Saturday, December 16, 2006

I Quit Real Estate!


I'm sure everyone at one time or another has quit real estate. I decided to quit this year. Calculating what I would do with the rest of my life, I started reading about everything real estate related. I read “I Quit Real Estate” by Floyd Wickman. I read Your Management Sucks” by Mark Stevens. Every article I read made it sound like the authors were speaking directly to me. Then I found Active Rain.

The truth is that I have worked for almost 20 years selling Springfield Missouri Real Estate, and building a great real estate business to find out I can't quit. I forgot one thing: I Love my job!! Building a great team, I assumed they would be as passionate about selling real estate as I am. I also forgot, as individuals, no one has the same goal..... Imagine that!

I also realized my philosophy about real estate remains the same as it did the day I started.
1. Make money.
2. Service the client to the best of my ability.
3. Maintain a good reputation.
4. Earn repeat business.

Active Rain has changed my real estate career and helped me realize how fortunate I have been to be a realtor.

So, as of the first of the year, I'm changing my team's policy. My new requirements for joining my team: New team members will not be allowed to have a family life - it interferes with selling real estate. Only positive thoughts will be allowed. They will work 48 hours a day. There will be no days off. When they aren’t showing or listing property, they will be following up with clients, knocking on doors, working the website, and all the extra's to make my clients happy.

Does anyone know where I can purchase realtor robots?

2 comments:

Derek said...

Hi Kay,

I like that sarcastic wit of your regarding the qualifications of members of your team.

If you like active rain and Floyd Wickman, look for Jason Edwards posts on Active Rain. Jason is a certified trainer for Floyd Wickman StarMakers.

Floyd Wickman told us last week. "Success isn't about how much money you make, its about achieving the goals you set for yourself."

Derek Crager
VP Floyd Wickman Group

Kay VanKampen said...

Thank you Derek! I'm a past "Sweat Hog" myself - when I was Kay Robertson, Carol Jones Realtors. I added Jason to my favorite associates too. Looking forward to 2007.