Real Estate is Kinda Like Fishin'
I loved Homer's comparison of real estate to fishing, so have to re-blog this one.
Not long ago I wrote an article for EzineArticles.com about how marketing is like fishing. The next one will be about what you do after the fish is on the hook...
As for me, I'll keep on enjoying my part in this fishing expedition: Preparing the bait in the form of copy for websites, letters, and all the rest of those marketing materials agents need.
But if I get an opportunity, you just might find me somewhere on a river, stream, or lake with a line in the water - using bait someone else prepared.
I like to fish and I like real estate so the thought occurred to me the other day, that both activites have some things in common. I think you will agree.
- You have to go where the fish are...you have to connect with the consumer
- You have to have a good tackle box...you have to have a good box of skills
- If you don't go fishin'... no fish.....If you don't work you won't sell homes/get listings/make money
- When fishing your buddy may be slaying them, you can't buy a bite.. Sound like real estate?
- When fishing you might be slaying them and then they "just quit"...real estate?
- It's exciting when you are busy and having fun...Ditto for real estate
- You have to know where the action is on the water, same thing for the real estate market
- Not everything is a keeper, same with clients and listings
- Fishin' is fun but you have to have a license, same with real estate
- When you are fishing sometimes you get a snag or tangled up in something, same with real estate
- What worked yesterday in the water may not work today, same thing with our profession
- Sometimes you have to be patient when fishing...Ditto with real estate
- Sometimes you get skunked, no bites...Same with real estate
- Sometimes scouting pays off later, sometimes real estate work takes time to produce results too
- Sometimes there are too many fishermen on the water, same thing with real estate agents
- Sometimes the water gets choppy, sometimes the market gets tough
- Fishin' beats working, but sometimes real estate beats you
I like fishing and I like real estate....think I'll keep doing both!Here's a link to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission http://www.ncwildlife.org/fishing/index.htmHere's a link to the NC Real Estate Commission http://www.ncrec.state.nc.us/Humor from a "Mayberry" Real Estate AgentHomer RayNew Bern, NC
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