Bottom Feeders….Happy Trails!!
Isn’t It Great To Finally Be back to a normal real estate market where listings are on the market for 30 - 180 days before going UA. Incredible market where you have to actually work the leads you received by placing them in an incredible follow up system because those leads are money. What a lucrative market where you do not have to discount your commission to compete with discount brokers because those discount brokers cannot survive in this market anymore. A fun market educating potential buyers on how easy it is to buy now instead of renting. An easy market where FSBOs are begging you to come list their home. And the best part is the elimination of Bottom Feeder Real Estate Agents who are getting out of the business because back somewhere in the last 1 - 5 years when they got licensed and received their “Silver Spoon” they never anticipated having to work for their paycheck….well now they do and they are GONE!!
Yes let all of us incredible, aggressive and smart working real estate agents say Goodbye to the 25-30% of agents getting out of the business because they cannot handle the skills necessary to be a successful real estate agent in all market conditions. We also want to say thank you for stepping aside and admitting your inability or unwillingness to learn and/or to be coached on being as successful as us.
Keep something in mind, if you want to learn and improve your skills we welcome the competition. We are simply tired of the whining and complaining of how hard you feel it is to be successful in todays market. So, best of luck working for someone else.
To all real estate agents gettin’ out of the biz because it’s just too “hard”: GOOD LUCK WITH ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS!
Because of your unwillingness or inability to adapt to a changing market, you just freed up a WHOLE lot of commission dollars for the rest of us!
Totally agree with you Rory! The market isn’t CRAP, it’s NORMAL. Now you actually have to WORK for your listings! What a FRIGHTENING concept,to work hard to make money and be successful - I never would have thought of that! (Is the sarcasm evident enough?)
On the other side, this is all the better for homeowners and potential clients - instead of getting a sub-par agent to help them, they’ll have their choice of top producers!
I love this post and Ashley’s response! The truth hurts for those who aren’t willing to do the things successful agents do…but it’s beautiful, liberating, welcoming and rewarding on many levels for agents who are CEOs of their businesses.
One of my favorite quotes talks about how the same things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do are the same things that successful people don’t like to do. Successful people just understand that to be successful, they need to often times do the things that feel uncomfortable, go against preferences or even prejudices, to stand out and be differentiating from the average agent.
Good stuff Rory!
ASHLEY - Isn’t it funny how many people are afraid of work…great comments, thanks.
BLAINE - The truth hurts for many people. Great quote and so very true. Great to hear from you again and thanks for the comments.