Comments on: So What Are Real Estate Agents Really Afraid Of?

By: CRay

CRay — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:32:28 +0000

>>>”blogs have become â€œagent baby sittersâ€<<<

Ohh, well said…………!

By: Barry Cunningham | Real Estate Radio USA

Barry Cunningham | Real Estate Radio USA — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:56:42 +0000

CRAY..it seems blogs have become “agent baby sitters”. They seem to occupy the time for many agents who are not selling which seems to underscore your point.

A blog is a very viable tool but it only gets you to a certain point and has to be written to induce or compel the reader to act. Can’t tell you how many I read with no call to action.

By: CRay

CRay — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:24:45 +0000

Kevin,

Don’t you *really* mean: “most agents, have the presence of a cadaver and they take up space like abandoned billboards on the local highway…?”

Let’s be honest, the vast majority of agents came into this market 5/6 years ago when lenders were buying dead people with a pulse and all they had to do was show 3 houses on a Sunday and they had a contract by Wednesday — things have changed greatly since then …

You can have all of the high tech toys on the planet, but if you don’t know how to react with people in your market with “some” (any) ability and talent, you’re done… and if you don’t have a client in front of you, you’re unemployed.

I have quite a few friends right now that have multiple blogs, spend multiple hours invoking all of their great talents and abilities with others around the world — “but”, haven’t seen a closing or a check in 5 months…. like I said, if you don’t have a client in front of you, you’re unemployed.

By: Kevin Sandridge

Kevin Sandridge — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:00:16 +0000

>>yet, most agents have the web presence of a cadaver and their websites take up space like abandoned billboards on the info superhighway.<<

This so very true. I talk with Realtors all the time who complain about not getting enough leads through their websites, yet have not updated their sites in the last year! Really? Is that how they treat their business? It’s amazing.

Luckily, I’ve been making inroads (more like ruts in red Georgia or Southern Virginia Red Clay) with some of these Realtors and now have them branching out with updated sites, blogs, and social network activity.

They know action breeds activity… it’s really just a mind-shift. They’ll either do it or die out. As we know…. things will move on with or without them.

“Shift Happens”

By: Barry Cunningham | Real Estate Radio USA

Barry Cunningham | Real Estate Radio USA — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:26:12 +0000

Cray there needs to be more agents like you willing to speak out and police the ranks. I applaud you!

By: CRay

CRay — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:53:38 +0000

“OUTLANDISH….”

There’s nothing outlandish about — it’s dead on the money.

Buyers and sellers are taken advantage of by bad agents every second of everyday – just look around you….

This is a simple basic video on what a smart consumer “should” be doing so they don’t get hammered by a bad agent, which obviously has consumed the vast majority of our industry a given the good ones a horrible reputation to contend with…