Ever since I started blogging, I have discovered a number of techniques and strategies that I can possible use to increase my business as a realtor. Some of the strategies call for some sort of investment on my part, which is understandable - in order to make money, you must first spend money.
So what's the problem?
Besides having to come up with the cash necessary for implementing all of these new ideas out of pocket (before I even close one transaction), there is the old wisdom that keeps popping up: call expireds and fsbos to get listings.
Is there a real problem with that? Not really, if I wish to remain at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to real estate.
My biggest obstacles are 1) deciding that as a relatively new agent, if the expense is really worth the risk, and 2) figuring out if the strategies I have been reading about are only for "seasoned" realtors who already have plenty of exposure to the market.
My honest assessment? The only way I can get the exposure that I need and the number of listings that I want is to try something new, something different - something that all of the other realtors that I personally know aren't doing.
But hey, that's just me, because I'm not satisfied with operating at the "status quo". For anyone to experience success, especially at the begining of their career in real estate, will you continue to do business the same old way, or will you venture out into uncharted waters?
It all depends on where you want to be at the end of the road.
Me? As Robert Frost once said, "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"...
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