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Real Estate And Baseball...Apple Pie And Chevrolet!!!

You can learn a lot about real estate from observing baseball, its rules, and its nuances! Applied correctly, the wisdom gleaned from the game of baseball can carry you a long way in the field of real estate sales!!!
I'm constantly telling my kids..."you play like you practice"...the boy scouts say it another way---"Be Prepared"! My kids don't believe that a body in motion is more likely to make a good defensive play than a 'still' body at rest!!! It takes more energy and time to go from zero to 2 mph than it does to go from 2 to 4 mph! When they learn this, they will have learned a great baseball truism and a great life lesson! Michael Jordan, perhaps the greatest basketball player that ever lived, was threatened with being cut from his high school basketball team because he couldn't make foul shots...he began a rigorous practice routine of shooting practice foul shots in the hundreds every day...you know the rest of the story!
Stay focused...keep your eye on the ball...you can't hit what you can't see...watch the ball through its entire travel from mound to plate!!! You may not be able to read the 'Spalding Logo' on the ball, but you can certainly pick up a round red and white object about 8 or 9 inches in diameter and make it come into contact with a strategically designed 2 to 3 foot stick of hard ash or quality aluminum that you totally control!!! On the other hand, if you're pitching, find the hitters vulnerability...his tendencies, his 'fears', his weaknesses!!! Play with your head as well as your instincts!!!
Know who's in charge...umpires, the rule enforcers, are human beings...they make bad calls, mistakes, errors...but they're in charge...even if you know they blew a call, you can't change it...blaming, stewing, pouting, steaming will only throw you off your game...thus it's counterproductive!!! Back to rule 2...be focused!!! Stay focused!!! That makes you in charge! Play by the rules, take personal responsibility for your actions...if something needs to be done differently, DO IT!
In trying to summarize and size up the Active Rain Community and its members and their needs, I was thinking of the various articles of equipment necessary to play the game of baseball...competitively...effectively...and professionally...bats, gloves, caps, spikes, batting helmets, bases, lined fields, rule books, home plate...but then there are the items that are the most essential in baseball or real estate...the ones I intentionally omitted from my list...
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Posted by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ on 05/02/2008 10:46 AM

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18 Comments on Real Estate And Baseball...Apple Pie And Chevrolet!!!

Fran, Great advice! Never thought about real estate, or life, being like baseball!

05/02/2008 10:50 AM

by Roberta LaRocca - REALTOR® Las Vegas (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace)

You are inspirational, and a big baseball fan too!

05/02/2008 10:52 AM

by Donna Marie Godfrey (Kenneth R. Styer Real Estate)

My wife won some Red Sox tickets for tonights game! FUN!

05/02/2008 10:58 AM

by Heath Coker, Broker Owner (Cape Group Real Estate & REindex.com)

I LOVE the Boy Scout message. I LOVE the Boy Scouts. Be prepared is good advice for anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Real estate practice, like baseball, also takes patience.

05/02/2008 11:01 AM

by Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Real Estate

Timely analogy Fran.

Who was it who said, "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect Practice makes Perfect."

05/02/2008 11:02 AM

by Jason Sardi, Pennsylvania Mortgage Broker (First Choice Equity Group Inc.)

Roberta: How's everything out west??? :)

Donna Marie: And a fan of yours also!!! :)

Heath: Is that a minor league team from New England??? :^)

Thanks, Fran

05/02/2008 11:02 AM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

Lenn: My kids were scouts but can't transfer their scout skills effectively to baseball!!! :)

Jason: Whoever said it, knew what they were talking about!!!

Thanks, Fran

05/02/2008 11:08 AM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

Fran, I am glad you got your picture adjusted. Looks good!

05/02/2008 12:48 PM

by Jeremy Blanton- Myrtle Beach Real Estate ,Coldwell Banker Chicora (Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate)

I loved the punch line! Fran, you had me sucked in to some kind of seriously deep message and then when the punch line came I had a wonderful laugh. You are right, it takes plenty of those.

05/02/2008 12:53 PM

by Greg Knowles Santa Barbara Ca. (Lawyers Title Co.)

Jeremy: Trial and error sometimes works!!! :)

Greg: Too subtle??? :^)

Thanks, Fran

05/02/2008 01:03 PM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

Hi Fran

You are a natural born writer- You missed your calling! Great Posts! I love the baseball analogy

05/02/2008 09:44 PM

by Barbara Carter Ulster County Real Estate Professional (Associate Broker Exit Realty Services)

Barbara,

Ahhh, you're probably just a natural born baseball fan like me!!! :) Thanks, Fran

05/02/2008 10:03 PM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

Fran, great post. Baseball is my favorite sport because of all the reasons you stated above. Probably why I enjoy Real Estate so much. And thanks for sticking up for us umpires!

05/02/2008 10:18 PM

by Jim Albano (Prudential Damiano Realty)

Jim,

Only those deeply into the game get the similarities!!! Thanks, Fran

05/03/2008 08:04 AM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

Fran, great post, enjoyed the analogy. I liked the line "if something needs to be done differently, DO IT!" Change is so important in the Real Estate world to stay ahead of the "curve". Running a straight line between bases is where every other agent is headed as well, The one who steps outside of the line and trys something different is the one that will stand out from the typical line runners. Plus, if they do it right they can actually get to home base much quicker by working smarter and providing the unique services others are not. You could equate the straight line runners into the bench warmers who sit on the side line and watch the stars hit the home runs with their large service bats who are doing it different.

05/03/2008 09:44 AM

by * Rate A Home (Rate A Home)

Duane,

Thanks for your 'flesh out' of the analogy!!! Thanks, Fran

05/03/2008 02:01 PM

by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.)

I love trying to teach the kids when I'm coaching that baseball's lessons can be taken in to real life and that even though it is a team sport, there is still a lot of individual play. I'm saddened to baseball stadium with less and less each year.

But, I'm hoping soon the game will come back to life, because it really is a great game!