It seems everyone has an opinion about agent ratings.There are those that advocate for agent ratings, those that fear agent ratings, and those that see them as inevitable. Everyone that is aware of the phenomenon has an opinion or finds one very quickly
Category: Opinion
Why Agents Aren’t Employees
The Raise the Bar Facebook group is always a fun place for me to visit. Its ostensibly a conversation about “raising the bar” (increasing professionalism) in the real estate business by people in the real estate business, but the conversation seems to meander all…
Rethinking the Future
Rob Hahn and I spend a lot of time going back and forth about the current state of the real estate industry and its future. We both write and talk about it, and spend our time in conversation with people…
Tell the Truth – And Solve A Problem
Working with buyers or sellers in a challenged economy takes a lot of effort and communication is key. From the time you start to interact to the final customer survey you should be sending to them. Often we are afraid…
Get it in Writing
“I know what the contract says, but…” might be the lamest saying in the real estate business. And maybe the most often used. I’m not sure when we lost our respect for the plain old signature. It might have started…
Of the People, By the People, For the People, A Response to Rob Hahn
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor- Albert Einstein I love talking with Rob Hahn, even when we disagree. But having an online conversation with him can be frustrating. Rob is an artist with words…
Ask What You can do for Your NAR… Part 2
Ok, I took a side trip with a few discussions on lead generation, independent contractors and property management in the industry, but here’s more of my response to Rob Hahn‘s vision of NAR and its future. I think that Rob’s idea of…
Leads Are for Closers
These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they’re gold, and you don’t get them. Why? Because to give them to you would be throwing them away. They’re for closers. – GlenGarry Glen Ross People…
Ask What You Can Do For Your NAR
In a recent post Rob Hahn took a historic quote from President John Kennedy and cut it in half. His post “Ask Not What You NAR Can Do For You” , talked about NAR as if it was the entire real estate…
I said Good-Bye to Cisco Today
Image by reeltor99 via Flickr If we’ve not met, this probably won’t mean anything to you unless you’re a dog lover. If we’re friends, you may know that Cisco is a Black British Lab, who was a service dog for …
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