Quit whining!

We all have to adjust to the "New Market" and you're so right - there are buyers out there; you just have to work harder to get them.

You said it, Russ!  It's kinda like Voting in the U.S.  We always tell people that if they don't vote, and the winning canditates don't govern to their liking, they've got no room to complain, because they did nothing to influence the outcome.  Same with real estate or any other business:  If you do nothing to influence the outcome, you have no reason to complain!

when I saw things going down hill..i tried to figure out the best way to adapt..and I am hanging in there....so you are right, we gotta do something... !

Do nothing ... earn nothing. There is work out there if you get out and hustle it up. Like a friend of mines says, go out there and kill something and drag it home for Pete's sake, an quit you whining...

hmmm... so, Mi isn't in the dumper? I think I would do some consulting or find something else until it turned around as apposed to making 1/2 of what I did for the 3rd yr. in a row.... sometimes it's just sour lemons and not lemonade. no?

Thanks for the great post!  I am having my best year ever in this market so I say "Bring it on".  When someone whines about it that's what I tell them.  Work harder than those crying and you'll be laughing all the way to the bank! 

I couldn't agree with you more!

On the up side, this market will most definitely weed out those who are part time realtors. There are too many realtors who are in this business as an extra income and don't give it 100%. Those that wait for business to come to them instead of going out to get it can't survive long in this market, leaving the clients to those that are willing to give it their all. Yes, the numbers are down, the commissions are smaller and the work is harder but, as you said, there are clients out their if you're willing to go find them.

kudos to the doers!

Russ,  I got an email from one of the agents in my office yesterday asking what I was doing to get all of these listings.  I wrote her back to say that I am working my tail off, thats how.

Russ, You are so right!  There may be less business, but it is still business if you go after it!

Old habits die hard. Two things that my wise old grandmother taught me:

1. If you want to remain #1, you have to change. You can't sit back on past successes and expect future successes to just land on your doorstep.
2. Take 10% of your gross earnings each and every day, each and every week, each and every month, and dedicate it to marketing. Good times and bad. If you do that in the good times, you won't experience the bad times. If you do experience the bad times, it will mean the whole state, nation, or world are experience bad times.

She was right on both counts.

Russ- you make a great point here... we just need to earn the business.