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My Physiognomy

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Services for Real Estate Pros with The Real Estate Investment Institute 1retiredsage

My Physiognomy, my woeful physiognomy. I've been tilting at windmills since 1973. ‘73 was the year I taught my first class to REALTORS®, "reading and interpreting credit reports." I got heavily involved in 1974. My Physiognomy was simple other REALTORS® would be easer to deal with if they had more and better real estate education. I'd be more effective if I knew more!

George Bailey had demonstrated my feeling regarding home buyers way back in 1939 an idea I've been devoted to since 1970! An ideal best achieved through education, the consumer's education, the REALTOR'S® education, and the banker/lender's education.

 

Alas real estate education has devolved into memorizing the answers from the licensing exam and meaning less designations, and of course CE's with the least possible content. The consumer's real estate education comes from TV sound bytes written at a third grade level by people with a political agenda and read to us by talking heads who haven't practiced logic since they finally mastered potty training, where they learned to talk.

 

 

 

But, there is hope 2012 can't get her soon enough!

 

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Bill

William J Archambault Jr

The Real Estate Investment Institute

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From my past: GRI 1975, FLI 1974, Catalyst from a client 1974 an agent that makes things happen, REII, The Real Estate Investment Institute 1995.

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Comments(6)

Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

William, I have lots of real estate training but the best is the on the job training since 1992.

Dec 30, 2010 07:16 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Mike,

Mike,

I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was privileged to start with the best in our state at the time. Then I was honored to join the Michigan CCIM Marketing Group and Chapter Number One of The Farm and Land Institute, all on the job training!

The Westdale taught me basic real estate to a leveal our competitors didn't even aspire too.

The CCIM's taught law and taxes, I knew the math.

FLI taught humanity and fiduciary like no none ever did! Take two people with problems and leave them better off for having met you!

I abosorbed what I could taught what I knew and we were all better for it!

That's not to knock all the classes.  "but the best is the on the job training..."

FLI is gone most don't need the CCIM's, but we have AR.

Happy New year!

Bill

Dec 30, 2010 07:32 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Bill, you had me laughing so hard with this statement that my side hurt.

"The consumer's real estate education comes from TV sound bytes written at a third grade level by people with a political agenda and read to us by talking heads who haven't practiced logic since they finally mastered potty training, where they learned to talk."

Dec 30, 2010 01:41 PM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

George,

I'm glade you enjoyed it.

Happy New Year!

Bill

Dec 30, 2010 02:11 PM
Melissa Zavala
Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA
Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

How come the people that need to learn the most already think they know everything? Happy New Year to you. I look forward to following your blog throughout the year.

Jan 01, 2011 04:36 PM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Thanks Melissa!

I don't know when you snuck in here.

Bill

Jan 13, 2011 03:34 PM