Real Estate is a great job. You pick when you want to work, who you want to work with and how much you get paid........Right? NOT!!!!
If you believe this, than you are worse off than you think.
Real Estate is a business, just like any other business. You have assets and liabilities. And you must start out with inventory.
Real estate agents have the advantage over large corporations.... they can "borrow" other realtors listings to advertise or hold open house (with the permission of the listing agent and home owner). Eventually, with a lot of hard work, they are able to obtain their own listing inventory.
As they start building inventory, homes start to sell. Now, they are doing two jobs.....caring for the current inventory and working the closings. If the homes are priced right, the contracts keep closing.....and 
suddenly they are back to focusing on obtaining new listings. Keeping the real estate wheel turning to list more homes and coordinate closings eventually, without maintenance, there's going to be a break down.
Now, the realtor decides they need a spare wheel to keep their business on track. Third Hat...He hires a buyer's assistant, systems are put into place, the business continues to prosper, but the agent is still tied to the phone making more calls, closing more contracts. Fourth Hat....He becomes a managing Broker within his team. He hires more agents to take over responsibilities. Fifth Hat... He becomes a 
negotiator. Taking care of clients, agents.
Does this sound like your business team? Are you weathering the storm? There are so many hats a realtor wears...what have I forgotten?
I've taken some time off from blogging to catch up on the year end tasks and start planning for the new year. Business is still good. Without planning and redesigning the team, our business would not have remained stable. And with all the new technology, our great website and the knowledge we've gained from Active Rain, we are still selling Springfield Missouri Real Estate and Springfield Mo Homes.
Kay Van Kampen
Kay Van Kampen is a local Realtor serving Springfield, Ozark, Nixa, Rogersville, Republic and surrounding areas in Greene, Christian and Webster Counties in Missouri. She is ready and available to help you with all your Springfield Mo real estate needs. To contact her go to www.kayvankampen.com. If you would like a free list of homes for sale in this area/neighborhood, would like more information about Springfield, Ozark, Nixa, Rogersville, Republic, Willard and surrounding areas or would like to be the first to know about hot new listings before other buyers do, then give me a call at: 417.839.4534.
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for October 2007
Kay Van Kampen
were recently interviewed by a local newspaper about the state of the market. Quoting from the previous month's numbers from the local Springfield MLS, the market has slowed approximately 1% from the previous year! ONE PERCENT! 
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