Real Estate - What a Life!

Everyone should be a Realtor at one time in their life. Why do I suggest this? You will never meet a more diverse, opinionated, greedy, selfish, backstabbing, wonderful, caring, group of people in one place. I don’t care if it is a small family-owned business, or one of the more established well known mega-monsters serving in your area.

In my time as a Realtor, I found this to be true each and every time. All Realtors are normally great people, but each has their own story to tell, and once you get into a lunch room or in your own office with them one on one, they are happy to tell it. Once they do that, then it’s on to bigger and better things. No one is safe from the cross-fire, as each person has someone in the business or even in the same office they love to talk about. The talk can be both positive and negative.

Also, they, as a group, love to participate in social gatherings. Especially if someone else is buying! Any ole thing, lunches, meetings, presentations, is good if there is a drawing and free drinks and food involved. Realtors love free food.

Now I am not just saying these things out of spite. I was a Realtor for almost ten years, and I was smack in the middle of it. I too, loved the free food and drink, and I did my share of talking about people, so I am not throwing stones. It is the culture of the real estate business that simply brings out these characteristics in people. Does this make them bad? Of course not! It is merely a piece of humanity that is allowed to come out during normal conversation. And hey, everyone likes free food and drink. Don’t we?

Realtors are also very friendly, very helpful people. There are numerous causes that Realtors, as a whole, participate in. In addition, if someone they run across in their daily comings and goings is in need or knows of someone who is, the Realtors are more than happy to help in whatever way they can. Be it money, time, or expertise, all of these thing come out to showcase what Realtors are all about.

I can think of numerous times when this was borne out, and the National Association of Realtors prints a magazine highlighting people such as these in every neighborhood in this great country of ours. It is a real blessing to be involved in a cause greater that us, and that is borne out every day in the life of a Realtor.

Realtors are, for the most part, very smart people also. Each state has their own licensing procedures, but I have to believe those in Ohio are among the toughest. A lot of time and study goes into the taking of the licensing examination, let alone passing it. Once that has been accomplished, more classes must be taken in order to meet the continuing education requirements put forth by the state. I took all that on after finishing my earlier career, and certainly at an older age than most. I found it very satisfying to be able to say I was a Realtor. I found it even more satisfying to be able to find clients that needed my assistance in finding their first, or next, home. There is no greater feeling that knowing you helped to fulfill the American Dream.

Dave Dildine - Dave was a full-time Realtor for nearly nine years. Enough time to learn what kind of people become a realtor and why.

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