It is funny that when I thought about it my first thought was yellow as well.  First impressions are sometimes the only chance that we have to attract a buyer.  Great idea for a story to relate to clients!

AR people probably looked it up on the internet first!  Great story and we'll definitely share in our next presentation, thanks, Nancy

I love it, Sharon. I said yellow too.

Great blog and a good way to introduce the topic of sprucing up the yard to potential listing clients

Sharon,

I remember back when Jim Weichert bought my old company, and we were all horrified when we saw our new company's gaudy yellow signs - you know, the color that attracts bugs at night?  Our old green and white signs were so much more tasteful!

Well, within a week after the old signs were replaced by the less than subtle yellow ones, I noticed a huge increase in the number of sign calls I got from a listing I had on a very busy street.  Then I drove by it at night.  I could read my phone number at midnight in pitch darkness whizzing by at 40 MPH.  And no, I was not driving! 

So, yellow says to me "Slow down and notice!"  And you're right, they remember.

I left Weichert soon after the merger, and I sort of miss the yellow! 

Jon - yet another significant point for real estate - the first impression WE make on potential clients.

Nancy - Most people think they are trick questions, and are hesitant to answer.

Missy -  Guess we're a Yellow Fellows group.

Charlie - in our market you need every advantage.

Patricia - very interesting color observation. When we changed from Prudential Florida Realty to Arvide, tens of thousands of signs "popped up" overnight. The signs were half blue and half green, and they brought lots more calls than our previous maroon and navy ones did. 

What way to simple way to bring a point across to a seller.  It find it funny as I show homes to buyers inevitably the item that captured the buyers attention will be what they refer to the home as during the buying selection process.

ie: the house with the dog, the house that smelled like air freshener, the house with the big bathroom, the house with disney colors....

Sharon- First impressions are everything when it comes to selling your home and a whole lot more. Katerina

Sharon: I still want to argue that yield signs are yellow. I swear the are...

Love your analogy to real estate.

(mumble: I still believe yeld signs are yellow, at least in California~~) 

Sharon you stated here just what I answered on part I. The old signs were yellow. We do get stuck on our first perceptions. Very interesting analogy. This can really be applied to real estate. I am with Roberta I still think there are some out there - in my case in rural NM. I have my camera and I am hunting the elusive yellow yield sign.

I like the way you related this to real estate. Very good point and can even be used in other applications as well. 

Michele - I make that into a game for buyers and have them name any house that they want to keep in consideration (and sometimes they name the ones that they throw out as well). One that I remember is "The Grumpy Lady's House" from many years ago.

Katerina - yes, indeed. First impressions are so hard to change and overcome.

Roberta - when I'm out there to teach your CLHMS course I'll check (or will you paint the ones I pass yellow before I get there??).

Ashley - I love it. You and Roberta have started a competition - which of you will find the most still-standing yellow yield signs? I want photos of the ones you find!

Kim - it's important to relate the things we learn to the things we do, to our own lives.  

Sharon, dark homes definitely a turn off.  Now every time I drive by a yield sign, I'll be looking to see if it's red and it will remind me of you.  Now, who's making an impression?

WOW - Great point- I thought yellow and so did Bill!!!!!  It was when we took our driving tests back in the 60's!!

That really reinforces that first impressions are SO important!!!

Kay - when I was looking for yield signs I realized how few of them we have in St Pete - there are lots of yellow signs with alerts and cautions, stop light ahead, lane going away, etc. Then I finally saw one where a side street came into the highway exit lane - and it was indeed red and white. I just see so much more yellow - and I still associate Yield with Caution, I guess. Barbara Jo - maybe you so ingrained those signs that you see them mentally whenever a driving situation calls for caution or yielding...

Wow.  The power of first impressions are reinforced.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post, You Can't Get to the Right Place by Going the WRONG WAY!, and thanks for making a comment.

Virginia - not called the Old Dominion for nothing!  Yellow yield signs here!  Stop signs?  Don't have them anymore - at least people don't see them anymore.

Dan - it's always good to hear from you!

Ed - interesting. Your stop signs must be like our red lights - in the Land of The Ignored.