Switching brokerages is like buying a house!

Switching brokerages is like buying a house! Or at least it should be. I have met with scores of agents over the past few months, all looking for a change. The problem is, most do not really know what they are looking for, some do, but most do not. They have not put much thought into the process they just know they want or need a change.

This is not a decision to be taken lightly. When buying a house, especially when it is the second or third home you have purchased, you have a very good idea of what you want in a home, what really matters to you.

Rarely, has anyone bought a home that they spend their entire lives in. Their needs change, their family changes, their careers change, they mature and make some very sound decisions. Downsizing Baby-boomers have different needs than  growing families. However, when many agents decide to make a brokerage change they do not really spend the time to evaluate what they need, what they want. If all they are doing is shopping price, then they will probably be looking again very soon for a new place, because price is not what is going to make a "home" for an agent.

I like to think of our brokerage as a home, not just a place where agents hang a license and do some deals, but a place that encourages growth, that treats you like family, that enjoys your company and shares in your successes and is their during the setbacks, that encourages you to dream big and live the life of abundance that you were meant to live. I like to treat the agents as family and I love to see my family happy and healthy and doing what they love to do.

We like to encourage our agents to gather together for mastermind sessions, to help one another grow, too learn more about one another so that we can be thei efor support. Much like Sunday dinner, we sit together and solve problems in our bottleneck sessions.

In college I studied strength and conditioning for college and professional athletes (I know very long title), and the two key things I learned from that, that relate to all that we do, is we are much more powerful as a group than a lone ranger, and that we are all different, every single agent has their own personality, just like our own family members do, we can not batch them all together and expect them to perform the same, or market the same or do the same things to be successful. We encourage uniqueness and bringing out the natural God-given talent that every one of us has.

When you search for a brokerage, don't just shop price, shop value! Make sure that the company will "appreciate" you and appreciate along with you, that what they offer is what you really want, there are as many different brokerages as their are home-styles, there is one out there that will fit you, but do not just see who has the cheapest point of entry, oftentimes the long term price is much greater. Do your homework, dig deep into what you want out of a brokerage, know yourself and your goals and find the best "home" for you!