"Professional is not a label you give yourself. It's a description you hope others will apply to you."
-David Maister
Another great April challenge on ActiveRain is currently being hosted by Kathleen Daniels. Every agent, and especially new agents should scroll through every entry in this contest so they know what NOT to do if they want to be successful and endear themselves to their peers.
The Challenge? To share our pet peeve in the real estate business. Gosh, how can we narrow it down to just one? I honestly have dozens of pet peeves, including but not limited to:
Agents who expect the "other" agent to do all the work
Agents who write terrible contracts
Agents who write terrible addendums
Agents who don't understand the contracts
Agents who don't take deadlines seriously
Agents who don't understand missing deadlines has consequences
Agents who don't return phone calls
Agents who input incomplete listings
Agents who input listings with no pictures
Agents who write drivel in their descriptions
Agents who input horrible photos
Agents who show listings to unqualified buyers
All that said, my ONE biggest pet peeve is REALTORS® who don't even know how to pronounce the word! They go around telling people they are "reel-a-turs" or "ree-la-turs". This makes me absolutely cringe. If you don't know how to pronounce what you are then you shouldn't be one!
Would you call your doctor a: doc-a-tur?
Would you call an actor an: ac-a-tur
Would you call pastor a: pas-a-tur
Would you call a moderator a: moder-a-rate-tur?
You get my drift. Drop the middle letter "a".
You are a REALTOR. You sell real property. You are a REALTOR... pronounced REAL-TOR. Let's get real. Quit fooling around. Learn how to pronounce it. It is simple phonics.
I know this might seem petty, considering all the other more egregious errors committed by agents. To me, though, this is a sign of not even understanding what you are. How can I take you seriously and trust you to take care of the big and small details of business when you don't even know how to pronounce your professional designation?
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