Sep. 30, 2006 - Why are you blogging so much?

A lot of people want to know how I can blog so much and be so busy at real estate at the same time.  Many hours are spent waiting for someone to make a decision.  I showed them houses last night.  I'm supposed to be somewhere else right now.  But I can't leave in case they are going to call in ten minutes and say, "OK!  We WANT it!  Let's write it up right now and be the first offer!

So here I am...blogging...instead of being where I am supposed to be.  Priorities change.  Being ready to write an offer instead of bringing flyers somewhere, for instance. 

Being there when the client needs you often involves a lot of waiting in between, while they are deciding what to do next. 

Another example might be when I have an offer in and there are three offers "on the table".  Sometimes the buyer whose agent is immediately available, is the one who gets the house.  So if I have an offer in and the seller is going to look at it at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, I have to be ready between 6 and 8 in case the seller has a question about the buyer before accepting the offer.

Being busy in real estate, being effective in real estate, involves a lot of being ready and avialable at crucial moments which are often unpredicatable.  So lots of waiting and lots of time to blog :-)