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If your resume could talk...

If your resume could talk,what would it say about you? As a real estate professional you wear many hats. Do you convey these to your clients. There are really over a dozen titles you could claim quite easily. Just for fun and giggles, I've listed 10 and added their value in the open market with help from Salary.com.

Competitive Pricing Analyst- $50,000.00
Interior designer I- $32,000
Ecommerce Marketing Director- $127,000
Graphic Design Specialist- $45,000
Property Manager- $77,000
Marketing Specialist- $49,000
Webmaster-$65,000
Travel Coordinator-$42,000
Executive Recruiter- $74,000

And then you can go ahead and add in your miscellaneous titles, whether they were wanted or intended. I've attached my own non monetary values to these.

Counselor- Marriage saver, family saver, mind saver, sanity giver.
Mentor- Career saver.
Pet walker- Carpet saver.
Grounds caretaker- Overgrown jungle eliminator.
Mover-Rip off scam, uninsured, left my furniture back in Cleveland peace of mind maker.
Househunter-Dream finder. Castle excavator.
Educator- Sharer of real estate mojo.

So as far as I can tell your clients are getting services, most front loaded for free, from a professional who is worth at least $610,000/year on the low end, never mind the priceless services. Before you go into a listing or meet a new client to prevent fee justification and defense, make yourself a resume. Then practice what you say.

Think it, Believe it, Live it....Love the shoes you're in and the value you give.

Posted by Rebecca Levinson-R.E. Blogger/Connect2Agent on 04/08/2008 10:31 PM

Comments (18)

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18 Comments on If your resume could talk...

Rebecca, I have to say I have had all those hats on. The one that I'm just not that crazy about though is the marriage counselor. Somehow when I get pulled in is after it has dissolved and it is usually my clients who are now going through a divorce and I'm right in the middle of it.

04/08/2008 10:41 PM

by Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro ABR (Results Realty)

Real estate mojo, That is a good one. I got off of the phone with one of my clients who is a physician and she just said to me that she can't believe how hard and how much work we do to run our business. I think we just do what we do. Thanks Rebecca for making us realize our worth in black and white!

04/08/2008 10:41 PM

by Audrey June-Forshey, GRI, Gaithersburg, MD (RE/MAX Realty Group)

As Real Estate professionals, independently contracted, we are our own business. So most of us wear many hats and wear them well if we're successful. I guess the many that have left the business had many positions to fall back on.

As always, a great post! I will put together my RE resume.

04/08/2008 10:43 PM

by Eugene Jones (Royster Real Estate)

Rebecca,

Unfortunately instead of thinking we are WORTH that much $$$... the general public usually thinks we MAKE that much $$$.... which as you know very few agents actually do! You've made an excellent point here though, whether any one out in the general public believes we do all those things or not! Great post!!

04/08/2008 10:51 PM

by Jan Evett Panama City Beach, FL (Century 21 Ryan Realty, Inc. )

How about Tough-Love Therapist, i.e. DROP YOUR PRICE, NOW!

04/08/2008 10:52 PM

by Keith Berne, Real Estate Broker, Realtor, GRI (RE/MAX Equity Group, Inc.)

Rebecca - Thanks for such an uplifting post. I love the variety of hats that we wear - it sure doresn't get dull. I really appreciate the final line of your post - those are great words to live by.

04/08/2008 11:04 PM

by Lynn Johnson, Owatonna, MN Real Estate (Coldwell Banker Home Connection)

Some good fortification! lol......i made my own list of our different 'roles' but I loved your professional labels.......and the salary.com link!

04/08/2008 11:20 PM

by Liz Moras, Re/Max Associate Broker Chilliwack (Vancouver), B.C. (Remax Nyda Realty Chilliwack B.C.)

Rebecca- Yes, as Audrey said....thanks for putting it in Black and White. Good list by the way :)

04/09/2008 01:13 AM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

Knowing your own worth is a tremendous confidence builder. I am worth every penny.

04/09/2008 09:24 AM

by Rosario Lewis, GRI ~ DDR Realty, Orange County, NY (DDR Realty)

Marchel- I can't blame you. No one likes to be monkey in the middle.

Audrey and Kathy- No problem, we can all use reminders.

Eugene- Glad to hear it. Write it proud.

Jan- The thing is, it is mostly those that have had one bad experience that are leery and untrusting, or they listen to a friend, family member co-worker etc. The media doesn't help any. But blogging is a wonderful tool to lend a voice to the real estate community.

Keith- I like that one:-)

Lynn- So much is about perception, but it starts with self-perception.

Liz- Glad to hear it.

Rosario- I am glad you know it and say it and I have no doubt that you are.

04/09/2008 12:26 PM

by Rebecca Levinson-R.E. Blogger/Connect2Agent (Connect2Agent)

Blogger: excellent command of English, knows and understands sharing, is creative with the smallest thoughts. Occassionaly works nights, days and weekends all at once.

Pay: $ 0.00

For everything else, there's HELOCS....

Blog on!

Steve

04/09/2008 08:21 PM

by Obeoman Steven Stearns (www.obeo.com)

girl, if my resume could talk I would be blushing! And, you're right...we are worth it! Later in the rain~Deb

04/09/2008 08:55 PM

by Deb at Brooks Prime Properties

Steve- I like that one- one addition, "Addiction may occur":-)

Deb- I think you would look pretty in pink:-)

04/10/2008 04:13 PM

by Rebecca Levinson-R.E. Blogger/Connect2Agent (Connect2Agent)

Rebecca ~ So many hats and we never know how many we will wear that day. It's a good thing we can multi task! Thanks for the post, it is great!

04/14/2008 09:27 AM

by Amie Varney (Prudential Verani Realty)

First off congrats on making the weekly blog review...which got me here and secondly nice approach to show the value of your services. As a mortgage broker we gt to wear many of those same hats. Thanks

04/14/2008 09:51 AM

by Scott Benson (Connect Financial Services)

What a great perspective Rebecca.

Such a great way to showcase how valuable Real Estate professionals really are, what they actually do,

and have to go through to make their living.

Nice Job as always :)

Mike Ludens

04/14/2008 03:54 PM

by Mike Ludens (Law of Attraction Creations Creations)

This was a lot of fun to read. I'm glad that it was Featured in the Active Rain Week in Review. Congratulations!

04/14/2008 08:05 PM

by Lola Audu~ Audu Real Estate~ Grand Rapids, MI Broker

Amie- Multi-tasking is the name of the game.

Scott- Thank u,it was actually your comment that made me aware of this. Scott, yes this is very true of many real estate services providers. I consider mortgage brokers to be a big part of that.

Mike- Thank you for your words of encouragement.

Lola-Thank you for your kind words. Congratulations to you as well.

04/17/2008 02:47 PM

by Rebecca Levinson-R.E. Blogger/Connect2Agent (Connect2Agent)