Preferred Vendors Reception at SMS

Last night I had the opportunity to be part of Supreme Manor Services Preferred Vendors Reception. Some of the other attendees....Lynn Richardson, my cohort on Wealth & Real Estate, her husband Demetrius (a home inspector), Alex "Dr. Equity" Coffey (who is always everywhere), Cecilia Marlow, Galenda Love, Cathe Evans Williams, Freddie Taylor, Attorney Krystal Rivers, whom I hadn't seen in ages though we've had mutual clients this year. There were a couple of other attorneys, lenders and actually, home inspectors. We home inspectors had our own little lobbying contingent.

Observations from last night....

1. SMS is a quality real estate office, not because they gave me free food, but because they are professional and they make my job a lot easier when I work with them. Sheila has a strong vision and the one thing that impresses me about her is her willingness to share her knowledge and platform, not only with her staff, but others like myself. Just about every agent has been on the radio show with Lynn and myself with an opportunity to shine for themselves.

2. The people that I'm consistently seeing at events like this are true professionals who care about their clients and the real estate process.

3. These same people, though we all know the market has changed, do not appear to be afraid of developing business in 2008 and beyond. (I've noticed over the last 6 months or so, there has been an increase in MLM opportunities that are being sponsored by R.E. professionals as a buffer against what is happening in the market. I see the rationale, but for myself, I look at it in this way....I only have x amount of time in a day. I can spend that time continuing to build my Home Inspection business of which I have knowledge or I can spend that time trying to build a MLM business of which I know nothing about)

4. Freddie Taylor and Alex Coffey are two of the most passionate and knowledgeable appraisers that I know. I think if most R.E. professionals operated this way, maybe some of the excesses that occurred would not have occurred.

That's it for now.....