No, this is not about what type of car you drive as a real estate agent. This is about how old you are. I read a features post today, written by Gayle Rich-Boxman called "Is there an age limit in real estate?" Gayle celebrated the more "mature" of us here and believes we have plenty to offer.
Yay Gayle!
Anyway, I left a comment that said I had read something on ActiveRain a while back that stated not only should real estate agents have a college degree, but that they should be under 50! I didn't respond to the comment, other than clicking off of ActiveRain and hobbling over to my walker...
YIKES!
According to Gayle the average age for a real estate agent is 57. Uh oh... I'm older than that. But not by too much.
Anyway, I decided to find out what the world thinks of those of us who are mature.
Seems a study done in the UK by BMW and Mercedes said that the older workers are just as productive as their younger colleagues! If you don't believe me, or are concerned that I may have gotten it wrong due to failing eyesight or a feeble mind, check it out here.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
I'm not ready to give up the ghost just yet, and nor do I think my age should require me to. Many of us over 50'ers are very competent agents, brokers, inspectors, mortgage professionals. We have seen lots, we have wisdom that comes from many years of different experiences, many are very tech savvy and social media savvy.
And boy are we fun!
SPOILER ALERT
In the link above to the study findings, a Canadian Insurance Group did find that those over 50 are more inclined to gain weight and suffer from "excessive" stress. But I do know many who are younger than me that are inclined to weight gain and suffer from "excessive stress".
And if its really true, (it was on Google, therefore it must be so) 50 is the new 30.... so that makes a 20 something jr high school material again... we more "mature" folk are all set and ready to rock and roll!
And sell real estate....
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