1) Fire a buyer
2) Establish and actually get business from a geographic farm area
3) Build a real estate website
4) Make sales from your real estate website
5) Sell a really expensive property
6) Fire a seller
7) Explain to a seller that open houses really don't sell houses and that Realtors mostly use them to pick up buyers
8) Make it clear to a buyer that you are not a tour guide
9) Be a tour a guide for someone so you know why you should avoid those prospects
10) Tell a prospect that you don't work weekends - even if you do.
11) Sell your own listing
12) Sell your own house so you know how it feels to work with yourself
13) Go on caravan - it is a good way to learn the market and get some free food and coffee
14) Write a blog post
15) Take a client to lunch
16) Update your real estate photo every so often
17) Show a property in shorts
18) Go through the short sale process with a client - preferably an agonizing one. It builds character.
19) Pitch a listing in a sales meeting
20) Give really honest feedback on a showing. For example, "your listing is WAAAAY overpriced!"
21) Come to the realization that most sellers think their home is worth more than it really is
22) Realize that the huge producing Realtor that you might envy isn't all that brilliant
23) Make it clear to those buyers who think seeing property is fun that you work on commission
24) Have a drink with a client (if you drink)
25) Have a drink with a fellow Realtor
26) Have lunch with a very successful Realtor. I have and learned a few things.
27) Write a business plan
28) Turn your cell phone off the entire time you are on a vacation (I have not done this one).
29) If you have kids take them on a showing with you (Haven't done this one yet either)
30) Reschedule a showing with a buyer just because you aren't in the mood to be social
31) Tell a seller that listing their property would be a waste of your time
32) Sell a really cheap property
33) Be the biggest producer in your office for a certain time period
34) Pass on some of your wisdom to a new Realtor
35) Contemplate opening your own brokerage
36) Realize that family comes first. My kids just woke up so I have to end the list here. Can you add a few?
37) Stand on the corner with a sign that reads: Realtor - will work for food.
Great post Marc!