SD Thanks for your reply and for giving me more insight into the dynamics here. I realized that the crowd is a little more educated, to much more educated and wealthy, than the general populace. More than myself on average I am sure. At a point I decided that completing a degree was a liability for myself so I guess I will never catch up .I have done extremely well from where I started.I would be stratified out if we were in a room instead on the blog. I don’t really care. We all know this stratification has a profound effect on who our clients are. So we deal with it we adjust for our own personality quirks and skills and connections. Like you I have sold in all ranges but mostly to first time buyer,working class people and stable middle class folks. The boom ruined it for me because I just couldn’t sell people this stuff and I think that is where we differ.It made me sick to see all these whores running around (men and women to be pc),with the portraits plastered on their suv’s pimpimg houses.Pardon my language. I only have one client that will ever be upside down and it pains me greatly even though I screamed at them not to buy. Actually they were upside down faster than the ink dried on the docs. I did everything but walk away. They are in a bad way. I don’t want to add to the list so I am cautious. I am too sensitive for this business ultimately. I refuse to exploit my strengths because of it. What is a guy supposed to do?
That is why I don’t just think there will be a bust, I need there to be one if I am to practice much real estate.The people that I know who could safely trade up are staying put for now. I have never prospected/farmed in the traditional ways, not one bit. I probably don’t need the income as long as we live modestly and actually that is a habit.I am a general contractor, I hope to keep myself employed building a small portfolio of middle class rentals to keep for income & retirement. Maybe I will get bigger ideas who knows. I am pretty much doing the same thing with the blog as you, learning, joking around, sharing something if I can. I branch out into the other than housing market topics maybe a little more than either you or sdr.I won’t be willing to or able to spend as much time here as I have in the last few weeks but I look forward to seeing you around so to speak.
