{"id":2166,"date":"2007-11-05T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T00:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2007-11-05T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T00:03:42","slug":"greetings-and-my-unique-point-of-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2166\/greetings-and-my-unique-point-of-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings! and my unique point of view…"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all..let me say upfront that I am humbled and honored to even be writing on this blog. It is daunting indeed to match wits with Kris<\/a>, or write anecdotes like Geno<\/a>, or make a picture clarify a position like Russell<\/a>…not to mention to try to add to Greg’s insight on issues like Zillow.
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There are a ton of others that I could point out as well…I feel like Wayne and Garth at an Aerosmith concert… but I have my guitar and play I will…<\/p>\n

I do come from a unique point of view. We all look at the “elephant” of the real estate marketplace from different angles. Here’s my typical view:<\/p>\n

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\nOne of the great things about my job is that I get to work with 120 real estate agents and teams all in one office. Why, you ask, is this fun? Well, speaking personally, it is because working with 120 agents means that I get to work with 140 business plans (written or not..)!<\/p>\n

80 of the agents have a single plan. (Good idea.)20 of them have two plans (depending on their mood…).2 of them have a plan for every day of the week (grin.) That brings the total to 134 by my count. Then there’s the broker’s business plan, 3 licensed assistants who have unspoken business plans that they won’t tell their teams, but are happy to ask me about..total 138. Almost forgot! The two phone receptionists….ahhh..yes. That rounds it out to 140. They DEFINITELY have plans (just not selling real estate per se…!)<\/p>\n

Of these plans, I get to observe the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. I respect the courage of you who (like Kris’ crazy man) brave the heights for the thrill of the ride..i get to live that out vicariously as I do similar things on the search engines.I get to see people build their futures both monetarily and online.<\/p>\n

For the record, this was the first real estate related blog that I ever read that even mentioned the Cluetrain (a fact that is sad, but revealing in today’s industry). Pretty cool. I look forward to contributing Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First of all..let me say upfront that I am humbled and honored to even be writing on this blog. It is daunting indeed to match wits with Kris, or write anecdotes like Geno, or make a picture clarify a position like Russell…not to mention to try to add to Greg’s insight on issues like Zillow. 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