Yesterday, I had the privilege of spending the day with some of the coolest people you’d care to spend six hours on a Friday with. Everyone had laptops, there were wires everywhere, Twitter was going strong, and we were learning new ways to distribute information via channels like blogs, wikis and more … perfect for a techno-geek like me.
Know what we all had in common, besides our love of technology?
We were all REALTORs. Welcome to the new face of real estate – these are the people that are changing the way business is done in our industry throughout the state, I’m honored to have had the chance to work with them.
With a national housing market re-adjustment (remember, there is a world outside of Blacksburg), those left in real estate will be the professionals, who really WANT to be there, who are savvy, who desire to expand their knowledge with technology knowing that it serves their customer, and realize, that with any industry, a market will ebb and flow.
p.s. I read about Loudoun taxes last week in the Post and thought how lovely Montgomery County, VA was. Prices in Loudoun have fallen back to where they were in 2004. You know people that did not sell at the top of the market are kicking themselves now. But, the surge of people, and little kiddies, still remain. They have to pay for the roads and schools somehow.
With a national housing market re-adjustment (remember, there is a world outside of Blacksburg), those left in real estate will be the professionals, who really WANT to be there, who are savvy, who desire to expand their knowledge with technology knowing that it serves their customer, and realize, that with any industry, a market will ebb and flow.
p.s. I read about Loudoun taxes last week in the Post and thought how lovely Montgomery County, VA was. Prices in Loudoun have fallen back to where they were in 2004. You know people that did not sell at the top of the market are kicking themselves now. But, the surge of people, and little kiddies, still remain. They have to pay for the roads and schools somehow.