Comments on: Time for a new pair of shoes http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html Turn On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Vannesa Gruda http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-11915 Vannesa Gruda Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:48:29 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-11915 Just read through this article and wanted to say thank you personally. Precise and concise! Just read through this article and wanted to say thank you personally. Precise and concise!

]]> By: Mitsuko Burgoa http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-10527 Mitsuko Burgoa Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:14:20 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-10527 To jump high you have to lift weights, consume a clean diet and jump just about everyday. This is how you become a athlete. To jump high you have to lift weights, consume a clean diet and jump just about everyday. This is how you become a athlete.

]]> By: Article Submission http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-6488 Article Submission Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:33:04 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-6488 Hi, just thought you'd be interested to know that I have added your site to my bookmarks because of your beautiful blog layout (LOL). But seriously, I think your site has one of the cleanest design I've seen yet. It honestly helps make reading your blog a lot easier. Hi, just thought you’d be interested to know that I have added your site to my bookmarks because of your beautiful blog layout (LOL). But seriously, I think your site has one of the cleanest design I’ve seen yet. It honestly helps make reading your blog a lot easier.

]]> By: Scott http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2166 Scott Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:01:21 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2166 <p>Angry at whom? Hopefully by the time that ad came out the agent would already have agents with well qualified buyers writing offers to the sellers. I really don't believe it is about bigger photos, slicker ads or animated web-sites. A good agent will have the property priced correctly which should come close to generating multiple offer situations. The good agents who have been around a long time deliver great service and usually work by referral. They are rarely out "fishing" for clients. I was one of the 1st agents in Northern California to utilize a personal computer in my business. That does not necessarily make me a better agent or a more successful agent. Does your attorney or physician have their picture on their business card? Or wear a gold coat? Or try to come up with a catchy phrase? Or ask you what you would be willing to pay them that day? </p> <p>The real estate industry needs better standards of training, mandatory continuing education with testing, on-going management guidance through transactions, review by outside auditors and so much more. Real estate has become much more about branding and packaging rather than safety and service to the client. </p> <p>If you are an attorney looking for work just look to your nearest "mega agent" and start reviewing their escrow files. Or check out those "newby" agent files. No training is required to become a real estate agent. None. You do have to pass an exam which has nothing to do with actually working as an agent. Sad state of affairs. I hope the new agents will start demanding better training, better education, better supervision and higher standards for the industry.</p> Angry at whom? Hopefully by the time that ad came out the agent would already have agents with well qualified buyers writing offers to the sellers. I really don't believe it is about bigger photos, slicker ads or animated web-sites. A good agent will have the property priced correctly which should come close to generating multiple offer situations. The good agents who have been around a long time deliver great service and usually work by referral. They are rarely out "fishing" for clients. I was one of the 1st agents in Northern California to utilize a personal computer in my business. That does not necessarily make me a better agent or a more successful agent. Does your attorney or physician have their picture on their business card? Or wear a gold coat? Or try to come up with a catchy phrase? Or ask you what you would be willing to pay them that day?

The real estate industry needs better standards of training, mandatory continuing education with testing, on-going management guidance through transactions, review by outside auditors and so much more. Real estate has become much more about branding and packaging rather than safety and service to the client.

If you are an attorney looking for work just look to your nearest "mega agent" and start reviewing their escrow files. Or check out those "newby" agent files. No training is required to become a real estate agent. None. You do have to pass an exam which has nothing to do with actually working as an agent. Sad state of affairs. I hope the new agents will start demanding better training, better education, better supervision and higher standards for the industry.

]]> By: marc davison http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2165 marc davison Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:03:32 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2165 <p>Legend perhaps. But sadly, given my height as a child, that jump higher, run faster thing held a great deal of promise for me that went unfulfilled. </p> Legend perhaps. But sadly, given my height as a child, that jump higher, run faster thing held a great deal of promise for me that went unfulfilled.

]]> By: Brian Wilson http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2164 Brian Wilson Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:51:45 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2164 <p>Aren't PF Flyers the shoes that Benny Rodriguez buys in the move "The Sandlot"? If so, those shoes are legend.</p> <p>Brian Wilson, Zolve.com</p> Aren't PF Flyers the shoes that Benny Rodriguez buys in the move "The Sandlot"? If so, those shoes are legend.

Brian Wilson, Zolve.com

]]> By: Jonathan Washburn http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2163 Jonathan Washburn Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:29:28 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2163 <p>Amen brother! It angers me too.</p> Amen brother! It angers me too.

]]> By: Marc Davison http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2162 Marc Davison Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:19:06 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2162 <p>There is a new breed. Some of that new breed is the older guard who are moving and changing with the times. They are the ones that I admire most. Others are the new guard. Younger, less experienced but definitely blazing new trails. </p> There is a new breed. Some of that new breed is the older guard who are moving and changing with the times. They are the ones that I admire most. Others are the new guard. Younger, less experienced but definitely blazing new trails.

]]> By: Norm Fisher http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html/comment-page-1#comment-2161 Norm Fisher Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:59:04 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2007/11/time-for-a-new.html#comment-2161 <p>What a great analogy!</p> <p>I share your frustration, patiently waiting for things to change. Of course, no amount of wishing will turn a 60's Converse sneaker into a modern day Nike but it seems to me that there is a new breed of professional starting to gain significant market share, silently and out of the sight of those who have been around forever. In five years time, these agents will be doing all of the business and a lot of "old sneakers" will be put away. Most agents might not get it but I think most consumers do and they're finally starting to demand more.</p> What a great analogy!

I share your frustration, patiently waiting for things to change. Of course, no amount of wishing will turn a 60′s Converse sneaker into a modern day Nike but it seems to me that there is a new breed of professional starting to gain significant market share, silently and out of the sight of those who have been around forever. In five years time, these agents will be doing all of the business and a lot of “old sneakers” will be put away. Most agents might not get it but I think most consumers do and they're finally starting to demand more.

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