How bad are things, really? Well, we're all doing twice the work for half the money, but as a company we’re still nicely in the black. And our operation is a classic one, paternal in the old-line sense: the house pays for everything including the best bricks-and-mortar in town and lotsa signs and print media; every broker has an office and many of us have been here for 25+ years; our signs blanket the area; we get lots of floor calls and walk-ins; everyone helps anyone, we all mentor our newbies, and no one locks anything. Yet only a few of us can even spell i-n-t-e-r-n-e-t, and we haven’t got the foggiest idea what the term “team” means, except as it applies to the whole darn company.
To be honest, as a company we are starting to embrace all the e- and i- stuff, but sometimes I think that being the only “classic” swimmer in a sea of national franchise / 100% / team-centric / virtual / web-based / leads-listings-leverage / pushy-sticky / telemarketer business models that account for most of the realty business these days is a really effective contrarian business model. Ever been to a virtual doctor or an online lawyer? How’s that working for you? Call me a dinosaur (or a patrician if you like), but I think people really like coming into our leather-and-wood offices for the classic representation experience.
Yes, we’re an anachronism, and yet in the worst market since the depression, we’re doing very nicely, thank you...and yet starting to blog - lol!!! The best of the past with an eye to the future...
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