Sometimes it can be hard to be friends with a REALTOR. I don't mean because we are a difficult sort at times or that we hang out with other REALTORS, traveling in a herd. I am talking about our schedules.
Today I was feeling really bad because back in February my girlfriend asked if I wanted to go for a long weekend to get away from it all. I said sure, but you never how my schedule might pan out?
We thought we might get plane tickets to Florida or somewhere tropical and get away from the cold winter weather. As time came closer and closer the busier and busier I became. I just knew my time was running out and I would not be able to make our trip. We did not put anything in stone so no monies were lost or spent so that was good.
As it turns out, I became too busy to leave town. It was okay because there was a family emergancy that came up for her family too and she would not have been able to go out of town. She is completely fine and told me to never worry about it if I have to work or change my schedule.
It just got me thinking that sometimes it might be hard for our friends and family to understand what drives us and why our schedules can be out of sync.
When our business ebbs and flows with the markets we work as the business comes to us. It is not always about the money or the sale. Yes, that is the part of running our business it is what we do, but part of it is helping people.
Don't you, as a REALTOR, want to get someone who needs to move right away or they will be "homeless". I feel their stress and I want to make it go away.
I know that I will hear from many of you that will tell me that you turn your phone off at 5:00 on Friday and don't turn it back on until 9:00 on Monday . . . Believe me, I know those agents. That is another post entirely.
Hear me, I respect my private family time, I have it. I go on vacation, but I will say that sometimes those whimsical weekends with the girls can be a bit more difficult for agents. They can also be difficult for our friends and I worry that they don't really understand.
Please know that your REALTOR friend loves you and wants to go with you, but there is a drive to us that I cannot explain and the way our business works. We work in a client service based industry and have to be flexible at times and accommodate our clients which in turn, we might let you down sometimes. We promise, we will make it up to you next time.
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