By Coach A:
Sunday was Fiesta on the Hill in Bernal Ht’s. Go figure it was the first crappy weather day we’ve had in October – windy and rather chilly – great hot chocolate weather. Sensing the last thing most people want to do at a street festival is discuss real estate and understanding that there would be at least 5 other real estate booths (we’re like ants – once you see one – they all appear), Garrett and I decided we’d focus on FUN for the day. No Doom, No Gloom, FUN FUN FUN.
We had skeet ball for the kids with fun candy prizes and for mom and dad – a wheel of goodness to spin. 
We offered portions of our commission back based on the number spun and had some great bonus prizes on the wheel as well. Folks seemed to enjoy it, we gave away some gifts and potentially tens of thousands of dollars in commission rebates. People helping people baby.
We were positioned next to a bake sale booth for Obama with some of the smartest 10 and 11 year old kids I’ve ever met. These kids were aware of the issues and were not just reciting mom and dad’s mantra. I was impressed. To our west was a guy who provided the first installment of Festival Drama. He was selling clothes and positioned on the corner — smack dab next to the Lumpia BBQ — you starting to sense the problem? His clothes would have smelled like meat on a stick had he hung them. Instead, he had a heated argument with festival directors and then tore down his booth and left pretty fired up. Ahh Drama — but wait, there’s more:
The Jersey Salute:
I really want to salute (Jersey style) one of our local competitors. I thought I had figured out every reason why people hate Realtors – but fear not, I’ve identified another. One of our fellow Bernal Realtors decided to stroll over to our booth, which in itself I have no problem with at all – you should be aware what competitors are doing – that’s smart business. Here’s where it crosses the line and earns the Jersey 1 finger Salute – when you come up to our booth, take one of our postcards, read it while standing directly in front of us and then start to question the statistic on the card. Thankfully, my biz partner is a cool, calm cat from So-Cal and he listened to this agents concerns and offered her some answers. I had some thoughts about how to respond but decided to hold my tongue, until now. If you want to question what we’re mailing out, how bout coming over to our office during business hours as opposed to questioning our facts and intent while a 6 year old tries to win a Tootsie Roll. If you really don’t understand basic statistics, you are welcome to take a remedial math class and brush up or come over and for $25 bucks an hour I’ll explain how to use the Multiple Listing Service. From me to you, a 1 finger Jersey Salute!
How you doin?
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