“At its core, sales is a contact sport”. For asecond their bugs and especially in the context of this thread, I took your meaning of RE sales as a “contact sport” literally! Seriously though, I can tell you JWM, anyone who has the nerve to go door to door will not get their feelings hurt by you. If you get agressive they will blow you off as a lunatic.

I absolutely agree with Raybyrnes that sales people should not bother their friends. Business will come from contacts but not through annoying insistence that it does. Besides my friends are just as crazy as anyone else when it comes to RE deals and are not the kind of clients I would automatically want.Some separation is often a good thing.

I hate it when agents pretend to be “True” friends with people. I once was doing a transaction and the realtor on the other side snickered and said . “This is easy these old geezers are lonely and think I am like their son or something.”

What I don’t care for with regards to the candy bar sales kids is that they say…”would you buy this candy bar to help me stay off drugs or so that I won’t come back and rob you” Whoever runs those groups of kids should be ashamed of the aggressive pan handling that is actually transpiring.