Comments on: Real Estate: Punk Rock Style http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brad Nix http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-62007 Brad Nix Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:13 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-62007 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@mayaREguru I defined Real Estate Punk over a year ago on AG: http://ow.ly/N0vQ of course my list is for the music punks: http://ow.ly/N0wd</span></span> @mayaREguru I defined Real Estate Punk over a year ago on AG: http://ow.ly/N0vQ of course my list is for the music punks: http://ow.ly/N0wd

]]> By: WordCast » Blog Archive » WordCast 22: Rawk On! http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-18673 WordCast » Blog Archive » WordCast 22: Rawk On! Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:40:59 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-18673 [...] Stand out, and RAWK ON! [...] [...] Stand out, and RAWK ON! [...]

]]> By: David Jones http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14324 David Jones Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:57:08 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14324 I hate being a "joiner", but I've got to agree with you. A lot of being punk was not being afraid to do things your way and not listening to anyone that said you were wrong. Punk railed against the "establishment" and authoritarian dogma. Parts of the punk mentality will still work, but you have to be smarter than we (thought we) were back then. 30 years on the purple hair and Doc Marten's may be gone, but that just makes it easier to slip inside the front door and do a Huntington Beach Strut around people's preconceived notions of "how things work". We don't sell real estate (we create technology for mortgage and real estate professionals), but we get told on a daily basis that we just can't change the way things have always been, or do what we know is right. F@%K Off indeed. I hate being a “joiner”, but I’ve got to agree with you.

A lot of being punk was not being afraid to do things your way and not listening to anyone that said you were wrong. Punk railed against the “establishment” and authoritarian dogma.

Parts of the punk mentality will still work, but you have to be smarter than we (thought we) were back then. 30 years on the purple hair and Doc Marten’s may be gone, but that just makes it easier to slip inside the front door and do a Huntington Beach Strut around people’s preconceived notions of “how things work”.

We don’t sell real estate (we create technology for mortgage and real estate professionals), but we get told on a daily basis that we just can’t change the way things have always been, or do what we know is right.

F@%K Off indeed.

]]> By: Paula Henry http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14255 Paula Henry Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:57:22 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14255 I am feeling a bit old here :( My kids did Punk - I know Offspring and No Doubt - but there is no doubt, I am a generation behind. Just driving home from my daughters, I was thinking about a post for here, In theory, it was about the same idea - what do we do to differentiate ourselves today - to stand out from the crowd. Like Vicki - I don't rawk either - I'm in the process of totally re-evaluating, thinking about a new broker and disbanding my team. I do agree, we do need systems, while being creative. I am feeling a bit old here :( My kids did Punk – I know Offspring and No Doubt – but there is no doubt, I am a generation behind.

Just driving home from my daughters, I was thinking about a post for here, In theory, it was about the same idea – what do we do to differentiate ourselves today – to stand out from the crowd.

Like Vicki – I don’t rawk either – I’m in the process of totally re-evaluating, thinking about a new broker and disbanding my team. I do agree, we do need systems, while being creative.

]]> By: Mark Eckenrode http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14244 Mark Eckenrode Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:27:20 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14244 @brad - my man, we need to talk. growing up in OC, i grew up punk... high school with Social D, classmate drummed for Suicidal Tendencies, Offspring & No Doubt played our backyard parties. anyway, back to punk, marketing, and real estate... boring marketing never gets noticed. one of my fav examples of a Punk Agent was a fella that always wore a kilt... yeah, he was all Rob Roy styled. He wasn't about the Tahoe and a tie. one way to break away from the monochrome realtor mold is to look outside the industry... what's working elsewhere? adopt and adapt that, not what some other agent is doing because his broker did it years before and his broker years before that. in the words of Minor Threat: "out of step with the world" and a fav punk business moment of mine... consult Fortune companies while sporting a tattoo that runs down my arm and onto my hand.... and they LOVED it ;) @brad – my man, we need to talk. growing up in OC, i grew up punk… high school with Social D, classmate drummed for Suicidal Tendencies, Offspring & No Doubt played our backyard parties.

anyway, back to punk, marketing, and real estate… boring marketing never gets noticed. one of my fav examples of a Punk Agent was a fella that always wore a kilt… yeah, he was all Rob Roy styled. He wasn’t about the Tahoe and a tie.

one way to break away from the monochrome realtor mold is to look outside the industry… what’s working elsewhere? adopt and adapt that, not what some other agent is doing because his broker did it years before and his broker years before that.

in the words of Minor Threat: “out of step with the world”

and a fav punk business moment of mine… consult Fortune companies while sporting a tattoo that runs down my arm and onto my hand…. and they LOVED it ;)

]]> By: Glenn fm Naples http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14229 Glenn fm Naples Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:51:13 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14229 Matt - great chefs create their own recipes based upon a basic recipe - adding a little of this and little of that or taking a little something from another recipe. So take something or add something to existing recipe and create your own recipe for success. And do think outside the box. Matt – great chefs create their own recipes based upon a basic recipe – adding a little of this and little of that or taking a little something from another recipe. So take something or add something to existing recipe and create your own recipe for success. And do think outside the box.

]]> By: Eric Blackwell http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14224 Eric Blackwell Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:17:57 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14224 @Matt- I agree with your point entirely. I think you have to HAVE a system,,,without the discipline to follow your plan you will get no where...but it needs to be YOUR system...I agree that ,many people think that if that plan does not come from ACME, then you are toast. The closer what you do is to the true you, the more you succeed IMO @Matt- I agree with your point entirely. I think you have to HAVE a system,,,without the discipline to follow your plan you will get no where…but it needs to be YOUR system…I agree that ,many people think that if that plan does not come from ACME, then you are toast. The closer what you do is to the true you, the more you succeed IMO

]]> By: Matt Wilkins http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14206 Matt Wilkins Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:11:56 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14206 Brad, I htink you have said what many of us are thinking. I think part of being successful in this business is being yourself and using that to your advantage. I see too many agent unhappy because they are trying to "follow the leader" or believe that they won't succeed unless they follow a certain system. Brad, I htink you have said what many of us are thinking. I think part of being successful in this business is being yourself and using that to your advantage. I see too many agent unhappy because they are trying to “follow the leader” or believe that they won’t succeed unless they follow a certain system.

]]> By: Vicki Moore http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14191 Vicki Moore Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:44:21 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14191 I think my ideas are creative but do they rawk? I don't think so. Time for some re-evaluation. Hmmm. I think my ideas are creative but do they rawk? I don’t think so. Time for some re-evaluation. Hmmm.

]]> By: Brad Nix http://agbeat.com/editorials/silly/real-estate-punk-rock-style/#comment-14190 Brad Nix Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:36:00 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2583#comment-14190 @Dale your comments made me think of a classic Descendants tune, which is coincidentally named 'Suburban Home': I want to be stereotyped I want to be classified I want to be a clone I want a suburban home Thanks for calling yourself out as a punk rocker. I look forward to catching up with you and Mariana one day - maybe in a mosh pit! @Dale your comments made me think of a classic Descendants tune, which is coincidentally named ‘Suburban Home’:

I want to be stereotyped
I want to be classified
I want to be a clone
I want a suburban home

Thanks for calling yourself out as a punk rocker. I look forward to catching up with you and Mariana one day – maybe in a mosh pit!

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