Blessed are the Peacemakers

One role of the REALTOR as ringmaster to a transaction between buyer and seller that is vastly undervalued and not well understood is that of

                                         PEACEMAKER.

This is important during a negotiation. Our negotiating skills, honed over time from our life, family, and work experience, should be something we point out as a strength during a listing presentation or when trying to move a For Sale By Owner advertised property to a full service agent representation. Do not underestimate the skill you bring as a REALTOR to get both sides to some happy mid point where it is a WIN / WIN deal for all parties. Hopefully the agent on the other side works with you as well.

I have always been a natural peacemaker. I don't understand astrological signs probably as well as many here reading this do, but I am a LIBRA, and they say they seek harmony in all things. I have always been able to see big pictures and weighing the two sides of something has been fairly straightforward for me. A weakness has been avoiding confrontation which you really can't do if you are going to be a good negotiatior. So my natural calm comes into play and I point out where each side has a point and where they are flexible to move toward the other's position.

Unfortunately in the real world some people on one side or the other can be completely irrational. Like sending out trial balloon low ball offers, getting a counter, and then running away. What was that all about?

Being a peacemaker involves lots of listening between the lines and finding out what's really important to someone. I think they say blessed are the peacemakers because if they achieve what they are trying to do the result is happiness and no more tension. Only some have the ability to pull this off.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. So there must be a little bit of the divine in all those that keep us out of the wars in life. Have peace in your heart and spread it to all you encounter each and every day. This will make it just a little better for all the rest of us to find a bit of heaven here on earth.