Paula McDonald wrote a blog post today comparing real estate with college football. She started talking about excitement of each....and then reinforced the training, skill and effort it takes to become an expert in each endeavor.
Not where I thought it was going to go.
I thought when she started talking about the excitement...the ups and downs of the game...that she was talking about the ups and downs of a real estate transaction.
Yes....some are white knuckle events. But they really should not be. The Internet is full of stories of horrible real estate experiences. I read them all the time. While I'm not so arrogant as to believe I could have fixed all of them....quite a bit of the horror stories never had to happen.
Inexperienced agents, personalities, negligence and plain old greed seem to be involved in many of these deals.
Truth is there is no good reason for a white knuckle roller coaster transaction. Calm, cool heads can prevent this in most cases. Experience can normally take care of the rest. There are very few situations that are completely NEW any longer.
The agent needs to take off their ego and ask for help! There is probably someone in their office, or in the Rain, who has faced something similar...and come through it.
While a good coaster ride gets your blood moving, it's not fun on a daily basis.
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