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We Are the Champions, Yes We Are!

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Real Estate Agent with Dirt Road Real Estate SA676002000

Reading about the real estate industry to the real estate market to the public’s opinions of real estate agents, there is a lot of doom and gloom. Yet, those individuals who embrace being professional real estate agents are the champions of this market. Many of those agents are here on Active Rain. 

What does being a real estate champion look like?

Champion real estate agents are:

  • Knowledgeable and are always seeking to increase their knowledge base, to be the best informed and to share that knowledge
  • Aware first about their own attitudes, talents and then to the market, to other agents, to local and national news and how such news may impact their clients, customers and their own attitudes respective to their real estate practice
  • Responsive from texts, emails, phone calls because these individuals know time is of the essence as well as employing emotional intelligence
  • Ethical in all interactions by remembering their fiduciary duties including to protect and promote are to their clients, not to customers, others real estate agents
  • Self-Direction by not waiting for something because they are motivated with the dawn of each new day to get moving in the correct direction

In other words, a professional real estate agent KARES (cares) about his or her

  • Clients
  • Customers
  • Communities
  • Local real estate market
  • Other agents

We Are the Champion, Yes We Are!

 

P.S. Please consider checking out my Facebook business page, The Grit and Gratitude Agent that will focus on the Dirt Roads in Mohave County as well local real estate, lots of dirt or vacant land parcels as some of the local attractions.

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Leanne M Smith, The Grit and Gratitude Agent Who Goes the Extra Mile Because Life Begins Where the Pavement Ends.

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Leanne M. Smith, MS, GRI, rCRMS

2018 KGVAR Rookie Realtor of the Year-55+
219.508.2859 MST
Life Begins Where the Pavement Ends
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GilbertRealtor BillSalvatore
Arizona Elite Properties - Chandler, AZ
Realtor - 602-999-0952 / em: golfArizona@cox.net
Make it a great Monday, Great information. Thanks for sharing it. Have a good week! Bill

Bill Salvatore, Realtor- Arizona Elite Properties  

Jan 05, 2026 05:04 AM
Leanne Smith

My pleasure and be a champion this week as always.

Jan 05, 2026 05:06 AM
Sham Reddy CRS
Howard Hanna RE Services, Dayton, OH - Dayton, OH
CRS

Thanks Leanne for sharing a great message about Real Estate industry & Active Rain!!!

Reading about the real estate industry to the real estate market to the public’s opinions of real estate agents, there is a lot of doom and gloom. Yet, those individuals who embrace being professional real estate agents are the champions of this market. Many of those agents are here on Active Rain. 

Jan 05, 2026 05:15 AM
Leanne Smith

Glad you enjoyed Sham Reddy CRS ad thank you along with Good Morning and Happy New Year.

Jan 05, 2026 05:22 AM
Gwen Fowler SC Lakes & Mountains 864-710-4518
Gwen Fowler Real Estate, Inc - Walhalla, SC
Gwen Fowler Real Estate, Inc.

Well said and very encouraging. In a market filled with noise, professionalism, ethics, and service truly separate the champions from the rest. I appreciate how clearly you outlined what real leadership in real estate looks like, especially the emphasis on knowledge, responsiveness, and fiduciary responsibility. ActiveRain is full of agents who embody this mindset, and this is a great reminder of why that matters.

Jan 05, 2026 05:17 AM
Leanne Smith

Good morning Gwen Fowler SC Lakes & Mountains 864-710-4518  Funny thing I hear a song and my problem solving brain shifts into real estate. I truly believe here on Active Rain we do have Champion that KARE(S)

Jan 05, 2026 05:22 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Monday morning, Leanne. Best wishes for continued success in this new year.

Jan 05, 2026 07:06 AM
Leanne Smith

Thank you Roy Kelley and I wish you the same.

Jan 05, 2026 07:09 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Retired Real Estate Broker

Yes, Leanne Smith  the most successful agents are those that pay attention and truly listen to their clients.

Caring is an integral part of that success.

Jan 05, 2026 02:48 PM
Leanne Smith

True indeed, caring is essential in sales or in life general. Thank you Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 

Jan 05, 2026 03:09 PM