Don't Throw A Wrench In The Works

Good morning, Bob... I may have entered young adulthood in the 60's, but in 100 years my mother would not have allowed me to wear my hair like that... and by the time I got to college in 1966, it was longer, straight hair that was in style.

What I do remember of Brigit Bardot was her introducing the bikini to our country one photo at a time.

Hello Bob, I do not think I could go to another company and join.  I have my own systems that works for me since being in the business since 1997

I remember having two dogs Briget and Bardot  They were Cocker Spaniels and I think I had a shag hair cut Bob "RealMan" Timm  and their hair was pretty similar - Happy Friday 

Hi Bob- I love the point you made about interviewing the broker. No matter how good you may be as an agent, you can't go in and rock the boat, You have to find a place that your work style will thrive. 

And to Nina Hollander, Broker's point, when I was in college, my hair was long and straight and I looked like your typical hippie. 

Bob "RealMan" Timm  my father and I both loved Bridget Bardot, so I loved your analogy, now with that said, when I came to Los Angeles, I went to a boutique brokerage, liked the manager, then right before the market crashed in 2007 he sold it to Coldwell Banker... stayed there until a manager came that I could not get along with, I switched to Prudential they changed the name to Berkshire... so with that said technically I only worked in two brokerages in 26 years.... why the grass is not greener on the other side... if you have a good manager might as well stay, Endre

He sounds like a high-maintenance guinea pig and I am guessing they don't shake the water off like a dog would, haha.

Good morning Bob. Well put! When I left a brokerage to become a managing broker many of my former colleagues wanted to join me. It was not a good fit and it took time to convince them to stay where they were. Why, because they were a good fit for the square hole and would not fit in my round one. Choose carefully. Enjoy your day.

You had mes smiling with this post Bob!  I was wondering where it was going....first with the comic, then Bridget Bardot!  And then you made it all come together and make total sense and relatable to real estate!  I so agree, it's so important to find an office and managing broker that you can relate to and work with easily withing their system. Thankfully I've been on my own most of my career and lucked into a fantastic broker right out of the gate when I first started. Now since I'm retired, I've parked my license with a great brokerage and if I ever need anything they're there in a heartbeat.  Love it!

Hi Bob "RealMan" Timm 

    I started with Coldwell Banker... a very professional, top notch office.  For personal reasons, I left the business for two years.  When I returned to real estate, I went to a Century 21 office.  It was a disaster, mainly because of the manager.  After a year I gave them notice, and went to a different C21 office across town.  Much, much better.   After some time with them, I left to open my own company. 

     In my time with those three different offices, I encountered a lot of agents.  Some agents fit in, some did not.  It was usually the boat rockers; the ones who bucked the system, that either left voluntarily or were shown the door.   

I like the analogy and how you incorporated your story line to real estate. Good advice to look around and find somewhere you are comfortable and fit in.

Brigette's time in the spotlight was before my time. That said, I was very selective when I was choosing who I wanted to learn from/work with. I had lots of corporate experience and a lot of non-sales real estate knowledge/experience as a condo board member coming into the business- so while I didn't fully understand the sales world- I had a decent sense of what to focus on. It's now 8 1/2 years later- and I am still with the same director. We did need to switch brokers- though that was an impact of Covid leading to closing the doors to our prior brokerage (the head of our brokerage was trying to commute from Israel- and travel just shut down at that point).   

Good morning. Finding the right place to work where our systems works with theirs might take some time!