Realtors play many roles in many lives

If you are a regular listener of Real Estate Insight, you might have heard an unfamiliar voice this week, I was out of the country and Rich was off for his birthday so I put out a company-wide plea for someone to guest stint on the radio with Steve. The first response came from Chris Wall from our Providence office.  Chris did a great job filling in for me, fielding calls and giving exactly the same advice I would have given, and if he sounded familiar, it is because Chris was an on air reporter at   WJAR Channel 10   for many years before he entered Real Estate. In the past ten years I have been amazed at the number of young people getting into Real Estate right out of college, they are young and eager and are armed with all the latest technology and are ready to take on the world, in my day there were few people who got into Real Estate right out of College. I was an art major, Chris was a reporter, we were teachers, lawyers, social workers, and somehow we ended up in Real Estate.   Most of us had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the technology age, and those who did not learn how to adapt have been pretty much forced into retirement.   While we have taken many different roads, we all ended up here, using all of the resources available to service our client's to the best of our abilities. This Week's Real Estate Insight: As we draw from our past experiences to help our clients navigate the purchase and sale of their homes, Realtors wear many hats, photographers, market analysts, tour guides, neighborhood experts, therapists, and negotiators. If we did not truly believe in and enjoy what we do, no amount of money would compensate for the stress of being so many things to clients guiding them through one of the most important financial step in their lives.