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BROKER RICHIE AND THE ROOM OF DOOM...contest

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with people first...then business Ran Right Realty 636943 licensed to thrill

I was going about my normal daily activities as a Real Estate Broker for Ran Right Realty during the day and when I came upon a challenging Real Estate episode, I had to shift into my appropriate and well known character....BROKER RICHIE. I had an occasion to have to make that shift when visiting a property. But first....

RICHIE YOUR FRIENDLY REAL ESTATE AGENT

Here I am in my everyday ordinary Real Estate mode going about the area, visiting with clients, the club, checking up on properties and making the daily rounds in the neighborhood and at work. A familiar face is mine as I do a lot of public appearances

 

My other persona is that of author of the PEARLS SERIES of books by Richard Alan Naggar where I attend many book signings, lectures, groups, counseling sessions and one on ones using the many books and the varied subject matters. Again, it is just another facet of my life shared with others and is welcomed everywhere in town

IT BEGAN.....

The one that was summoned to correct and right a wrong is described in the tale of  BROKER RICHIE and the ROOM of DOOM. It started when I went to see a property that was listed as a 3 bedroom and it ended up being a 2 bedroom instead. Well which one is it? The one advertised or the one you are trying to sell me? Speak up you waster of my time!

ROGUE AGENT

Well it can be a 3 bedroom if you want it to be by just making a few alterations says this loud voice of dissension! But I countered gently... that is not what you are saying in the MLS when you introduced it and then I was rudely, abruptly cut off! It depends how you look at it is what I was aggressively and boldly told and I knew I was up against an obstinate type of ROGUE NEWBIE agent in a "funny" room that was not right! I knew what I had to do. Wait here sez I! Don't move from that spot

THE AGENT TURNED PALE

Listen you! You cannot make this up as you go! This is Real Estate 101! Whatever you advertise has to be true to the product and if there is something not quite clear or ambiguous, you disclose long before someone gets here and has to argue with you. He turned pale and went silent but was listening

I WENT ON

If you ever want to make this your career, learn to represent the product true to form, disclose, don't argue or intimidate and take correction or you are not going to make it in this business. Now this is NO 3rd bedroom but a room of doom if you keep representing it this way

I CRACKED THE WHIP TO MAKE THE POINT

It only took one crack of the whip and this newbie agent came around and made the necessary changes. Since the agent was so receptive, I changed into my "fatherly persona and we talked (below). I explained that you don't want to be known as a DUMMY in this business and to assess yourself before you turn in for the night...He came around and we left each other in good graces

Other Real Estate tales....

BROKER RICHIE AND THE EMPTY BUYER SKULL

BROKER RICHIE AND LOST PERMIT CRUSADE

BROKER RICHIE AND RAIDER OF THE PIT-BULL BARK

Comments (37)

Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Sharon, the Transformation Princess...lol and thank you...Finishing the day is just as important too.....yes?

Jan 31, 2015 01:11 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Thanks for jumping into the contest with a great entry! I liked it!!!

Jan 31, 2015 10:49 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Patricia...people who like are liked back....That be you Patricia...thank you

Jan 31, 2015 11:39 PM
Bill Roberts
Brooks and Dunphy Real Estate - Oceanside, CA
"Baby Boomer" Retirement Planner

Richie, Ah. I'll be on the look out for it.

Bill Roberts

Feb 01, 2015 05:25 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Bill...may your eyes serve you well and your heart be light for it

Feb 01, 2015 10:47 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

I knew you wrote the Pearl Series but I didn't know there were 8 of them? Nice!

Feb 20, 2015 09:28 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Hello Evelyn...Life, love, intimacy, purpose, origin, identity and about a hundred other subjects that at the end of the day add-up to a quality of life and riddles solved for the seeker at large...Thank you for joining me

Feb 20, 2015 10:27 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Congratulations, Richie -- on your well-deserved nomination in Roger's contest. Break a leg!

Mar 02, 2015 10:28 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Michael...this is the first I am hearing of anything...You are the bringer of good news and I shall investigate this..Meanwhile, thank you Michael

Mar 02, 2015 11:00 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Congratulatiosn on your nomination, Richie. The Room of Doom makes one quiver.

Mar 02, 2015 11:05 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Richie, congratulations on your nominee for best actor in a comedy/musical! Good luck!

Mar 03, 2015 12:22 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Lottie...Thanks a lottie is all I can say...I include you in my happiness

Hello Evelyn...I owe it all to ActiveRain and my peers

Mar 03, 2015 12:24 AM
John Meussner
Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA
#MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852

Good luck on the nomination Richie, this will be tough to beat!

Mar 03, 2015 12:04 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Richie - You have to keep cracking that whip to make sure everyone's paying attention.  

 

Good luck.

Mar 03, 2015 01:53 PM
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

I was rootin' for you "Riverside" Rich. Keep the lil' whippersnappers in their place.

Mar 03, 2015 09:58 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

John...when I suit up....it is the last word on anything going down...Best John

Christine...there are some that see the whip, or the hat, actually just my presence does the trick...the rest is to fast track the result that's all. Thank you C.D.

Hello Kevin...always a pleasure to have a lil piece of Hobe Sound FL join me

Mar 03, 2015 10:23 PM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Haha, I just read this.  Loved your story -- yup, you have to be true to the FACTS.

Mar 03, 2015 11:30 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Kat...lover of facts and good adventure...yes and thank you for visiting

Mar 03, 2015 11:32 PM
Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

I will forever look at those wanna-be rooms as the "rooms of doom". Shudder...

Mar 04, 2015 08:44 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Hella...if not handled right...it is named well...best to you

Mar 04, 2015 09:01 AM