This past weekend, I had a pretty eye-opening experience with one of my newest Realtors .

It was a nice brisk Friday evening in Houston (very rare), and we had set up a time to go grab a cup of coffee and talk about her 2009 Game Plan for adding more buyers to her pipeline. She does mostly listings, and when we were chatting a few days prior, I offered to see what I could do to help her- A robust culmination of brainstorming and recommendations if you will. :)

So... I sat there sipping on my Venti Hazelnut White Mocha Frappuccino (light ice, no whip) listening to what she was telling me and after about 20 minutes, I began to think how this woman was even in business to begin with! As I "tactfully" slid in some suitable options for her, it was so hard to believe that someone so stubborn of accepting new ideas and implementing them into a strategy to better help their own business and financial situation actually ended up insulting ME in some ways at the end of the meeting. I mean, I'M the one that took out time to help HER, and I get the sh*t end of the stick??? Come again?

After 3 hours of listening to her scattered thoughts and some slight Starbucks indigestion, I decided to call it a night, shook her hand, and said I would be in "touch". Yah right!

Now you're probably thinking I insulted the poor woman, however, it was quite the opposite. In 2008, she closed 2 buyer transactions, and had 6 listings- do YOU see any room for improvement? A thank YOU!

She claims that she has been following this "system with guaranteed results" for the past 5 years, but in researching her performance online through HAR, I know she's not a big hitter- and that's PERFECTLY fine! I'm simply here to give advice and recommendations- nothing more, nothing less.

I say spend a little bit more money advertising in the areas that will get you the most return, she claims Greensheet is the best thing since sliced bread.

But don't sit there and play the damsel in distress, have the clock strike midnight, then attack me Mrs. Jekyll!

In ANY business you are in, there are 2 main rules you should follow and this is what I teach to all the Realtors that I work with:

1. If you don't KNOW the numbers, you can't GROW the numbers, and

2. If you treat your business like a hobby, it will PAY you like a hobby

So with this being said, no harm, no foul I guess. Just a waste of a Friday night I could of REALLY used to unwind.

Sorry, just had to vent!