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Learn From Little Kids

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 311291

 

 

If you really want to learn to negotiate take some time and observe young children prolong bedtime.

 If you are around kids for even a short time, you have no problem grasping this concept.

 Just watch a child in the grocery store. They see something they want and they figure out a way to get it.  They ask...not once but numerous times and  they use different  tactics. They give something in return.. a hug, an "I love you"  and they change how they ask and always stay focused on the prize. 

 

And the skilled kids do not lose their cool !

 

 They have found that  doesn't work.

They just seem to get cuter and sweeter and melt you with those needy eyes. And most of the time they get exactly what they want and make the adult feel good about giving in.

Think about this in relation to real estate.

 What lessons can be learned from the little kids?

 

Margaret Rome

 

 

 

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Margaret Rome
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Comments (26)

Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

So true Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland but even more so, this guy knows how to negotiate persistently...

san diego

Mar 10, 2017 09:15 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Margaret --- through the words of a child you show there is so much about life that we learn while young that needs to be remembered in order to most effective.  Not only in business but in life.  

Mar 11, 2017 04:12 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Michael Jacobs So much we already know from childhood. Let's reinforce these lessons in the present.

Mar 11, 2017 10:08 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland - this is such a beautiful post! Your words opened up like the unfolding of a bouquet of flowers! I really enjoy content that is meaningful. This one scored a home run! I hope it gets featured!!!

Patricia

Mar 11, 2017 06:31 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I always watch when Ellen interviews kids on her show and as Art Linkletter once said, kids say the darnest things.

Mar 11, 2017 07:41 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

I have been absorbed for the better part of the hour watching old Art Linkletter shows...careful..it is adicting.

Mar 11, 2017 10:54 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Thomas J. Nelson, Realtor, CRS 

I also have a master negotiator. She is relentless and it always works in her favor.

 

My Phoebe

Mar 11, 2017 10:06 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Patricia Feager  I love your comment and so enjoyed our conversation this morning. Look forward to your blog.

Mar 11, 2017 10:09 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Joe Pryor Always entertaining with kids Art Linkletters show was the best. I wonder if it can be seen on YouTube. I will check it out.

Mar 11, 2017 10:11 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Yep, I've heard every one of those little begging quotes from my kids, and now my grandkids!

Mar 11, 2017 12:20 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

CONGRATULATIONS Margaret, on having this blog FEATURED in the Old Farts Club group!    

Mar 11, 2017 12:20 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Margart and then there is the Propecting Dog Barney!! I wrote a few posts a few years back about his prospecting skill set and that agents should follow them to the T.  And the same thing applies to little kids! Love it!

Mar 11, 2017 12:32 PM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Margaret - Great example. I'm on the receiving end of this from our two granddaughters, and I'm helpless to resist. And while the principle idea works, I don't think their exact tactics would play so well if done during a real estate negotiation : )

Mar 11, 2017 02:21 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Myrl Jeffcoat Thanks for the feature. Enjoy the  grands!

Mar 11, 2017 06:46 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Dick Greenberg  Maybe not the exact tactics but the principle idea works.

Mar 11, 2017 06:47 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Anna Banana Kruchten  Little kids, pups and my kitty have got it down pat. they know how to ask and usually receive. 

Mar 11, 2017 06:49 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Kids are relentless negotiators.  That is a fantastic observation.

Mar 11, 2017 06:50 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Chris Ann Cleland They are so good at it...we really could learn from them.

Mar 11, 2017 06:53 PM
Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Who doesn't respond to a child (or a dog Thomas J. Nelson, Realtor, CRS ?). We can really learn from simple consistency and perhaps a begging attitude?

Mar 11, 2017 08:50 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Lynnea Miller Consistency and some sweet begging...my kitty does a good job of getting her treats.

Mar 12, 2017 07:59 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

I just wonder where all that youthful negotiating talent goes when they grow up and become adults and all of a sudden become afraid to hear the word "no".

Mar 14, 2017 07:20 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Cheryl Dukes - Atlanta Your comment would make a really good blog. Would love to hear more.

Mar 14, 2017 01:29 PM