I have been going on bear forums and all these people do is complain!

Same with my office. The complainers disappear and thats a good thing.

Positive things happen to positive people and Fate favours the Brave!

I do have an office for my assistant and buyer agents who want to go there – personally, I stay away as much as possible. There are way too many negative people. At first I couldn’t fgure out why I didn’t like the office, then, it hit me – the presence of negativity was forceful, with way too many agents looking for the rosy path that was yesterday.

I have been busy, why – I learned short sales a while back and continue to educate myself on the changes happening within the short sale business. Nearly half of my sold listings this year have been short sales, while the agents in the office say, “not for me”. They would rather sit on an overpriced listing than find a new way to do businesss.

We have to stretch ourselves and that’s where many agents fail or fall.

At the same time, I’m actually looking to find a way to increase conversion on my lead flow by passing off leads – something I’ve not done this year in the interest of holding onto the 75% and not the 25%.

Sadly, I agree with Jeff in that it’s not in the nature of most agents to change on the fly. Some were still looking for ways to capitalize on Canadian interest into August and September when the window had started to close.

What now? Bank owned homes, short sales, etc. I’m probably guilty of being late to the short sale part, but this window will be open for a bit.

This morning I drove a neighborhood for a client I am working with and came upon a FSBO. The home is one of my favorite in that area and the owner was out front. We got to talking about the market and she regaled me with tales of Realtor calling her to make her feel stupid for going it alone, etc. Long story short it was a great conversation with a motivated seller who most likely will list after the holidays. I would never have run into her if I was hanging around after the office meeting listening to the tales of woe that have become the incessant hum there.

One more reason to get that home office finished.

Thanks again

Bawld Guy twittered about this and since I listen to everything Jeff says (and believe most of it), I came over and read it.

Very well said, very too the point, and I’m working on exactly that type of adjusting and adapting right now.

Thank you!

Tom