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Posted at Real Estate, financial education and much more. by PeggyAnn McConnochie

Aug. 25, 2008

Categorized in: Technology

Tagged with: improving your skills, technology

I just returned from a 4-day teaching engagement in Vietnam. I was asked to come by the Vietnam Real Estate Association in conjunction with the International Real Property Foundation (IRPF - a non-profit arm of the National Association of REALTORS®) and give a seminar covering everything from brokerage management and sales training to real estate technology. It was an amazing opportunity to bring to a country new to property rights how we in the US help people buy, sell, rent, and lease residential and commercial property. There was shock and amazement with many things we take for granted; such as our MLS systems, standardized contracts, and relatively easy access to capital. We had great discussions on all these topics plus we discussed how we value properties in the US and how the US market actually was versus what they saw on the news.

But what struck me most, was that at the end of the segment on real estate technology, one young woman came to me and said that no matter how much technology she might use in the future, she felt that personal one on one interaction was her key to success so far in the real estate business.

Right on! That's something for us all to remember; real estate whether residential, commercial or management is always going to come down to our personal contact and interactions. Don't get so wrapped up in technology that you forget that one very important fact.

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