{"id":1092,"date":"2007-03-01T00:22:47","date_gmt":"2007-03-01T07:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2007-03-01T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T07:26:10","slug":"an-email-from-jim-gatos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1092\/an-email-from-jim-gatos\/","title":{"rendered":"An Email From Jim Gatos"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to this post<\/a> Jim Gatos<\/a> wrote:<\/p>\n

Russell,<\/em>I wholeheartedly agree.. I also found (by accident, actually, this<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.shaftingrealtors.com\/roger_butcher_false_statements.htm<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/em>First, a little background info on me.. <\/em>I have been in real estate since 1985 full time. In all those years, depending on the year, my energy level, and plans, I have closed a high or over 50 sales (with a full time assistant and a buyer agent) and a low of around 12 sales (I was verrrryyy slow and busy with personal issues). Presently I don’t have an assistant. I can say, I learned a lot from Mr. Butcher, in the 1990’s, however, I think his methods are now outmoded and very expensive. I also took Floyd Wickman, Mike Ferry, and Brian Buffini.
\nOf all those, I would say Floyd & Brian were probably the two I can attribute numerous sales to, and with Roger, I can too say I made money in using his systems.<\/p>\n

The problem is they advocate working expireds and fsbo’s. And that’s fine, it was a lot easier before the do not call list. Except Buffini, who is completely into personal referrals. They all have something to say, and I think I find them all invaluable. Hoewever, I honestly think YOU have more to teach us.<\/p>\n

The sad part is, a lot of people won’t take up your generous offering because it’s free. Some people have to pay for something to find value.<\/p>\n

Having been in the business for over 20 years, I will listen to everything you say. You’re the king, and I think your style is also very straight shooting.<\/p>\n

It did concern me a bit to see L. Ron Hubbard quotes when you recommend tipsforsuccess.org, however, honestly speaking, I found the website extremely useful and informative. I signed up for the weekly newsletter, and I even did the goal setting exercises. Honestly, they were the BEST goal setting exercises I have ever ever seen. Some folks are very very apprehensive about Scientology, and even afraid. It seems there are two very strong sides to that issue.<\/p>\n

You keep ’em coming. I’ll keep listening!<\/p>\n

Thanks<\/p>\n

Jim
\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, thank you for your response, Jim. I understand, appreciate Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to this post Jim Gatos wrote: Russell,I wholeheartedly agree.. I also found (by accident, actually, this http:\/\/www.shaftingrealtors.com\/roger_butcher_false_statements.htm First, a little background info on me.. I have been in real estate since 1985 full time. In all those years, depending on the year, my energy level, and plans, I have closed a high or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1908,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1908\/voting-for-this-weeks-peoples-choice-award-is-open-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1092,"position":0},"title":"Voting for this week’s People’s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Vote here. 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