Comments on: A Personal Glimpse at 2009 http://www.lubasf.com/blog/a-personal-glimpse-at-2009.php San Francisco Realtor Reports on San Francisco Real Estate and San Francisco Living Wed, 04 May 2011 16:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Luba http://www.lubasf.com/blog/a-personal-glimpse-at-2009.php/comment-page-1#comment-2168 Luba Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:51:40 +0000 http://www.lubasf.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-2168 Farrah! Thank you so much for the kind words - and putting one of the biggest problems in our biz the best way possible: we try to be all things to all people. It gets old. It gets frustrating for the agent, and it gets even more frustrating for the client, and then we wonder why our industry has a rep that's no better than what that of a sleazy used car salesman. I'm glad I've made the decisions I have, fired clients that were toxic and let people see the real me. I guess I'll never be THE top producing agent in San Francisco, but I don't want to be. There's enough good clients around to keep me happy without selling my soul to the devil. Best part - I wrote this article after firing someone and then getting an email back from him saying "agents like you are a dime a dozen." And it felt so good to not even have to give him a response and to just smile and be happy not to be working with a total a**hole. Best of luck to you for 2010! I just discovered your blog (I know, I know, I'm late!!!!) So I'll be keeping an eye on it! You seem to be keeping it real AND professional too, and it's always good to know there are more good agents out there. ;-) Farrah! Thank you so much for the kind words – and putting one of the biggest problems in our biz the best way possible: we try to be all things to all people. It gets old. It gets frustrating for the agent, and it gets even more frustrating for the client, and then we wonder why our industry has a rep that’s no better than what that of a sleazy used car salesman.

I’m glad I’ve made the decisions I have, fired clients that were toxic and let people see the real me. I guess I’ll never be THE top producing agent in San Francisco, but I don’t want to be. There’s enough good clients around to keep me happy without selling my soul to the devil.

Best part – I wrote this article after firing someone and then getting an email back from him saying “agents like you are a dime a dozen.” And it felt so good to not even have to give him a response and to just smile and be happy not to be working with a total a**hole.

Best of luck to you for 2010! I just discovered your blog (I know, I know, I’m late!!!!) So I’ll be keeping an eye on it! You seem to be keeping it real AND professional too, and it’s always good to know there are more good agents out there. ;-)

]]> By: Farrah http://www.lubasf.com/blog/a-personal-glimpse-at-2009.php/comment-page-1#comment-2167 Farrah Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:17:42 +0000 http://www.lubasf.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-2167 Congrats on all of your achievements (no matter how silly)! You've done an excellent job in a tough business. Realtors, generally, have a terrible reputation and it can be tough for those of us who are genuine to gain the trust of clients who have had bad experiences with other agents. To cast the widest net possible, since our business is our livelihood, the urge is to try to be all things to all people and to depersonalize ourselves. I applaud you for fearlessly being true to yourself and for letting the unique aspects of your personality shine through instead of revealing nothing about yourself and pandering to each and every client. It also takes guts to turn down business in this industry and I'm so inspired to see that you were both able to achieve great success while working exactly the way you wanted to. Keeping it real (and professional) is very sexy! Congrats on all of your achievements (no matter how silly)! You’ve done an excellent job in a tough business. Realtors, generally, have a terrible reputation and it can be tough for those of us who are genuine to gain the trust of clients who have had bad experiences with other agents. To cast the widest net possible, since our business is our livelihood, the urge is to try to be all things to all people and to depersonalize ourselves. I applaud you for fearlessly being true to yourself and for letting the unique aspects of your personality shine through instead of revealing nothing about yourself and pandering to each and every client. It also takes guts to turn down business in this industry and I’m so inspired to see that you were both able to achieve great success while working exactly the way you wanted to. Keeping it real (and professional) is very sexy!

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