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As you wish being a professional Apr 02, 2023

 

 

If you have been a realtor for a while, you know that every real estate transaction is fraught with obstacles. Even the "simplest" deals have hiccups. The more experienced you are, the better you are at communicating and navigating your clients through the transaction. Then those...

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Top producers are bad role models being a professional Mar 19, 2023
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How many phone numbers do you know? being a professional Mar 11, 2023

Do you know your own phone number?

What about your spouse's number?  Your kids?

Chances are you may know your number, but not too many other peoples.  You do not know those numbers because a) you don't need to anymore - they are already stored in your phone; b) your brain isn't designed...

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Good ideas are worthless - part 2 being a professional Mar 04, 2023
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Throw your good ideas away. being a professional rants Feb 18, 2023

Have you ever sat around and said, "Wow! That's a good idea!" 

Probably not quite like that. Maybe it's more like when something doesn't work, or you have a bad customer service experience, or you need a service that doesn't currently exist, you might say, "Hey, it would be a good idea...

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Your environment is...lonely :-0 being a professional Feb 11, 2023

Real estate is a lonely business.

I know some people will argue about that statement. Maybe you are one of them. However, when I say 'lonely' I mean solitude, or isolating - I don't mean being affected by depression or being lonesome. My experience is that real estate agents (including me) are...

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Taking a day off being a professional rants Jan 04, 2022

New Year's Day - a holiday, a time for family, friends, reflection, celebration.

January 1, 2022, fell on a Saturday. That day, an agent put a house on the MLS for sale, with showings to start Sunday. The copy in the MLS implied that they were hoping to have offers either Sunday afternoon or...

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A thought on giving thanks.... stoicism Dec 29, 2021

“In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a manner in which justice, commonly held to belong to others, is not. Gratitude pays itself back in large measure.”

—Seneca, Moral Letters, 81.19

 

As...

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More Road Trips...? steven's personal letters Aug 31, 2021

What would a summer letter be without another road trip?

This year Evan wisely stayed up in Bozeman for the summer, so our journey began with Zach, Sydney and I driving up to see him at the end of June. After three and half days in beautiful days in Montana and some fun family time, Sydney flew...

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