Some Gratitude to My Agents
I wanted to take a minute to talk about how grateful I am to have such a great team of agents.
One of the things I didn’t expect when I became a broker was how many times someone somewhere would try to slip something by someone. Perhaps I just hadn’t done enough transactions in my career to that point, or perhaps the declining market in the last couple of years has brought out the worst in some people, but it often amazes me the types of things people try to get away with.
Less amazing, but still very, very gratifying, is how often and how well my agents have caught the smell of something that just doesn’t seem right, told me about it, and worked with me to make sure our clients’ interest are protected.
It’s not that we’re do-gooders, who are setting out to revolutionize a systematically corrupt industry. There are many fine agents out there who don’t work for Elite Properties. And of course as a businessman I think it would be great if everyone chose to work with us, since then I’d be wildly successful and have to hire zillions of people and have more money than I can spend. But failing that, let me just express my wish that even if you don’t have an Elite Properties agent, may you get an agent who’s good and ethical and careful enough to be one. Being around folks who do such a great job makes being in the real estate business worthwhile.
