One of the great things about my day occupation is that I get to associate with 120 of the finest REALTORS that are in Louisville. It is my job to help them advance their business plans using technology, and I love doing it. 120 business plans provides me with more than a few opportunities to laugh at myself and enjoy humor with others as we experience this wacky world of real estate.<\/p>\n
So without further ado, I have compiled a few of my favorite personal Real Estate diseases (yes–I am building it over time) to help those who may be new to the industry understand the REAL disorders that come from a life of real estate sales.<\/p>\n
Silver Bullet Syndrome-<\/strong>The innate feeling that if you can just copy what someone else does by getting someone else to replicate their work, then you can enjoy their success without putting the creativity into it. This disease originally stemmed from advertising and people copying other agents’ ad copy. The internet does not work that way. There IS NO silver bullet and many agents die in the desert looking for that mirage. One of the great things about my day occupation is that I get to associate with 120 of the finest REALTORS that are in Louisville. It is my job to help them advance their business plans using technology, and I love doing it. 120 business plans provides me with more than a few opportunities to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2166,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2166\/greetings-and-my-unique-point-of-view\/","url_meta":{"origin":2271,"position":0},"title":"Greetings! and my unique point of view…","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"November 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"First of all..let me say upfront that I am humbled and honored to even be writing on this blog. 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\nFamilius Interuptus-<\/strong> That simultaneous feeling of joy and and dread that usually comes in the springtime with the success of your marketing campaigns with its corresponding increase in business, children’s end of school year activities, and the spouse (parenthetical note–yes the one who was upset because you DIDN’T have business a month ago) who does not understand why you cannot get to everything AND have “quality time” with them.
\nOMG Syndrome-<\/strong>The annual feeling of dread in the fall that the buyers have gone forever and will never return. This condition is made worse by the worrying spouse and national press announcing the official end of real estate industry as we know it. Symptoms range from mild irritability to outright paranoia and fits of rage. Somewhere in these fits you will utter (or think) the words “OMG–Why exactly did I get into this business in the first place???” Increased use of expletives is another sure sign.
\nMultiple Stream Dysfunction<\/strong> Symptoms include a gnawing empty feeling in the pit Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"