{"id":3093,"date":"2008-05-12T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2008-05-12T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T18:30:00","slug":"1-myth-in-real-estate-agents-dont-know-why-theyre-failing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3093\/1-myth-in-real-estate-agents-dont-know-why-theyre-failing\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Myth In Real Estate: Agents Don’t Know Why They’re Failing"},"content":{"rendered":"

BHB is about excellence. Excellence in service, products we need and\/or use, various marketing methods, and how we conduct ourselves during what I’ll laughingly refer to as ‘business hours’. I’ve suspected Greg’s goal of reaching the million agents is gonna be a tall order, ‘cuz 80% of the agents out there would have to move up the ‘I get it’<\/em> ladder to have a clue. More simply put, they don’t come here, and probably never will. That said, I also believe there is a relatively large grouping of agents who’ve not learned yet what it takes to become a consistently successful high volume producer. They do business, but realize they could, and should be doing much more. <\/p>\n

High volume? Look, you don’t have to close 100 escrows, ok? But an agent who wants to, can make six figures, $100-250,000 or more in nearly any market. This morning I discovered Russ also addressed this topic, but in his own way.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Agents just don’t know what they should be doing with their time. <\/p>\n

Or so they would have you believe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s conduct a short experiment. Think of any past endeavor for which you had more than a passing interest in succeeding. Let’s take a simple one with which most of us can identify — losing weight and\/or improving our overall health. How’d ya do? <\/p>\n

If you were successful, it’s my guess you know why. Duh. Can’t we then infer if you had failed, 99% of folks would also know exactly why? Am I being too subtle here? When I was the ‘Chubby Little Blonde Guy’ (That<\/strong> oughta date it for you.) I knew exactly what road I’d used to arrive at Chubsville. No self discipline when it came to diet and exercise. Go ahead, write down that Black Pearl. I’ll wait for you.<\/p>\n

It takes an IQ of at least 150-180 minimum to understand the dynamics of calories in vs. calories out, plus the added factor of consistent exercise, both aerobic, and anaerobic. Get the right math goin’ for 120 days or so, and pretty soon you’re shoppin’ for clothes that aren’t X-rated. I Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BHB is about excellence. Excellence in service, products we need and\/or use, various marketing methods, and how we conduct ourselves during what I’ll laughingly refer to as ‘business hours’. I’ve suspected Greg’s goal of reaching the million agents is gonna be a tall order, ‘cuz 80% of the agents out there would have to move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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":[62,2,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dirty-laundry","7":"category-general","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-realty-reality","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2656,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2656\/the-network-excellent-real-estate-agents-wanted\/","url_meta":{"origin":3093,"position":0},"title":"The Network — Excellent Real Estate Agents Wanted","author":"Mike Farmer","date":"February 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead or alive. 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