So needless to say everyone is working to keep their selves above water, oppose to helping another person prosper, I chose to live my life differently, but that’s neither here nor there. Whenever I find a person truly willing to teach me a particular approach or go over new paperwork, or a website that seems to be generating more business I immediately show my gratitude and mentally give them my loyalty. It’s rare to find a person in this business who doesn’t actively think "dog eat dog"!
With those thoughts lingering I’m certain it’s clear that I found someone this week that I can now put in my "indebted to" column. She’s a senior agent in the new community, who's literally sold hundreds of homes here, including my grandparents’ home. I had never met her, but her name has been synonymous with the community so I took the initiative to reach out to her and see what kind of knowledge I could soak from her. I spent the top of my week going over the new computer software that will later be my best friend. The database for all the homes in the community, the pay scale, dynamics of the community, common questions, etc.
Most importantly she gave me supplies and decorations for a HUGE Realtor event that was 2 days away. I had never gone to this event, nor hosted one. So now the crunch was on! I not only had to decorate the model home office, but figure out a theme, make sure Realtors now knew that my neighborhood was on the line up of homes available to visit, and make myself aware of the companies protocol! Oh yeah, I would be meeting the all of the Company's employees, the ones that "cut the check".
I was hired by the community, not by the company. So this event would be my version of a “Quinceañera", my coming out party to all the people that mattered. If that’s not nerve wrecking, I don’t know what is!
I was not totally blinded by the event; I had actually been assisting another agent in her event. Suggesting a theme and coordinating our outfits was as far as I had gone.
We decided on a 1970's theme!
So for my neighborhood I had miscellaneous Halloween favors, black garbage bags (to darken the windows) and a 1970s outfit!
I did what I learned in this business, I got to work, and called on my family for additional hands! My 16 year old sister and I spent the night putting spider webs over chairs and tables, running back and forth to Walmart and listeing to "This American Life" while working to pull a common theme out of the hosh posh of things, which we did not.
** I’m focusing on the theme of the event because it is VERY important. Other agents start to formulate a theme months in advance for good reason, other than the small prize for the best decorated model home. The main focus on the event is to get Realtors to come out to the models (by free prizes, free certificates, free foods, free treats and decorated homes) to see the new inventory so WHEN they encounter a future client they remember the home they visited that "the girl that was dressed as Foxy Cleopatra had 2 homes that were priced at $220,000 and $235,00, all brick around 2500 sq ft!" Get the idea???
Needless to say, I "Git-R-Done!”. By Friday morning I was dressed 2 hours early and only needed to grab a 24 pack of water to put in the model home. When I got to model to start the event at 9:30am it was a different story. I was SLAMMED, with Realtors rushing in, and doing what I knew would happen. Asking how to get the prizes! So for 4 hours it was nonstop traffic, in groups, it was an experience to say the least. A look into what I can hopefully expect working with this company and my career in general. A busy Realtor doesn’t always equal a prosperous one, but there are better odds!
So this week is a busy one for me, more so in the behind the scenes work.
I’ve recently attempted new marketing strategies, if any of them work I’m sure ill be the first to blog it!
