 07/15/10 06:28 AM
I know when I first started I did this.  As I look back it was not some of the best decisions I have made in my life.  I did it and there's nothing I can do about it.  Since then I have tried to avoid this type of behavior but it's something I have to keep in mind every time I write a contract or talk to a client.  The meaning of tachisme is: a method of action painting upon the canvas in apparently random patterns.  Don't let your contract be a mismatched pattern but follow the advice of your broker, … (3 comments)

I ain’t been doin nothing and now I’m going to quit… - 07/14/10 04:08 PM
Oh tell me you don't know someone like this...  They set around all day waiting for the phone to ring or the million dollar prospect to walk through the door and say "I want you to sell me the home of my dreams".  Sad to say there are some agents like that and they get so distraught they just quit.  A quitter never wins so the ones reading this blog are winners.  Welcome to the winners circle don't quit...  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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This market can be “salutatory” at best. - 07/14/10 06:29 AM
Now don't go reading anything into this.  I bet ya it's not the word you're thinking about either.  This market at best can be summed it with this sentence: proceeding by abrupt movements or changing by sudden variation which by the way is the meaning of salutatory.  Now go out and show your fellow agents just how smart you are and use it in a sentence of your own.  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Don’t be “parsimony” in this business. - 07/13/10 06:53 AM
You can do this at home in the office but not when it comes to your clients.  You can do this in a lot of ways and sometimes it's a good thing.  I sometimes can be accused of an overkill when it some to this but I need to cover all the bases.  The meaning of parsimony is: to be over-careful in spending, unreasonable and stingy.  You need to advertise and to do that you need to spend money.  I'm not saying to pour thousands of dollars into a listing but you need to spend the money to make money and … (1 comments)

Discouragement may be your worst enemy… - 07/12/10 02:04 PM
How many calls do you need to make before getting that listing?  How many door knocks does it take to get an invitation into the property?  How many door hangers does it take before you get a call?  How many letters in the mail does it take before you get the call?  The list goes on but you get the idea.  How many rejections does it take you tell me but the point is most of the agents gets discouraged before they get the invitation do you?  Remember a rejection is just one more call closer to a yes.  It's a … (5 comments)

If an investigator comes calling don’t be an “omerta” - 07/12/10 07:04 AM
I've had this happen to me when I knew better.  If the real estate commission investigator comes calling and asks you a question on a subject you know about don't be an omerta.  This could cost you your license and may involve some monetary problems to boot.  The meaning of "omerta": a policy or code of keeping silent about crimes and refusing to cooperate.  This is not a good thing not a good thing at all.  Join the group "wordsmith" on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Man I wished I would have never said that. - 07/11/10 09:40 AM
Just the other day I wrote a blog.  Someone commented on it and I read the comment the wrong way.  I fired back a reply and as I hit the send button I thought man I sure wished I had not sent it.  As a former law enforcement officer they teach you lots of things and temperament was one.  I haven't learned yet to control it sometimes.  To those of you that I have p----s off earlier and yet to come give me a few to adjust.
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When going to talk to some of your clients do you carry a “peltast”? - 07/11/10 06:29 AM
The other day I had a client come into the office.  Needless to say it was not for a cup of coffee.  After the client vented for awhile and I spoke to him he left.  The next day another agent in our office called and said the client had called him and wanted him to list his home.  I wanted to jump for joy as this client was a pain in my backside.  Anyway the meaning of peltast is: light shield.  As I've said before some clients bring joy when they come and some when they leave.  Join "wordsmith" on AR.  … (7 comments)

Does your office sometimes remind you of a “valetry”? - 07/10/10 04:19 PM
Are there agents who run around in the office from one problem to another?  How about those who always want a different desk or workstation every week.  Then you have those groups of agents who always go to lunch with one another or at worse try and tell the owner how to run the office.  Well now you have a name for those agents and its valetry.  Oh yea the meaning of valetry: the rabble or mob.. Of course we don't have that problem in our office what about yours?  Join wordsmith on AR.  It's a great day to buy or … (8 comments)

Be “neoteric” to the real estate business. - 07/09/10 06:25 AM
If you're not willing to do this you're in trouble.  When you were a child you did this because you believed in what your parents were telling you.  Some of us were stubborn and did not listen.  When you were in school you did this because the teacher told you so and proved it by showing you on the blackboard.  The meaning of "neoteric" is: accepting new ideas and practices.  If you're not willing to accept the new practices in real estate you won't be around long.  It's not difficult.  Join the group "wordsmith" on AR.  It's a great day to … (9 comments)

