5 Ways to Keep a Positive Outlook, (REALTOR ® Magazine, May 2013)-- One of the most important
things real estate practitioners give consumers is positivity.
RM: Assuming the accuracy of your forecast, are there
things real estate practitioners in those markets can do to make the outer suburban areas more attractive to consumers?
One of the most important
things real estate practitioners give consumers is positivity.
Not exact matches
For one
thing it's an exclusive concept that the average
real estate practitioner couldn't afford to operate.
If there's one
thing that most
real estate practitioners have in common, it's an entrepreneurial spirit.
If you're an independent contractor, as most
real estate practitioners are, the most important
thing for you to know right now is that a six - month period, called the state exchange open enrollment period, begins Oct. 1 to make buying that coverage as easy as possible.
Good
things do happen to those business people who adapt well to change, and our industry is ripe with examples of firms and
practitioners that have done an excellent job of staying relevant to the modern
real estate consumer.
For consumers in the market to buy or sell
real estate, the Web allows them to pull back the veil on all
things housing — from the price their neighbors paid for their home to the reputation of local
real estate practitioners.
The questions now become these: What is more important in the greater scheme of
things; the interests of ingrained sales types, or the public at large, and, where does the
real estate practitioner fit into the equation (depending upon one's philosophy) regarding whether being a Realtor should simply be a money - making gambit or a widely respected profession?
The only
thing that needs to be regulated is the playing field, many
real estate practitioners say.
This means three
things for the
real estate practitioners who insist on doing everything themselves:
These are all
things a good
real estate practitioner can help buyers with.
A script that helps to explain REALTOR «value added» to both the Registrant /
Practitioner and the
Real Estate consumer without attempting to insult the consumers intelligence, isn't a bad
thing.
What should
real estate practitioners do if they have shown a buyer properties for several months, but the client still has not found one
thing that is satisfactory?
«Most of the
things you learn as a
real estate practitioner are how to build your business, keep business, and recruit more business,» says Grant.
Consider whether you create an environment that encourages
real estate practitioners to do the
things they don't want to do so they can earn what they want to earn.
Such outreach is not only good business, but it is the right
thing to do for an association that has 12,000
real estate practitioners as its core constituents.