Don't be too Quick to Judge
I’m sitting at Panera waiting for a cup of coffee with a seasoned agent as I write this and I can’t help but to wonder how did we ever live without technology?
Part of me thinks life was better but then the other part of me couldn’t imagine what would have been better than having the ability for instant communication?
Of course as new real estate professionals we are looking at the dinosaurs of the office — you know, the ones who don't have an e-mail address and don't want one. When will that type of thinking become extinct?
As the world moves forward, undoubtedly that thinking will become extinct or those who think that way will be forced to adapt. But we shouldn't be so quick to throw them aside. These
"dinosaurs" have probably survived a few slow years, they have learned from experience that real estate is local.
So next time you are quick to judge those practitioners — take them to coffee and learn the true meaning of selling real estate.
That — regardless of technology — will never change. Even if this post was done on my cell phone as I waited for a man that barely cared if his cell phone even worked.
Toby Boyce, MBA, is a real estate practitioner with Keller Williams The Realty Firm in Westerville, Ohio, and was the 2007 Delaware Board of REALTORS® Rookie of the Year.
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Great post! Listening to those who have walked the trail before is often much wiser than blazing the trail ahead. Maybe a balance of the two! Hold on to those traditions of old while knocking down walls to new areas of business!
Posted by: Ray Carman | May 7, 2008 08:07 PM