Topic Title: Real estate agents, positive attitude

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Wake up call.
I hear too much from agents about bubbles, downturns, negative news,
blah, blah, blah.
You people should know better! It is your job to market property.
Do not buy in to a general malaise and help perpetuate the negativity
of the media and other naysayers. Remember, some of these segments
have an agenda.
Let me give you an example.
I own property at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I bought it years
ago when the values were actually depressed. The decision to buy was
a no brainer. The values started going up and skyrocketed soon after.
The stock market was down, second homes were popular (and still are)
and as I said, values had been too low. All of a sudden last year the
market slowed. Well, duh, it was time for a correction. The stock market
was up, too many people were speculating on rising property values,
etc.
All of a sudden, the agents faces were long, the atmosphere was
dismal and I am thinking, hello, NC is booming, Kill Devil Hills has been
ranked as one of the best places to live, etc.
Educate the public!
Even in NC many people thought it was a 6 hour trip to the OBX from
Greensboro. It is 4 hours. At least inform the people in your own state.
Now is a great time to buy. People still need housing and many baby
boomers are going to start migrating.
I always go back to the scene in the movie "Its a wonderful life",
where Mr. Potter is talking to Jimmy Stewart about all the suckers
panicking and how the 2 of them did not.
Wake up and smell the commissions.

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