Relationships

I read this and it is so good, I'm going to publish it here 1. THE big topic of this week and many others in the real estate blogosphere is what kind of future, if any, there is for real estate professionals. Kevin Boer from Three Oceans Real Estate has the most intelligent post on that topic that I have seen in a while. Absolutely, he argues, the internet is having a massive effect. And certainly, there will be big changes (and I would argue, a shakeout). But real estate professionals are not going away, because, he writes, "...the real estate business is not really about homes, and transactions, and escrows, and mortgages. It’s not about negotiation, and home inspections, and contracts, and deadlines. It is, instead, primarily a business of relationships." I wholeheartedly agree that those who build and value relationships in our industry will be around for a long time... the capacity in which we serve our clients will continue to change dramatically and at lightning speed. Those who resist change will die a pretty quick death, which may be some happy news for the realtor haters. But we're certainly not all going away.