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Top Realtors, Santa Rosa, Ca - Top Realtors are like Top Chefs - Sonoma County Wine Country Lifestyle

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Top Chef on Bravo

Top Realtors, Santa Rosa, CA - Top Realtors are like Top Chefs - Sonoma County Wine Country Lifestyle

One of my favorite tv shows is Top Chef on Bravo hosted by by Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio. I have to say, (and my wife agrees with me) Padma is one of the cutest hostest on tv! The contestants face two types of challenges every week:

  • Quickfire Challenge - The chef has to come up with a dish that uses unusual ingredients like potato chips or twinkies. 
  • Elimination Challenge - The chef has to put together a meal that deals with a more complicated challege that takes them a day to complete. Usually it deals with a theme like gourmet tail gate food.

As I watched this show, I recognized the top realtors that I work with are like the top chefs on the show. Here's my "quickfire" list that I came up with:

  •  Top Realtors continue to educate themselves and are well versed in their local markets and the inventory in these markets
  •  Top Realtors get to know their clients before they shop for their homes or list their homes
  •  Top Realtors have a strong team of "su-chefs", i.e. title agents, loan officers, transaction coordinators
  •  Top Realtors think on their feet constantly adjusting to the demands of their clients, their escrows and their markets
  •  Top Realtors are not afraid to share their experience with other agents

So, do you have what it takes to be a top chef... I mean top realtor? ;-)

BTW- The Top Chef Image/logo can be found on Bravo's website at http://www.bravotv.com. Also, drop by my top ten list on Sonoma Wine Country and see Charlie Brown at work.

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Anthony Ebright NMLSR ID #247647

Home Loan Officer / FHA and VA Specialist

707-548-0752

 

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You can reach Anthony Ebright at 707-548-0752 if you need help refinancing or purchasing your home in Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Bodega Bay, Windsor, Cloverdale, Guerneville, Sonoma.

 

 

Anthony Ebright is a Home Loan Officer in Santa Rosa, California. His opinions and statements are his own. Wells Fargo does not endorse any comments made by its employees on this blog. All statements and viewpoints expressed in the comments are strictly those of the commenter alone, and do not constitute an official position of any lending institution.

 

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NMLSR ID #247647

Comments(6)

Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Anthony:  Love the show Top Chef and love the analogy. You are so right in that successful Realtors really need to think on their feet.  No two situations are the same.  There is no one recipe for success.

Oct 24, 2009 04:22 AM
Ray Leiva
Notary Public Bellflower ca - Bellflower, CA

You are right, they are similar!  Educating yourself is very important.  We need to learn the skills that will keep us on top of our game!

By the way, do you agree that Padma is the hottest chef on T.V?

Oct 24, 2009 04:28 AM
Jean Bolin
Prudential CT Realty - South Woodstock, CT

I am a new agent so my thinking might be a little off, I think of real estate like fishing.

You need to be out there talking to people or getting your name in front of people or you won't get any clients.

You need to actually go to the lake and spend time fishing in order to catch anything.

If you cast enough times (promote yourself to others) eventually you will catch something (a client ot two), right?

 

Oct 24, 2009 12:45 PM
Anthony Ebright - NMLSR ID #247647 Purchase and Refinance Mortgages
FHA, VA, Conforming, Jumbo - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Santa Rosa, CA

Chris - Thanks for dropping by. I love analogies because my father used to use them on me all the time. Looks like he passed it on. LOL!

Ray - Both my wife and I think Padma is the bomb!

Jean - Your right also. Real Estate is like fishing. Nice analogy. I'm going to come up with some more.

Nov 08, 2009 12:10 PM
Kim Boekholder Utah Real Estate/ PECO
Results Real Estate 801.580.5624 - Draper, UT
Broker Results Real Estate/Leasing Specialist PECO

Anthony,

Great job on the post, I loved the comparison.

Nov 09, 2009 01:29 PM
Anthony Ebright - NMLSR ID #247647 Purchase and Refinance Mortgages
FHA, VA, Conforming, Jumbo - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Santa Rosa, CA

Kim - Thanks for dropping by! I'm glad you liked the post. I'm a big fan of top chef, so I thought I'd practice my writing skills on something I enjoy.

Nov 10, 2009 01:07 AM