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"Suicide is painless... it brings on many changes"

By J Perrin Cornell

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Cascade Real Estate

November 17, 2009 01:15 AM

If you are old enough you may remember the song from the movie MASH. The dentist had some issues so they were going to give him a little pill to solve everything.

I think as REALTORS we often look for the magic bullet or pill (as a society we do too) There has to be another solution, a better quicker, "painless" way. A few years ago it was rapidly appreciating property and selling as an investment, then low rates (I remember when we said "if rates would just get down to 12% we could really do some business") now government tax credits. Tomorrow a better faster and quicker web site (or was that yesterday?).

Truth be told, like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz... we all have and have always had the solution within us.

Not very exciting and certainly not very controversial but the solution is best summed up in a single word...WORK! Actually two words 'HARD WORK". Plus, experience tells me the easier it is the harder you probably worked.

You see it really makes no difference what is going on. There will be people needing to buy or sell or move out or move up. And those are my (and your) clients. All the other stuff...incentives, foreclosure, market conditions are just peripheral circumstances and they will change tomorrow and the day after. So the solution is to just keep you head down... slogg through each day in a pattern and consistency and the rest really doesn't matter, as you will succeed.

The old tortoise and hair analogy comes to mind... life isn't a race it is just day to day. Sure you need to adapt... but don't confuse adaptation with the answer to success.. the answer is in you and it always has been... just "work" on it!

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Joe Pryor

The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK

REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

If you remember the movie, Painless had a great asset. Once he got over his monetary lapse he was back to normal. We just need to remember what are our big assets, understand that we aren't perfect, and keep working for our future.

Nov 17, 2009 03:10 AM

Jeani Codrey

RE/MAX Corridor - New Braunfels, TX

Director of Opportunity & Agent Development

Slow and steady wins the race...deliberate decision making, diligence to our work and not taking everything so darn seriously helps a lot in trying to build something worthwhile in life! Good points!

Nov 17, 2009 03:17 AM

Lana Robbins Realtor ® Licensed Real Estate Broker

Aloha Kai Real Estate - Clearwater, FL

Licensed in Florida, Washington, and Hawai'i

Hi Perrin. I enjoy your posts so am glad that you have another featured post. I appreciate your insight. ~ Lana

Nov 17, 2009 03:35 AM

Ed Gillespie

WealthWise Mortgage Planning, a Division of American Pacific Mortgage Corporation NMLS #1850 - Folsom, CA

Thanks for sharing your wisdom Perrin! I've seen a lot of people come into this business when the money was easy and then go away when it got difficult. There's no way to get around the concept of"work".

Nov 17, 2009 03:39 AM

Anonymous

Dixie

Thanks Perrin, for writing what I already know, just needed to see the confirmation. This just tells me to get myself out there & do what I have to do in order to be successful & truly don't take anything difficult in life so serious that I can't see the positive in every situation. I know for sure that "things" will always be better for the "things" I'm going thro now.

Dixie

Nov 17, 2009 03:49 AM

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Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Perrin - A very thought provoking post. Yes Work and plenty of it is what has made Lisa and I survive the market and yes you are correct... There is always going to be a need to buy or sell... It's just like you'll always need a haircut eventually.... Thanks for the reminder to all of us..

Nov 17, 2009 03:58 AM

Jay Beckingham

Christensen Financial Mortgage - Port St Lucie, FL

Seniors ROCK!

for those of us who have made this industry our carreer we have experienced

the good, the bad, and the ugly

and survived.

but boy i love what i do, i really do.

Nov 17, 2009 04:38 AM

James Lyon

Vista Pacific Realty - Sacramento, CA

Tough topic but thanks for addressing it. It can be hard but money isn't everything.

Nov 17, 2009 04:55 AM

Jason Burkholder

Weichert, Realtors - Welcome Home - Lancaster, PA

Associate Broker, Realtor, e-Pro, CMS

all too true, persistence pays off in much higher dividends than flash

Nov 17, 2009 05:22 AM

Tim Ludemann

Ochopee, FL

Nice points...and its never hard work if you truely enjoy what you do...that is helping clients make one of the biggest financial decisions of there life...congrats on the post.

Nov 17, 2009 05:36 AM

Lisa VonBargen

Photography7522 - Estes Park, CO

Estes Park Real Estate Photographer

My husband's favorite saying is, "They call it work for a reason...because it is!"

Great advice no matter what the economic climate. Thanks for the reminder!

Nov 17, 2009 05:53 AM

J Perrin Cornell

Coldwell Banker Cascade Real Estate - Wenatchee, WA

Broker, ABR, VAMRES

Gee..to all of you friends, REALTORS and AR's, thanks for your comments....there is a lot of good advice you are sharing and I appreciate it!

Another maxium that my momma taught me that works... "busy hands are happy hands"...

Nov 17, 2009 05:57 AM

Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Anything worth having is worth working for. It's society's attitude of entitlement (and don't get me wrong I'm not saying we ALL have that attitude, but society in general) that gets in way of working for what you want and need.

Nov 17, 2009 06:53 AM

Ted Tyndall

Davidson Realty Inc. - Saint Augustine, FL

I will help You find the Home YOU want to Buy

Perrin,

Good post. We all need to look at the current market as "normal" and realize this is it and have fun.

Nov 17, 2009 06:53 AM

June Piper-Brandon

Coldwell Banker Realty - Columbia, MD

Creating Generational Wealth Through Homeownership

Perrin, there is nothing quite like hard work to get you where you want to be. Thing is we get bombarded with faster, easier and working smarter not harder that we've all forgotten how to work. But, a wise man once told me "it doesn't have to be this good" and was he every right.

Nov 17, 2009 07:14 AM

Christianne O'Malley

Dickson Realty - Reno, NV

Exceptional Service - Delivering Results in Reno!

This is a great post. I was just speaking with my partner today about our goal-planning for 2010. He was apprehensive about next year's production, thinking that this year was 'lucky' and difficult to replicate. I said "HAH!" and reminded him it's not luck, it's hard work that got us here.

Nov 17, 2009 07:47 AM

Greg Adams

Easy Street Realty - Las Vegas, NV

CDPE, SFR, Realtor

Perrin, You are definitely a "Wise Man"! (I started to say "wise guy" but that could have a couple of different connotations) It is true; "The harder one works, the luckier one gets" Great Post......

BTW: I used to live in Wenatchee yearrrrrs ago..

Nov 17, 2009 07:54 AM

Melissa Zavala

Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA

Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

I like what Ted says above. I really think we just need to embrace what 'is' and not think about what 'was' or what 'will be.'

Nov 17, 2009 12:16 PM

Nathan Tutas

Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Davenport, FL

Your Central Florida Real Estate Expert

Great post Perrin. Ask any successful person what their secret is and they will tell you it's hard work. My maxim in the Marine Corps was "Bored troops are bad troops" Give someone some responsiblity and put them to work and watch the results.

Nov 17, 2009 12:55 PM

J Perrin Cornell

Coldwell Banker Cascade Real Estate - Wenatchee, WA

Broker, ABR, VAMRES

Thanks folks... a lot of good comments... yes Ted is correct this is normal...tomaoorw may be a different normal... but today is all we have to WORK with. Thanks again!

Nov 18, 2009 02:20 AM