Isn't it funny that when you start a new career the furthest thing from your mind are the treasures you will find along the way. So it was for me in 1999, it was a hot June day and my husband had decided to buy a truck.
Not wanting to be left out of possibly helping to pick the color, I tagged along. We arrived at the local Dodge dealership and my husband got to talking to a nice young salesman; one thing led to another and my husband wound up mentioning that I was a Realtor. The truck salesman didn't need to do much selling that day because my husband had done his research and he had already decided he was coming home with a truck. What I didn't know was that this young truck salesman would start my real estate career that day.
As it turns out he needed help selling a little house close to Hobby Airport. He had a young family he wanted to move to the Sagemont area. I just smiled as I made an appointment to list his house. I sold that little house that looked like a little box for the list price of $59,000.
The sale of this little house didn't bring me much of a commission although it did bring me 2 additional listings, 4 buyer agency referrals and a life long friend. So very early on I learned that the most powerful method of selling was the friendly referral. It came with an introduction and it was free.
So to MooGoo Man I say thank you!
You're still the best!
Reprinted from my own Houston Association of Realtors Blog page - Ana Lee's Real Estate Memoirs. Please go on to my blog page and hit "Older Blogs" down at the botton of the page to see this entry. While you're there enjoy my other entries. Thank you for stopping by :)
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