CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS? WHAT?

Hi Rainers! The New Year is always such a busy time. All of the Holiday parties and obligations are fulfilled and things are going full swing toward organization for the New Year. Tax stuff needs to be done and it'a a great time for reflection of what we did, what we are doing and what we SHOULD do this coming year.

  Keep writing those deals on the board!

A funny thing happened as I walked by the tree on the way back from the rest room in our office...I noticed that the BOARD WAS FILLING UP with under contract listings and sales! Now that's something we haven't seen in quite a while! I wondered what the reason for that might be. Hmmmmm...is the economy getting stronger? Are relocations to the area picking up? Is one of the agents on fire? Maybe we're coming out of the "slump"?

It could be a lot of things, but one thing I know for sure is that the agent whose name appears on most of those under contract listings, (Robin Cleveland), has been in this office working her little fanny off for month after dry month for the past several. With no deal in sight, she'd come in and sit at that desk and make phone call after phone call...sending e-mail after e-mail, HOPING for a bight and guess what? When the fish started bighting, they bit hard and told their friends where the feeding frenzy was.

 She just kept on fishing when no fish bit...

Now, my formerly discouraged agent/friend is starting this year off with a BANG. And not because she made a resolution and got right on that the first of the year...NO, NO, NO...she started chumming the waters far before the fish were even in the mood to eat, so that as soon as some real estate needs came up, Robin was fresh in their mind, albeit synonomous with real estate and she is listing and selling like CRAZY.

This reminds me of a great Bible verse: 

In case you don't understand the context, I believe it's the Lord's way of telling us that the fish don't always bight immediately...but they do eventually and you have to be there waiting to catch them!

Have a blessed and fulfilling New Year!