The Grass is Greener on MY Side

There are real estate agents who claim that it's the Real Estate brokerage that is responsible to give them leads handed out on a silver platter.

WE ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS!

During the last few years I took note of some Real Estate Agents who continuously change companies in hopes of finding ‘greener pastures'.  Our Hawaiian Islands are small compared to many counties on the mainland (Continental U.S.) but let's take a look at Oahu (County of Honolulu) where we have about 4,500 active licensed real estate agents.  Of all our Hawaiian Islands Oahu holds about 58.10% of all active licensees state wide.

During the year 2009 the number of new licenses issued decreased 37.7% over the prior fiscal year (863 salesperson new licenses issued compared to over 1500 in the prior year).  Obviously this is the case not only here (but nationwide) As the real estate market and sales have decreased tremendously over the  previous years, so have the number of agents.

Bottom line, as independent contractors (small business owners) we have to educate ourselves to create our OWN Greener Pastures.  Think about it. The lighting store down the street or the building contractor across town have to find their own clientele. If they sat and waited for things to be handed to them those sales would not magically appear.  They advertise and market themselves and in some cases mail out info or go door to door to present their ‘services and wares'.

Yes, some companies may not present a better set of circumstances to remain with that company but if the reasons are because they aren't getting sales because they believe it has to come from the company then they're going about their business all wrong. If you are one of those who have traveled from company to company a total of 3-5 times in the past couple of years I would seriously take a look at SELF. 

• Are you motivated to create your own community presence?  Online presence?
• If Open Houses work in your area, why aren't you getting that house sold?
• Do you advertise your listings on a variety of online sites to promote the listing to its best?
• Are you following up on leads or are you expecting the buyer to beg you to show them property?
• Are you getting educated with additional classes and training to further better yourself?
• Do you implement new ideas into your marketing plan?

Stepping outside of self may present a better scenario of what is REALLY going on inside.

It's not always everyone else that is to blame.

Be responsible and accountable for the reasons you are unproductive......

and MAKE YOUR OWN GREEN PASTURE!