The Real Estate Ideal?
Sometimes the best part about being a real estate agent is the time it affords you to be with your family. Of course, other times the best thing about being a real estate agent is the excuses it provides for doing exactly the opposite: “What’s that dear? Your mother is going to be in town this Sunday and you want to spend the morning down at Begonias, Begonias and Tulips, then do a little shoe shopping? Gosh darn it all, I’ve got an Open House that Sunday.” You get the idea. But if you really think about it, the best part about being a real estate agent is the opportunity to knock someone else right on their derriere – metaphorically speaking, of course.
Last week our local football team (the San Diego Super Chargers!) held an open practice at the stadium where they play their home games. I took my two boys down there and we made an evening of it. (Mostly because I wanted my boys to see what the inside of a professional football stadium looks like without having to drop a cool $500 on parking, tickets, popcorn and a great big Styrofoam finger that implies we’re #1 at something… I’m guessing it’s separating fools from their money, but I can’t be sure.) Anyway, being there gave us an opportunity to watch Kris Dielman in action. Man I like watching this guy play the offensive line. Having been a defensive lineman myself, that’s saying something. The difference in mind-set between the two is staggering, but that’s exactly why I enjoy watching him so much: he plays offensive line like a defensive lineman… and he plays football the way we should practice real estate.
He’ll often knock his guy 2, 3 even 5 yards back; sometimes he puts the guy right on his backside. Now that’s what you call getting the job done. Even more than that: it’s what you call getting the job done very, very well. You might say he’s a Top Producer at what he does. But here’s the thing: after he knocks that guy back one yard and two cheeks, do you Read more