Anniversary

Hey!  Who Are All Those Strange People in My Office??**

While I’ve been an entrepreneur (arguably, I still am), CPA, corporate attorney, investor relations consultant, furniture mover, cab driver, and kibbutz volunteer, I’ve never done any of those things for 14(!) years.

And 14 years in real estate really isn’t like 14 years in most other fields:  90% of Realtors are out in less than two years, which automatically means (way) less than 10% make it to 5 years or 10 — let alone 14.

(Interestingly, once you’ve made it to say, 10 years, the odds of continuing in the field seem to be quite high.)

Constant Inconstants

The biggest surprise?

Just when you think you know everything, you’re presented with abundant evidence that you don’t.

Or, everything seems to change, thanks(?) to technology.

Fortunately, the (relative) constants in residential real estate are:  1) people, and human nature generally; and 2) real estate law, the fundamentals of which have been established for a couple of millennia (or so I was taught in law school).

See also, “Realtor Job Description“; “The Serenity Prayer – Realtors’ Version.”

**One of the side effects of being in the business so long is that more and more people in your office look like newcomers.

That’s true even if they’ve been selling for a couple years.

About the author

Ross Kaplan has 19+ years experience selling real estate all over the Twin Cities. He is also a 12-time consecutive "Super Real Estate Agent," as determined by Mpls. - St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine. Prior to becoming a Realtor, Ross was an attorney (corporate law), CPA, and entrepreneur. He holds an economics degree from Stanford.

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