Don't Make Me Dizzy

Bob, one of the first things I tell new clients that I will not BS.  If I don't know the answer to a question I will tell them so and do the research to answer it as honestly as possible.  Works well for both of us.  m

Hello Bob I got my college degree in Accounting and had a job in the field and after 3 months decided it was not for me siting behind a deck 8 hours a day.  My Grandfather was a wise man and I called him in Pennsylvania and ask for some suggestions to do with my life work.  He reminded me of how my parents did in the restaurant business.  So got into it and worked hard but moved up over the years and became V. P. of Operation of 400 of them.  Did good till they were purchase by another company and did not like the direction they where going in, so off I left and decided to get in Real Estate.  Long story, I love it.

I lived in Government housing as a Navy brat and then in the Army until I was in my 30s.  Home ownership came as a shock to me when there was no more picking up the phone to call the landlord without a bill coming to fix things.

Clients look to us to be experts in our industry. We do a disservice if we don't know our stuff.

Good evening Bob,

Just be yourself, know the inventory backward and forward, be a trusted resource and build relationships with your clients. It doesn't happen over night...it takes time!

We love the snow man humor Bob. Reminds be of the song Dizzy. "I am so dizzy my head is spinning, Got to see a doctor for some help". Ends up he was just in love. However, that snowman would make me dizzy. Being in love would just make it worse. Jeff

Good morning.

I have indeed said, "Great question, I don't know the answer but I will get back to you" and then the important part is I got back to them. And remembered for the next time I got the same question.

Good morning, Bob... I virtually never refer to myself as a Realtor. I'm embarrassed by this organization. I'm a licensed broker and have been since 1999 and that's the title I use... because I "earned" it. Being a Realtor means paying an annual fee.

Bob this kind of piggy backs with my recent know it all comments etc!  Just be yourself and never stop learning.  My clients could have cared less about how many degrees I have or in what!  They want to know I know 'my stuff' and give them expert advice and sometimes they'll hear what they don't want to know - which they like.