Hi Everyone-  I had an interesting conversation with another Realtor this past week.  The young lady had come to me and asked how she could get guests at the open houses she was sitting, to ask her for her assistance in finding them homes to buy.  She is very nice, has been a Realtor for quite some time, and has a great deal of advertising experience behind her.

I thought her question was a little odd when I thought about her background.  So I went about answering her the way I would any other Realtor.  I spoke with her about things that were not Real Estate Related.  Her hobbies, loves, passions and places she has been and everything else I could think of.  It turns out that she is an Artist.  She works in Oils, Water Colors, Pottery and Photography.  While she spoke about these things, she was totally open, approachable, stress free and a joy to be with.  I shared with that she was very tense whenever she spoke about Real Estate and that I was sure her Open House Guests could feel this in her, but when she was in Artist Mode, she was so very pleasant to be with and talk to.  I asked her to forget about being a Realtor and stay in Artist Mode while she did anything Real Estate.

.The answer for her is to see the property she is working on as one of her art pieces and to have the same eye for lines, color, light and dark and passion she glows when she is painting when she is talking with home shoppers.  When people are shopping for a home they are looking for one that moves them, much the same way a piece of art will move the viewer.  The other part of this is that people buy from people they like.  If we share parts of ourselves with others, some will find qualities in us they like and some will not.  Honolulu Realtors are the same as Realtors all over the country, we just have better tans!  Put yourself, the REAL YOU, out there and see who will want to work with you!