Fellow Agents .... friends or foes?
Are you a friend or foe? What would you do to help a fellow agent? Anything, nothing, go out of your way NOT to help? I suppose it all comes down to being sure about who you are and how you feel about others in general, right?
Allow me to explain; yesterday, as I was perusing AR I found a very informative, interesting and enlightening page from a local Sonoma Realtor. Interestingly, it was the first blog I read, and matter of fact I couldn’t stop reading her blogs because I really enjoyed what I was reading. I was so impressed that I decided to shoot her an email and see if I could pick her brain about her area. Mind you, my email was rather vague and didn’t detail exactly what I wanted, but I did ask if she could spare a few minutes to talk with me, a fellow Realtor. She cheerfully called me a few hours later and we ended up talking for almost an hour. An hour out of a busy Realtor’s day!!! Here’s the interesting part….I am relocating to her area. I’ll be her competition, right?!
Clearly, the odds are stacked against me in a market such as ours. My undertaking of moving from my large Sacramento hometown and starting over in a new area that is much smaller and tight-knit than my market would appear to some to be professional suicide. Daunting at the very least, yes? Sure, but change can do wonders for one’s soul and one’s career! I digress, but you get the point.
This agent kindly and happily answered every last one of my very probing questions in great detail…..even though I’ll be her competition! She asked to meet me the next time I’m in town! We hit it off so well that by the time our conversation had ended (an hour later plus a few dropped calls!) I felt as if I had made a new friend in what is soon to be my new hometown.
So, I ask again….are you a friend or foe? What are you willing to do to help your fellow Realtors? What will you give? Who knows, you may make vital connections you never had, and may one day NEED!
I challenge you to be a “giver”…. in times like this, we ALL need to stick together~!
Thanks Kirsten, I owe ya one!!!
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