When real estate professionals get together, you know that numbers and statistics will come up. At a meeting in Scottsdale, John Featherston, President and CEO of RISMedia,Inc., said that 500,000 – that's more than 1/3 - of the 1.3 million Realtors® have never done even one transaction! Small wonder that the old 80/20 rule – 80% of the transactions done by 20% of the agents – is now more like 93/7.This is a good example of why averages are useless. And it applies to realtors, housing prices, time on market, weather, you name it. The go-getters will go and get, and (9 comments)
rismedia: Google Told Me That I'm a Success
- 09/08/06 03:08 AM
Google told me I'm a success. Actually, a Google Alert pointed me to this terrific article in RISMedia about my Success Module for iSucceed, "The Million Dollar Solo Agent." As you all know by now, I'll get up and talk to anyone about real estate. But recording the program was a new experience, and I wasn't completely comfortable during the session. When I give a presentation, I never know for sure what I'll say until it comes out of my mouth. But this time there was a script with specific questions and answers, and following it is harder than I expected. (5 comments)