Check your ego at the door… - 07/08/10 07:56 AM
It's called many different names but in the end it's your ego that gets most of us in trouble.  So when going to the listing or showing check your ego at the door.  Realize there are more egos' out there and you may need to listen and listen again to understand you're not the only one.  As my broker says leave the e out of ego and go.  Now let your ego go and get that listing or show that buyer their next home.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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When trying to get the listing for an expired you might want to “quaere” the reason. - 07/08/10 06:01 AM
That's right I said it and I'll stand by it until someone can show me the reason not to.  The vast majority of my business has been from calling and getting the client to list with me.  Not all have sold but some have.  One of the first things that causes me to question is why did this property not sell.  The question is followed by a quaere of the problem.  You might ask the meaning of quaere that is to: suggesting further investigation of a point.   Most of the time it's the price and I make suggestions.  Some of the … (6 comments)

Don’t argue with your clients “macerate” them… - 07/07/10 06:14 AM
One of the most deadly sins in real estate is to argue with your client.  You can disagree and point out the contract.  You can try and reason with them and you may or may not win the battle.  But for those difficult clients I say "macerate" them.  The meaning of macerate is: to soften or break down into component parts.  Of course you can avoid most of those problems by explaining the contract at the beginning before they sign the document.  Once the client knows or understands the contract and you break it down for them the likelihood of a … (88 comments)

A renter will never care about his home as much as the homeowner. - 07/07/10 05:54 AM
Quite frankly I have never been nor do I want to be a landlord.  Why you may ask is if I would ever buy a property and have someone rent or lease it I would expect them to take care of the property as much as I would.  My wife and I clean rentals when people move out and for the life of me I cannot understand why people do what they do.  It seems some renters just damage the property for spite.  Now before you get on your soapbox there are some who leave the property in good shape.  I … (2 comments)

Have some of your clients brought you to “lachrymal”? - 07/06/10 06:23 AM
Although guys don't usually do this it is not that way with the girls.  I have a daughter that can do this at the drop of a hat.  As I age I to cannot help this at times.  You see this in commercials or someone trying to get to you through your emotions.  Although I have not had a client do this to me there are times I would like to tell them what I really think.  So the meaning of lachrymal: producing tears...  I've had family members do this to me but not clients what about you?  Join the group … (5 comments)

Is there a “labefaction” between you and your broker? - 07/05/10 05:57 AM
I don't know about you but at one time it happened to me.  I talk to other agents from time to time and they also have experienced the same with their broker.  I can tell you if you haven't experienced this just a little then you're not doing any business.  Oh yea the meaning of labefaction: downfall, deterioration or a weakening. Join "wordsmith" on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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When you need relief go to your “refugium” - 07/04/10 09:31 AM
I know I have many of these.  They are in many places and I go there a lot.  I wonder where yours are.  They give me peace when I need it and comfort from the rigors of real estate.  If you would like to know the meaning of refugium it is: a small isolated area that has escaped the extreme changes undergone by the surrounding area.  So tell me where is your refugium?  Join the group wordsmith on Activerain.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Get rid of those “kibitzer’s” that are around you… - 07/04/10 06:47 AM
Man ole man I know I have some and believe me they are difficult if not downright impossible to get rid of them.  You can run and hide but they will find you wherever you may go.  Each office has them and I don't really have any good news except avoid them when you can the meaning of kibitzer: a giver of unwanted advice or meddler in other affairs.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Be the “jackdaw” of your agency… - 07/03/10 07:07 PM
Have you noticed how most agents stay together (there are exceptions).  Anyway there are some who can strut and crow louder than the rest and most of the time you did notice I said most of the time they stand out and get the job done.  What in the world is a jackdaw you might ask well it's a small European crow.  Break away from the pack and strut your stuff start crowing and see where it gets you.  Join the group "wordsmith" on AR.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Don’t be an ‘epigram’ to your client they may not appreciate it… - 07/03/10 06:28 AM
To those of you who think your one you're probably not but some of you can be told and you'll listen while others just let it go in one ear and out the other...  Some clients enjoy this type of agent while others just want you to do what you do best.  Oh I almost forgot I suppose you want the meaning of epigram well ok in part it's a witty, pointed statement often with a clever twist.  While I'm not saying there is a time and place for such wit I am saying most of the time it's not while … (6 comments)

When writing contract of any kind remember your ‘idiom.’ - 07/02/10 06:34 AM
We all do it and it can make or break you contract.  It can also make or break you and your wallet.  Be careful of it because you use it every day.  So you may be asking yourself what the world is idiom, well I'll tell you the meaning in part is: the usual ways in which the words of a particular language are joined together to express thought.  Is what you wrote really what you meant to write or say?  Be careful the word police are out there.  It's a great day to buy or sell a home.
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Before you speak has your client already drawn an “illation” about you? - 07/01/10 06:59 AM
Have you ever meet some people that before they speak, or they really don't need to say a word you already know what's going to happen.  I can't I just can't work with some people and don't even want to be around them.  Just their looks conjure up thoughts of unpleasantness.  I'm not faulting them for their looks (some are really good looking) I just know I can't work with them under any circumstances.  The meaning of illation is: the act of drawing a conclusion or making an inference.  The big question here is do you have the same effect on … (0 comments)