I just finished uploading the background and header for my first blog post! Yes, this is a milestone! After 6 months of watching, commenting, and gleaning from my fellow AR bloggers I have decided to dance in the rain.....Active Rain that is! Mimi Foster was so great as direct me to Craig's Classroom where I was able to learn how to create a header and background. Alas I must confess, I enlisted the help of my 11 year old daughter, Matti! Together we created a header in Picnik!
I really began to think about the fact that we are all just collages, in one way or another. Think back to your first day in real estate. I remember mine...... I joined a local real estate firm in my small town of Lindale, TX. I came prepared with my laptop, file folders, pens, etc. I ordered my shiny new name badge and first 1000 business cards. I was well on my way, so I thought, until that first listing presentation came. I had worked so hard calling expired listings and telling everyone I knew I was in real estate. It finally hit me.....I didn't have a listing presentation! My excitement turned into sheer panic. I had to give a presentation in a couple of hours and wasn't sure what I was going to take with me as my presentation. Another REALTOR in my office at the time was so kind to sit down with me and talk about what the elements of a good presentation must contain. She sent me a copy of her presentation and I customized it to fit me. I added my specific comps and I went to my listing presentation. You know it's funny, I do not recall if I got the listing, but I vividly remember that agent sowing into me. I still have basically the same presentation. It's been tweaked of course, but the same bones are still there.
I remember the first offer I needed to make. I had a buyer ready to make an offer on a property. I was so excited! I told my buyer that I just needed to go back to the office and get it ready! Again, it hit me that I was unsure as to how to draft the offer. How many days should I put in that blank that says Option Period? How many days do I need on that Third Party Financing Addendum? Again, there was a kind agent in the office that was nice enough to sit down with me and go through the offer page by page. She was a major producer, and still is, but she took the time to sew into me as a new agent.
I have come to realize that I am really a collage of agents that have touched me in one way or another. Some are great memories and to be honest some are not, but they have made an impression on me all the same. I have learned and adapted from excellent agents and I have learned and adapted from some not so great agents. I choose to learn from every business deal. I have been in countless real estate classes and learned from world class people!
I truly believe I have a little piece of each "teacher" I have encountered. I have listened to world-class speaker Jim Rohn and love his material. If I just glean and apply one principal I have a little piece of Jim in a way. I also listen to Dave Ramsey and apply his principals (which are really just my grandmothers ideas re-ackaged..lol).
We are all collages in a way..... Carrying little pieces of those we encounter. I am so excited about all the new people I know I will meet here on Active Rain. My collage is going to be ever so colorful!
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