{"id":10029,"date":"2009-10-10T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10029"},"modified":"2009-10-10T08:55:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T15:55:16","slug":"the-news-media-may-insist-that-the-real-estate-market-has-turned-the-corner-but-my-attitude-toward-work-is-simple-just-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10029\/the-news-media-may-insist-that-the-real-estate-market-has-turned-the-corner-but-my-attitude-toward-work-is-simple-just-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"The news media may insist that the real estate market has turned the corner, but my attitude toward work is simple: “Just say yes!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This from my Arizona Republic<\/i> real estate column (permanent link<\/a>):<\/p>\n

We represented the buyers for a million-dollar house, our first, that closed this week. A week from now, we will be listing a million-dollar home, also a first for us. We are carrying two listings at $450,000 right now, with another to come, and we will be listing another home at $800,000 shortly.<\/p>\n

But also this week, I sold a property for $65,000. Just a few weeks ago, one of my listings sold for $27,000.<\/p>\n

Am I schizophrenic? I hope not. But I am scared to death to say no to anyone right now.<\/p>\n

Salespeople like to say yes. It’s not in our nature to turn people down. We like to make people happy if we can.<\/p>\n

But I have no idea when this recession is going to end, so I don’t want to pass on any opportunity that might present itself.<\/p>\n

Here’s the funny part: We’re living with a foxhole mentality, but 2009 is going to be our second-best year since we came into the real estate business. We’re not rich by any means, but we’re making more money than we have in the past three years.<\/p>\n

But here’s the unfunny part: Virtually all of our income for 2009 is coming to us in the second half of the year. Our business was all-but-moribund in the first two quarters, and we came much too close to losing our own home.<\/p>\n

So I am not proud, bashful or shy. If you have a real estate problem, I’m ready to talk about it. We’re working sixteen hours a day, at least, seven days a week. We haven’t taken time off in three years, and I don’t know when we will take our next vacation.<\/p>\n

The job is survival right now, and I know we’re not alone among Realtors in thinking this way.<\/p>\n

I’m nobody’s bear, and I would love to believe all the cheerleading I hear in the news about the real estate market. But my strategy for now is to just say yes to every opportunity I get to earn a living.<\/p>\n

 
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This from my Arizona Republic real estate column (permanent link): We represented the buyers for a million-dollar house, our first, that closed this week. A week from now, we will be listing a million-dollar home, also a first for us. 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