My Phone Rang Yesterday, So I Answered It
Yeah, duh, right? Well, not so fast...
A gentleman called me yesterday, said he found me "on the internet," liked my profile and wanted to talk to me about selling his house. We chatted for a while and set up a time to meet.
During our meeting, he proceeds to tell me how he had received a calendar every year from a local agent, so when he decided to put his house on the market, he called that agent first. He left a message saying he had a few houses to sell and asked him to call him back to discuss. He waited a few days, then left another message, sadly, with the same results. No return call.
Since the last calendar had arrived just a few weeks ago, it seems highly unlikely the agent had departed the business.
So he turned to Google and looked for OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA real estate agents; my website and blog posts popped up, he liked what he saw and gave me a call.
Which brings us to our meeting today. Turns out he doesn't have a house to sell...he has several houses to sell and is looking for someone to help him do that. We hit it off and by the time we finished our meeting, he was asking me to list them all, as the tenants in each vacated. Turns out he liked the fact I know my market.
He also said he liked the fact I not only answered the phone but did it with a smile in my voice.
Haven't heard that turn of phrase, to be truthful, but I like it. And will try to remember it.
Sure, there are times when we simply cannot answer the phone, but a return phone call is common courtesy.
Sometimes those phone calls are worth literally a few million dollars in sales.
I know I'll be making an effort to smile more into MY phone in 2012. How about you?
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