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I AM SUCH A DORK! Please sit down and let me explain.....

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Compass 0524642

If you're like me, you're competitive, busy and @ times overwhelmed w/life. And as perfect as we try to be, we're not. Sometimes we walk around with our fly down and sometimes we accidentally trip while walking in a public place. "It" happens.

So there's this local competitor that I love to hate (mister x) He's actually a pretty good guy, but I still dislike his presence because he's beaten me out of a listing on more than one occasion.

A few weeks back I attended one of those walk around and look at me seminars. If you've been to a seminar you know that you exchange A LOT of business cards with vendors, other industry types and "contacts." During the seminar I ran into mister X, the competitor this blog is 1/2 about. He had the nerve to hand me like 3 of his cards, as if I'm going to give them to my friends and family or something.

The seminar was 5 weeks ago.

I have a little slot in my car where I typically place random cards from all types of people. Underneath that stack are my own set of cards. This morning I greeted a seller and while I was getting out of the car remembered that I need to grab a couple of my cards. When I got to the door I introduced myself and handed my seller to be 2 of my cards.

During my listing presentation the husband chuckles and says.... did you color your hair and get a tan?

I had given them my competitors business cards by accident. To make matters worse, this agent had a listing not far from their house.

Maybe this is why Mister X gave me his cards. He was hoping I'd accidentally give them out, and I did.

Posted by
Greg Nino
Realtor
RE/MAX Compass 
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Realtor since 2004
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Comments(33)

Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate

Greg, that's too funny.  Glad to see you got the listing anyway.  We get so involved in our work, we get a little dorky once in a while.

Jul 27, 2011 02:18 PM
Kaera Mims
Liz Moore & Associates - Fort Monroe, VA
Associate Broker, e-PRO, REALTOR; Hampton, Newport News, York Co.

OMG that is so funny. Maybe that is how I should go about getting listings; hand them to my competitors and hope THEY pass them out at their presentations endorsing me, lol. Great sense of humor you have about it; hope you got the listing!

Jul 27, 2011 02:33 PM
Michelle Gibson
Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL
REALTOR

Greg - Congrats on getting the listing!  We all do things like this at some point in our career.

Jul 27, 2011 02:45 PM
Scott Warga
ACSI American Construction Specialists & Investigations - Gilbert, AZ

Greg, I'm glad you got the listing.

I started scanning and tossing cards so I don'r make that mistake (anymore)

Jul 27, 2011 02:50 PM
Kristi DeFazio
RE/MAX Advantage - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Rea lEstate 719-459-5468

That is too funny! At least you weren't competing with him for that listing. I am sure it was a great way to break the ice with your sellers.

Jul 27, 2011 02:58 PM
Heather Russo
Keller Williams Realty - Kerrville - Kerrville, TX
SRES , REALTOR, Kerrville, Texas Homes for Sale

Bravo Greg! I kind of figured that you would end up with the listing... :o)
 

Jul 27, 2011 04:22 PM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

At the end of the day - you got the lisitng -- That's what matters!!!! Great story.. I should give more of my cards to agents.  I figured they didn't want them..and they probably don't ...but.....

Jul 27, 2011 04:29 PM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

Now, that is one big boo boo.  Hopefully they just thought you were being generous and decided to give you the business out of pure pity.

Jul 27, 2011 04:43 PM
Patricia Beck
RE/MAX Properties, Inc., ABR, GRI, SRES - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Realty

I've mixed up my own business cards with others before...you definitely have to keep them separate!  Oops!  Good job getting the listing.

Jul 27, 2011 04:52 PM
Steve Loynd
Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., - Lincoln, NH
800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

Greg, When I hand a card to the typical tire kicker I remark..."now don't toss this out the window when you leave - I don't want to get fined for littering".

Jul 28, 2011 12:54 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Oh Greg that is funny.  The funniest part is that he must be really tan which says a lot about him already.  :)

Jul 28, 2011 01:41 AM
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

OK that was a great example of promoting the competition. Did you get the listing?

Jul 28, 2011 03:05 AM
Karen Burket
Bank of Oregon a division of Willamette Valley Bank - Medford, OR
Valley Mortgage Grou, Conventional, FHA, VA, mortgages

Well, at least it wasn't "Mrs" X who's card you handed out!  ;-)

Jul 28, 2011 07:18 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

Greg that is too funny!

Jul 28, 2011 09:23 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Hopefully, you're his Mr. Y and have beaten him out of some listings too!!

Jul 28, 2011 05:52 PM
Rita Fong
RE/MAX REAL ESTATE TODAY, Executive Broker 901-488-9590 - Marion, AR
Realtor - Marion Arkansas Homes for Sale

Greg, hahaha, I can see you doing that. 

Jul 29, 2011 05:14 AM
Justin Dibbs
Fairway Independent Mortgage - Ashburn, VA
Mortgage Advisor

OOOOOOOOOOO, I bet that chapped your ass.  Glad you got the listing!  I bet you were thinking, "How did he know that would happen....."

Jul 29, 2011 09:22 AM
Larry Story ALC
Total Care Realty - Greensboro, NC
Beneath it all is the Land, Covering all of NC

Greg,

Ooooohhhhh he put the whammy on you good.  You see I would have trashed the cards as soon as he gave them unless I drove by some embarrassing place.  Then you could leave them on some cars

Jul 29, 2011 03:07 PM
Kevin Hancock
Evergreen Home Loans NMLS 3182 - Poulsbo, WA
The Hancock Mortgage Team

I had "fly malfunction" recently, so I know how you feel.  Luckily for me it wasn't at a business event, but still... all I could do was move on.  Glad you got the listing!

Aug 01, 2011 08:09 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

That's too funny.  But at least you got the listing without having to dye your hair and get a fake tan.

Aug 06, 2011 03:03 PM