Comments on: Market Slowdown Causing Steep Slowdown in Real Estate Agents http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/ Real Estate Blog, Mortgage, and Development News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:38:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Totally Virtual Realty http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-168486 Totally Virtual Realty Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:25:08 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/#comment-168486 As a Broker and real estate instructor I hear alot of students dreaming about the money they can make in real estate with a marketing plan! I hear millions of ideas on how they will spend their money but never a plan on how they will make a some type of marketing or business plan to get there. Real estate is a business not just a job where you show up and give tours of homes. Real estate is a career with great income but only if you are serious and have a business or marketing plan to lead you through the maze of real estate. This field is great and should be taken serious! There are thousands of ways realtors can help consumers with the process. Real estate is a passion and not just a hobby ....... Real estate is a serious business when it comes down to writing contracts, law suits and so on....... Leave real estate to the pros that respect it as career. www.TotallyVirtualRealty.com As a Broker and real estate instructor I hear alot of students dreaming about the money they can make in real estate with a marketing plan! I hear millions of ideas on how they will spend their money but never a plan on how they will make a some type of marketing or business plan to get there. Real estate is a business not just a job where you show up and give tours of homes.

Real estate is a career with great income but only if you are serious and have a business or marketing plan to lead you through the maze of real estate. This field is great and should be taken serious! There are thousands of ways realtors can help consumers with the process. Real estate is a passion and not just a hobby …….

Real estate is a serious business when it comes down to writing contracts, law suits and so on…….

Leave real estate to the pros that respect it as career.

http://www.TotallyVirtualRealty.com

]]> By: John A. Michailidis, GRI, CRS, JD http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-69281 John A. Michailidis, GRI, CRS, JD Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:42:20 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/#comment-69281 As a licensing instructor (one of the many hats I wear) it never ceases to amaze me how little thought most of my students give to their decision to get into real estate. As a typical exercise for the first night of class I ask each of the students to tell us a little bit about themselves and why they decided to get into real estate. I get answers like, "I like architecture," or "My cousin told me I'd be good at it," or "I like helping people." Never has anyone told me something like, "I analyzed various possible career paths and compared them with my own strengths and interests, and having found that I am very good at prospecting, marketing, sales and negotiations, decided to craft a business plan that would allow me to generate X# of sales and listings in my first year of business." Truth be told, in my experience, most people entering into our business are absolutely clueless as to what it takes to make a success of a career in real estate and are doomed to failure before they ever get started. As a licensing instructor (one of the many hats I wear) it never ceases to amaze me how little thought most of my students give to their decision to get into real estate. As a typical exercise for the first night of class I ask each of the students to tell us a little bit about themselves and why they decided to get into real estate. I get answers like, “I like architecture,” or “My cousin told me I’d be good at it,” or “I like helping people.” Never has anyone told me something like, “I analyzed various possible career paths and compared them with my own strengths and interests, and having found that I am very good at prospecting, marketing, sales and negotiations, decided to craft a business plan that would allow me to generate X# of sales and listings in my first year of business.” Truth be told, in my experience, most people entering into our business are absolutely clueless as to what it takes to make a success of a career in real estate and are doomed to failure before they ever get started.

]]> By: The Feed Bag - What Works? http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-69124 The Feed Bag - What Works? Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:11:33 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/#comment-69124 [...] Tom at The Real Estate Bloggers is still trying to count grains of sand on the beach the number of realtors. [...] [...] Tom at The Real Estate Bloggers is still trying to count grains of sand on the beach the number of realtors. [...]

]]> By: Gene Molloy http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-69083 Gene Molloy Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:26:34 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/#comment-69083 When you are out in the trenches and you take a good hard look it's pretty clear that The NAR is counting people coming into the business but they aren't really watching the people leaving. Just because someone paid their dues does not mean they are actually working. When they have used up their first 100 temporary business cards and have to choose between buying 1000 more or eating, many of them opt for "EARLY" retirement. Sure two or three more come in, but do they last? When you are out in the trenches and you take a good hard look it’s pretty clear that The NAR is counting people coming into the business but they aren’t really watching the people leaving. Just because someone paid their dues does not mean they are actually working. When they have used up their first 100 temporary business cards and have to choose between buying 1000 more or eating, many of them opt for “EARLY” retirement. Sure two or three more come in, but do they last?

]]> By: You can use the No-Hassle iPhone to hang up on the NAR, but first attend to those Odysseus Medal nominations | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-69019 You can use the No-Hassle iPhone to hang up on the NAR, but first attend to those Odysseus Medal nominations | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:00:09 +0000 http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2007/09/07/market-slowdown-causing-steep-slowdown-in-real-estate-agents/#comment-69019 [...] Green and Tom Royce are all over the idea, but, among other things, I’ve been busy selling a Russell Shaw [...] [...] Green and Tom Royce are all over the idea, but, among other things, I’ve been busy selling a Russell Shaw [...]

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