{"id":2779,"date":"2008-03-15T19:56:40","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T02:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2008-03-15T20:00:53","modified_gmt":"2008-03-16T03:00:53","slug":"paradigm-shift-not-quite-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2779\/paradigm-shift-not-quite-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradigm Shift? Not Quite Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just the past couple weeks alone I’ve read over a dozen blog posts declaring a paradigm shift in real estate — specifically in what it takes to succeed as an agent. Before I continue, it’s not my intention to offend anyone in any way whatsoever. Seems about 2-3 times a year I manage to step in it big time, causing some sorta perfect $#%storm of wounded egos and\/or encroached empires of ideology<\/em>. This should be filed under, ‘Hey, I’m just sayin” and leave it at that.<\/p>\n

Look at the history of the car, beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Going out on a limb, I’d say far less than 1% of the population had seen one, much less owned one. Now look at today’s car. A paradigm shift? Not in my thinking. They still require gas, a driver, a drive train, and brakes. A 1908 Ford got you from point A to point B faster and more comfortably than a horse — and so does the 2008 model. Yet many would say due to the myriad improvements over the last 100 years there’s been some sort of paradigm shift from 1908 to now. <\/p>\n

Show me. Where is it? Does the ’08 version fly? Does it drive itself? Does it make its own fuel? No, it gets us from A to B faster and more comfortably than a horse. A paradigm shift was when the car replaced<\/strong> the horse. <\/p>\n

Segue to real estate brokerage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was Saturday in the middle of a cloudy October in 1969 when I first stepped into a real estate office as a licensed agent. Not much has changed in the ‘paradigm shift’<\/em> kinda way. <\/p>\n

Before you start your enraged fingers racing over your keyboard, read on. <\/p>\n

Sure, there were no computers, no internet, no 2.0, not even 1.0 — hell we were barely 0.0 back then. Still, we did then what we do today. We seek opportunities to get in front of qualified prospects in order to make our living. We took listings, represented buyers, used the MLS, had to deal with contracts, dealt with lenders, Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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