Maybe Change Saddle On Business Horse Rather Than Whole Horse In Midstream

Great analogy!  It is much easier to stay with what you know in part than it is to start over!

Interesting perspective. I Realtors and Lenders used to do more of that but with the RESPA situation it seems to be less often, that and according to a presenter at the TAR convention, in Texas there are 90% fewer lenders.

I have often thought about cross training like that but concerned that listing agents would be threatened by using me as their stager limiting my services to my own listings.  Thoughts?

Gary, now not everyone is a "horsey type", but it's interesting the types of horse-related metaphors one can come up with."You can lead a horse to water"...anyway, I got what you were saying, both literally and figuratively.

As always, you promote self-analysis, self-growth self-awareness in an interesting manner and I dig it!

Gary...this is very true.  Starting over is difficult and if you just apply what you know a bit more...you will have better success.

Great analogy Gary and one that makes perfect sense. I just finished the classes for the SRES® designation and have been thinking about gradually moving in that direction. It feels right.

GARY! You always have the most refreshing perspective, I think in our business is all about how to adapt and able to come up with solutions in the most efficient way possible.  WELL SAID in your post.

hey Gary, I like your new profile pic! And, as alway, wonderful to experience the momentum of your inspiring posts, that always pack a lot of horsepower :-) xox

Gary....I think this is VER?Y sound advice and worth some brainstorming to see what avenues might be open!!  GREAT ADVICE!!

Great way to analyze options and think about them.  Sometimes we just need to tweak the way that we are interacting with our business model.  

Gary - this is such a clever idea and I've started a new and separate service for my company just taking professional MLS photos and I'm getting many new clients. Cheryl Ritchie suggested I offer Realtors a service of taking their MLS photos and editing them in Picnik to make them look their best for a small fee- not a bad idea! Not everyone wants or need a stager, but most Realtors want good MLS photos. I think this post will give a lot of people new ideas on how to expand their money making sphere! SUGGESTED!

Gary, interesting post. I've flirted with the idea of becoming a licensed agent, but have set it aside for now as I perceive it may take me TOO far from where I want to be.  Stick to your knitting..." resounds in my head. For me the "changing the saddle vs. changing the horse" has taken the form of looking how I could EXPAND the current product service/offerring and remain complementary to the (basic) product.

So... I've developed a furniture-moving software so that once a floor plan is created, people can select furniture off a menu and arrange it inside the floor plan by sliding it into position. I've also become quite specialized in writing brochure text (Amenities Text) is what we call them. My niche is high end luxury homes and there is usually a BOATLOAD of features and finishes in homes of this type to be noted --- and most agents (at least the ones I know) HATE the regimen and the time-consuming tediousness of (1) inventorying the property and (2) then turning around and having to type it all up --- so I type it up, format it, email it ---- and for them it is a cut-and-paste.  Thanks for the thoughtful post.

Great photograph and very good advice.

Gary-Love the message and the picture. As a horse fellow this analogy fits