How many of you have ever completed a transaction without ever meeting the other agent, or worse their client or even your own? Nowadays with text messaging, cell phones, e-fax, scans, emails, websites etc, we never have to meet in person. Now don't get me wrong, I am technologically savvy...I have sold homes via text messaging and emailing. There are some clients and agents whom I have never spoken to over the phone. Granted, this is not always a bad situation especially with out of town clients. I even had a hearing impaired that chose me because I only worked via email.
Nevertheless, there is something magical about the old fashion business practice of hand delivering a contract, pleading my buyer's case to a seller's agent, explaining an important point, a persuasion with words, shaking hands and adding a personal touch.
I think we are losing touch a bit, forgetting our humanness, the core of ourselves. Technology is impossible to live without and it makes our jobs so much easier, we can reach larger audiences, it aides us in being more efficient and more productive; I love it. Yet I enjoy person to person relationships, facial expressions and a smile. These are our best selling tools, don't forget them.
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