I am writing about this wonderful business we call REAL ESTATE.
For reasons sometimes unknown we have allowed our livelihood to slip away from the core issues and daily factors that propel us to do our job.
I have had conversations with countless Realtor's, agents and brokers about the continuing dilemma we face to either finish a transaction in place or work with new seller's and buyers.
This is not a post about lending, or mortgage. This is about how we have allowed the public and other business conditions to dictate how we function in today's world and still maintain some type of credibility for ourselves.
So: I'm tired of having to pick up and redo a transaction by an inexperienced or otherwise incompetent agent to make something work for my client or one of my agents.
I'm tired of having to explain to new clients that their selling price is off the mark based on what they have researched. A little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing.
I'm tired of watching great Realtor's/agents frozen in their careers because the news, internet sites, and the public in general still believe that what we do is not worth the price, commission or cost. We have been buried in this for so long that people I have seen successful for many years are now questioning their very own existence.
I'm tired of "agent speak", about how great someone is and how busy they seem to be; and then I check their sold/ listing stats in the MLS and they haven't sold anything since last year.
For this business of ours to continue we need to say NO more than YES to future clients and ancillary business arrangements. We need to think in a longer time period than next month or so because the bills are piling up. The bills will always be there.
It is time for all of us to not just say we are Professionals, but to behave like the Professionals we wish the public to see. Not once in a while but every day.
And so it goes.......and yes more will be revealed.
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