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You charge HOW much?

I was reading a few blogs this morning about agents who do a good job, sell a home quickly and then are asked why they make so much money. It's a common misconception....

Many of you know my wife is in the dental field. She's a hygienist. She told me a joke a while back that stuck with me because sometimes there is more truth in jokes than we'd like to admit.

A guy goes into the dentist in excrutiating pain. His tooth, jaw and entire face is just throbbing from a tooth that just simply has to come out.

The dentist seats him in the chair and prepares to do the work that the patient needs. The patient stops the dentist.

"Doc, how much is this going to cost?"

"The extraction is $125.00, Mr. Smith"

"What?! $125.00? For 10 seconds of work!?"

The dentist replied, "well, if you'd like, I can pull it very, very slowly."

This goes right along with all our professionals...you pay for their knowledge and expertise and not necessarily their time.

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Posted by Ron Tarvin, REMAX, WHP Katy/Cypress TX Luxury Homes for Sale, Family homes too on 08/12/2009 12:37 PM

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7 Comments on You charge HOW much?

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That's funny!!! We pay for the education and expertise of professionals. Realtors have a lot of expenses that people don't realize or understand, just like other professionals.

It Is all about the know how... if it was easy there would be no need for Realtors®, Dentists, Doctors or Attorneys. Every profession has a learning curve, which exceeds the amount of classroom time required. Even hairdressers who have been cutting hair for 10 years know more then just out of school ones, same with mechanics, plumbers and most every other career path. Nice post Ron!

It's tragic, but true...we need to constantly "convince" people that we are professionals and should be compensated accordingly. There are so many things a person can learn on line, how to write a will or how to fix your car etc, but people wouldn't think of doing those things themselves. We need to ask ourselves, and be ready to answer, when so much is at stake why would someone choose to make one of the biggest financial decisions in their lives without the help of a professional.