May. 20, 2006 - I've Had Another Title Bestowed Upon Me
Back in the early days, when I was in taking classes so I could take the real estate license test, I had a couple of titles bestowed upon me by my instructor, Terry Watson. When we got to the part about forms of ownership. I was intrigued by "joint tenancy with the right of survivorship". Terry referred to it as 'last man standing" ownership. I opined that if I could find some very elderly investors who would be willing to put me on title in lieu of a commission, in a joint tenancy with right of survivorship situation, that would be the way to go. Terry dubbed me "The Gordon Gekko of Real Estate". You remember Gordon Gekko, the Michael Douglas character in "Wall Street". He is remembered for saying "Greed is good". Of course, Terry was an interesting and amusing teacher and I was just playing off his "last man standing" comment.
There was another exchange between Terry and myself concerning gaining clients. It had something to do with the fact that the license course does nothing to teach you about how to actually become the top dog, heavy hitter, go to guy, in your market area. I said then, and I maintain today, that I wasn't to concerned about that because I was going to create a reputation for myself and that people would simply want to work with me based on that alone. I said that I only want to do the business that I choose to do, and if I didn't like what I was hearing at a listing presentation or a buyer prequalification, I would just get up, thank them and walk away. Terry dubbed me "The Carlito of Real Estate" based on that conversation. You remember Carlito the Al Pacino character in "Carlito's Way".
Recently Bill Randall, one of the co-hosts of the "My Kind of Town" radio talk show program, referred to me as "The Denny Crane of Real Estate" when he was introducing me on the show. Denny Crane is the William Shatner character on the TV show "Boston Legal". He is an eccentric goof ball, but his reputation wins cases, all one need do is drop his name.
Now that Seattle area RealtorŪ, Ardell DellaLoggia, has referred to me as "The Bill Maher of Real Estate". I must say that I think she is finally getting it. I believe she is beginning to understand the fact that my style is different than her style. The thing that aggravated me the most about her was the fact that her tone has been that of the Blog Queen from the Land of Microsoft, both in front of, and behind the curtain. Now it appears that she has gotten the concept of "to each his/her own". When the folks behind the key boards want help they will generally ask for it.
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