My Most Embarrasing Real Estate Moment | Share Yours Too

#2-Being Prepared: Properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready. I will tell you how I lost my first Client because I was NOT prepared. I will tell you my horror story if you tell me yours.

It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times:

Don't you just love it when your Realtor shows you five homes and the one that you want is already sold? Welcome to my first day on the job. Many, many, moons ago, I did not call the other agent ahead of time to see if the property was still available. The listing said Go Direct and that's exactly what I did...

Go Direct:

That's exactly what I did: Go Direct...without calling, without mapping. This was pre GPS times. I thought Mr. Thomas Guide would get me there just fine. Look it up ahead of time? Nope. I was so excited that I just jumped in my car and went to go get my first Victim...er'...uh...Client. I am a REALTOR and I am FINALLY going to make all of my money back!

Rookie Mistake:

I did have a great split 50-50 (at least I thought it was a good split at the time) and I was going to make all of my money back in just one sale. What I didn't know was that, in California, some homes were selling in 1 or 2 days.

Other Food for Thought:

Highlight properties that might have dogs (don't ask-that is a whole other Blog). Have your Map Quest ready or even better (and much smarter) have a GPS to guide you so you don't get lost (it happens).

My Invitation to You:

There are many, many more ways to be prepared. Rather than try to list them all...I would love to hear your Rookie mistake stories and the advice to go with them. After we are done laughing, we may actually learn a thing or two and who knows...we might find out a little more about each other in the process.

Don't hold back either

This is #2 of a series of 150 Great Traits for Realtors. I will post a new post every 1-3 days. Your input is what will make this series work. Thanks for subscribing and for your comments.

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