Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland wrote a post on Time is of the Essence and it reminded me of the three principles I learned from my teacher in 1989. The second was location location location, but the third is what I am writing about. I commented to Margaret about and I put the third principle in the comment as SF MOL. I quickly received a text from Margaret asking me what I was talking about and I realized I committed a common faux pas as a REALTOR®m speaking in an ideal language instead of a common language. What I meant was Square Feet is always more or less and not exact, so you tell me which one tells you what it means?
I also remember that years ago a buyer would ask me if I knew yet what the amount of the cashiers check was for their closing and I would reply, I need to see if the HUD has been generated. Do you think that a first time buyer knows what I am talking about? Normally they don't want to seem ignorant so they never ask. The point is I should have said that their is a closing statement that has where all the money is going and the totals of it, and when i have it you will know, and I am calling right now.
I think at times we say things in an ideal language without realizing it. Other times we want to sound important and we say things this way on purpose because we are afraid that our clients won't respect it otherwise. For me the key is communication that links and unites people instead of separating them. I don't want to be like that guy who is having a cocktail with two engineers who can speak the same language but I have no idea what they are talking about. So thank you Margaret for reminding me tp speak plainly with what I truly mean to say. It's a good thing to be questioned about what you do and realizing that there are too many ways to be separate and how we speak can be a great unifier.
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