I was talking to a pretty large group of agents yesterday and during the break I asked my\u00a0standard questions: “So, how’s business?”\u00a0\u00a0“Are you keeping busy?”\u00a0 Over and over I heard the same two answers.\u00a0 One agent would say, “No, it’s been slow and it’s killin’ me.”\u00a0 The\u00a0next agent would say\u00a0“Yeah, I’m real busy, but every transaction takes\u00a0three times as much work and pays half what\u00a0it did.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0killin’ me.”\u00a0 Kind of reminded me of a classic Woody Allen joke about two old ladies sitting at a resort in the Catskills.\u00a0 The first one complains, “The food here is terrible.”\u00a0The second one replies, “Yes, and such small portions.”<\/p>\n
I know, I know –\u00a0this space is normally reserved for big-brain posts and how-to tutorials all written to help you find your bigger, better, more passionate place in this bowl of cold porridge we call real estate.\u00a0 Heck, just for writing this I might get drummed out of the “challenge them till they drop” school of bootcamp real esate training that cost me $19.99 and four\u00a0cereal box tops.\u00a0\u00a0But listen, if you’re making it right now – despite the poor food and small portions – then you are a success and when the tides eventually rise, you’re going to reap ever increasing rewards. (Unless, of course, those tides\u00a0drown you, in which case your reward is in the mail… please don’t contact me.)\u00a0 So give yourself a pat on the back.\u00a0 Better still, take yourself out to dinner this weekend and make damn sure to show this post\u00a0to your wife or husband.\u00a0 They should\u00a0spend the\u00a0better part of that dinner telling you how impressed they are that you’re still making it.\u00a0 (Wouldn’t hurt if they commented on your tremendous bouyancy either.)\u00a0 Oh, and make sure you\u00a0order dessert too – something decadent and fattening.\u00a0 Just tell the waiter that no matter how bad the dessert is, you want a large portion.\u00a0\u00a0It’ll be okay, I promise.\u00a0 Besides, you deserve it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was talking to a pretty large group of agents yesterday and during the break I asked my\u00a0standard questions: “So, how’s business?”\u00a0\u00a0“Are you keeping busy?”\u00a0 Over and over I heard the same two answers.\u00a0 One agent would say, “No, it’s been slow and it’s killin’ me.”\u00a0 The\u00a0next agent would say\u00a0“Yeah, I’m real busy, but every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"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":[13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-group-therapy","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1131,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1131\/makin-whoppee-in-praise-of-the-sacrament-of-holy-matrimony\/","url_meta":{"origin":12821,"position":0},"title":"Makin’ Whoppee: In praise of the sacrament of holy matrimony","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Spring comes early to the desert and I have to get dressed for a Wedding Mass. 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