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When it comes to appointments, it's good to remember the old saying that, "Timeliness is next to Godliness." However, it's possible to meet people who are a little too rigid with regard to time: An agent was working with a buyer who was an efficiency expert and who was very concerned about not w...
01/31/2011
With all of the discussion about how dangerous it is to drive and text and drive and use a cell phone today, it's a wonder that the press hasn't recognized that driving with a handful of showing instructions and MLS sheets is highly dangerous also. A young couple were looking for their first home...
01/30/2011
Lack of experience sometimes leads us to make assumptions about situations which can cause problems: A young real estate agent agreed to baby-sit one evening for a co-worker. She was a single mother and wanted to have an evening out and had promised him that he'd have no problem babysitting for ...
01/29/2011
Situations can be deceptive if you don't know how they arose in the first place. Here's an example of how a little lack of knowledge leads one to the wrong conclusion: A farmer was helping one of his cows give birth by pulling strategically on the calf's outstretched legs, when he noticed his 4-...
01/28/2011
We can learn a lot from children. The only problem is we usually don't have the patience: A Kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his boots. He had asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. When the secon...
01/27/2011
Isn't it amazing how much technology is available to us today. People younger than 35 have lived in the world of the personal computer all of their lives. Here's one repercussion: A frustrated father was angrily speaking to a friend, "When I was a youngster, I was disciplined by being sent to m...
01/26/2011
Ever hired an assistant? Sometimes they're very good and other times, well... A young man was hired by a Realtor as an assistant. On his first day of work, the Realtor was holding an Open House. The Realtor greeted him at the door with a warm handshake and a smile, then gave him a broom and sai...
01/25/2011
Sometimes we can be just to eager to assign blame to someone else for our shortcomings. It can lead to unpleasant situations and we really never learn much from these types of situations. At one point during a Little League game, the coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand wha...
01/24/2011
In an effort to clarify some of the esoteric terminology in real estate use today, I've prepared the following list. (Please don't expect to find anything useful here.) BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a team meeting, discussing why a seller listed with someone else and who was responsible. SEAG...
01/23/2011
Ever tried to show a listing which showed active in the MLS and find that you absolutely couldn't get showing instructions from the listing brokerage. This usually happens to us when the listing brokerage is apparently run out of the agent's garage and specializes in REO properties. Their offic...
01/22/2011
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