You Never Know Who You'll See When Showing Homes or It REALLY Is A Small World!!

Leslie, It's a balancing act, both IRL and virtual.  I've tried to be more selective about where and how I pick my battles.  Hope you're doing well, things are the usual here, busy!  And finally working on filling out that WP site :)

Jane, If any of us spill the beans and hurt our clients, we have to know it will get around.

Jean Marie, Ironically, I'm encountering the largest # of people in an area that I don't normally work much, but one set of buyers are very interested and off I go!  3 of the overlaps have occurred within a few mile radius!

Peggy, Definitely that risk too.  Delaying a blog post long enough after the event to protect the guilty :)

C-J, The tools are there, just a matter of best determining which ones to use and in what manner.

Marc, In this business every buyer and seller should wish they were named John & Joan Smith so they'd at least have some level of privacy.   An uncommon name and there's no hiding.

Michael, Thanks!  Real estate and just about everyplace else I suspect!

Eric, LOVE his stuff! 

Paula, And it seems to be shrinking by the day!

Laura, I'm not sure I understand the comment?  We're not advising lying, just keeping things quiet until the appropriate time when the information can no longer be used against a person.

Praful, We've worked with some people from my day job, either for listing their home or for buying.  It's good to have success with them so they can let other co-workers know we're available to help them.

Tammie, You just never know when you'll cross paths with someone.  I've been in downtown Cincinnati and crossed paths with people I know, perhaps the last thing I would have expected.

Christine, We certainly have the potential to know more people thanks to social media.

Conrad, It certainly has.  For my day job I'm routinely emailing back and forth with people 1/2 way across the globe.  "Standard" work hours have become meaningless.

Valerie, You got it!  Turned out the buyers (via another agent) of one of our listings was the sister of another past client.  You never know who will be connected with whom!

Jared, It certainly adds an increased element to the information flow.

Ridhi, Once the information is out there, it's near impossible to bring it back.

Steven, Nope, you've got company!  I figure any homeowner is no worse than 3 degrees removal with a public record search.  Add the Active Rain network to our connections and it shortens the process.

Lisa, And who wants that kind of surprise?