In any business you can think of, look to those at the top and chances are they are surrounded by excellence.
There are many great business professionals who know little about the details of the business they are managing, but they have great people who handle the day to day details. A pro can manage any business as long as those around him or her can handle the details so that the whole process is as seamless as possible.
So do you surround yourself with excellence? How good do you look? What do you see in the mirror?
You may say, I cannot afford to hire someone to work with me, etc. But most of the top producers in Real Estate or in any business for that matter, find a way.. They may start by offering a percentage of their commissions, so that they can pay their “assistants” when they close deals.
But the bottom line is that if there are people helping you with the details so you can spend time working with the clients or getting new ones, you will soon find that you are rising to the top of the pack. You know the old adage, you have to spend money to make money, well that is a necessity in this business, especially now.
I work with Realtors who have buying, selling and closing “agents” working with them, they seem to be the ones closing more deals. Why? Because you just cannot do it all on your own. You need help and once you realize this, your possibilities are endless.
You may need to start small, that is fine, but start somewhere and surround yourself with excellence.
In the real estate investment world I teach my students to surround themselves with good Realtors and other related professionals in this field, builders, contractors, attorneys, appraisers, lenders, etc. As investors, we MUST surround ourselves with excellence every day or profits decline, it really is as simple as that.
So take a look around you, not just at the people around you. What about your website, your AR BLOG profile page, your appearance, your listing presentation package. What about your people skills, your follow up skills, all of these things “surround” you and they also define you.
Can you say that you surround yourself with excellence? This is the perfect time for a “tune up”, clean house so to speak. Well there is no time like the present. Let us all surround ourselves with excellence and prosper.
Peter Vekselman has been successfully investing in real estate since 1996. He has completed over 1000 real estate deals, owned a construction company, been a private lender, and owned a property management
company. To learn more about Peter please visit
http://www.coachingbypeter.com.
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