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Be a Puzzle Master

By Gary Woltal

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

November 10, 2007 10:16 AM

Jigsaw Puzzle

I thought that for those buying a house, selling a house, or for that matter a REALTOR running their business, you enter the process without all the answers.You have to FIGURE IT OUT. As a fan of Sudoku, I think of it as solving a puzzle. For the buyer, which is the right house? For the seller, how will I ever unload this place? For a REALTOR, it could be how do I best serve my clients and run a profitable business while maintaining balance in my life?

Much like a jigsaw puzzle it is a matter of putting the pieces together. There are answers. The pieces can be put together to make the solution. As REALTORs one of our key traits is problem solver. Luckily for buyers and sellers if they work with REALTORs they have at their disposal a tremendous resource. REALTORs know the process of what it takes to get it done.

They have alliances with lenders, handymen, marketing companies, stagers, inspectors, title companies, and other realtors not to mention their education and experience.

Put the pieces together. Get together with a PUZZLE MASTER.

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Jan Evett

The Premier Property Group LLC - Rosemary Beach, FL

Broker Associate, 20 years+ in real estate

Gary,

This is so true... it is like a puzzle.... I like to think of my business as "problem solving" ... I am a professional problem solver most of the time!

Is there some "trick" to making a photo look like a puzzle? ... please advise! Thanks!

Nov 10, 2007 10:22 AM

John Walters

Frank Rubi Real Estate - Slidell, LA

Licensed in Louisiana

I like to think of us as a project coordinator. We put the parties together and help with the paperwork.

Nov 10, 2007 10:34 AM

South Austin Real Estate Blog

Sky Realty South Austin - Austin, TX

Gary, thats a great visual, not just the picture!! I also think my job as a solution for people. I can help them solve their problem be it selling a home or purchasing, its what I do :) its what all realtors do!!.. MAYBE NAR need to use this blog as a commercial and tell the public we are problem solvers and solution masters!!

Nov 10, 2007 10:38 AM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Jan, the Taj Mahal with the jigsaw cutout was just a jpg image. I'm sure on the web there is some way to take any picture and overlay a puzzle on top of it. I like the concept of project coordinator or problem solver as one of an agent's chief roles. It really is what we're paid to do.

Nov 10, 2007 02:42 PM

Bill Duncan

Home Status Inspection Company, LLC - Haymarket, VA

Gary, I guess sometimes I'm the guy that finds the missing piece on the floor under the couch. Don't you hate it when you've been looking for a piece for a long time and somebody just comes by and plunk. There it is! Just goes to show we need each other to get the job done.

Nov 10, 2007 10:44 PM

I'm always amazed when I find the next puzzle piece in solving a problem or moving a process forward. I'm like you Bill, sometimes someone else provides it to me. Then I have one of those ah hah moments. I think to myself, "Why didn't i think of that?" The collective wisdom of the many is very powerful. That's why I think if you keep reading active blogs you'll be way ahead of everyone else.

Nov 11, 2007 12:36 AM

Keith Perry

Coldwell Banker - Hiram, GA

REALTOR - West Metro Atlanta

This is a great post Gary. I am happiest when trying to piece together a contact that works.

Nov 11, 2007 01:03 AM

Teri Eckholm

Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN

REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Gary--Good analogy for real estate...And like puzzles the pieces cannot be forced. If things were meant to be, they always fall into place.

Nov 11, 2007 01:04 AM

Irene Morales Ward

REMAX Distinctive Real Estate, Inc. - Stafford, VA

Realtor - e-Pro - Northern Virginia Real Estate

Gary - What a great analogy! Excellent way to show the true value a professional can bring the home buying and selling process. Some puzzles are harder than others to put together. Specifically, when one party to the transaction isn't putting all their "pieces" on the table, it gets considerably harder to solve! Sorry, I had to add that. It seems to apply to some of the cases I'm seeing lately.

Nov 11, 2007 01:44 AM

When pieces are missing that's an all together different problem. Maybe Realtors work magic and can put the puzzle together "without" all the pieces. I do know sometimes you have to solve a problem without all the information at hand. You just do the best with what you have. But hiding pieces from you Irene, that's something else!

Nov 11, 2007 05:11 AM

Steve Shatsky

Dallas, TX

It's a similar concept, but I describe myself as a Short Sale sherpa! I help clients by guiding them along the path to the short sale success that sits at the top of the real estate mountain. :)

Nov 11, 2007 05:27 AM

Larry Wright

nwRealty.Com - Tacoma, WA

Thanks for the post Gary. You've applied an interesting perspective and descriptive analogy to our industry.

Nov 11, 2007 05:31 AM

Colleen Irwin

Retired - Irondequoit, NY

Creative Real Estate Solutions...

Gary -- it is one big puzzle isn't it?

Nov 11, 2007 07:20 AM

Whether it's a short sale Steve or a puzzle, we somehow have to put it all together to get to the closing table. Now if the clients will just listen. Some pieces go on the border, others in the middle. Like staging a house may be necessary, or de-cluttering it by moving items to storage will help sell it faster.

Nov 11, 2007 07:56 AM

Josette Skilling

Keller Williams Capital Properties - Bethesda, MD

That's such a great way to look at it. We solve problems all day long, some small some large!

Nov 11, 2007 08:09 AM

Marchel Peterson

Results Realty - Spring, TX

Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Gary, life is one big puzzle. I often think that we don't always see the big picture. I love your analogy. It helps to have someone help you put the puzzle pieces together.

Nov 11, 2007 11:42 AM

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