Divulging Vacation Plans (Or Not) Maybe it’s just my imagination, but the Realtor I’ve been working on a deal with the past month or so was conspicuously silent offering details about his upcoming vacation. And I didn’t ask. Instead, the other agent professionally (and congenially) relayed the bare minimum: when he was going to...Read More
Realtor R&R Once upon a time — like 25 years ago when I was an auditor and a CPA — one of the requirements for good, internal corporate control at a small entity was that the bookkeeper was required to take at least 2 weeks of annual vacation. The motivation wasn’t the health and well-being...Read More
The Limits of Vacation Coverage Veteran Realtors know that the best way to ensure that your client will want to buy a house is to show it to them just before you have to head to the airport for a flight. To that, I’d add this corollary: the best way to guaranty that there’ll be a client emergency...Read More