Realtors Don’t Befriend Other Realtors?

Good morning and Happy Thursday!  

Yesterday was a very full day!! In addition to globally connecting buyers and sellers to premier real estate opportunities, I attended a " Broker's Open," which is an open house initially for all of the agents in the area.  This was also featuring a Tesla (pictured below), available to test drive!  

For a full video of the event, go to my @LivingTracy Real Estate Facebook page.  

Anyway, it was a full day.  I am at a stage in my life, where I am changing my habits to those that serve me to be a more effective and accomplished person than those that I had before.  

I am actually quite enjoying my new regime!  I get up early...usually 4 or 5am.  Do some spiritual work, and then Yoga/Pilates fusion, with my daughter at organicallygrounded.com, which is a work out especially good for those with back issues and scoliosis.

I usually meet very nice people.  

I always expect that those that I come into contact with ARE.  However, last night I was in a situation, where I met two women when friends invited me to a happy hour. I decided to stop on my way home from the office at about 7pm.

 I have been trying to stay completely focused to my new goal which is helping people to find, sell or invest in the real estate property that they want and desire.  In line with that goal, I have also decided that I feel better when I don’t drink during the week, and it’s easier for me to get up and work out early.

In turn, when I received the invitation to happy hour, my initial reaction was that I didn’t want to go because I didn’t want to drink. But then I remembered the other night I went out, and drank tonic and lime the whole night and had a great time!  It didn't even seem like it wasn't a "fun" drink...I still had fun, and then I was able to go home feeling good, and woke the next morning still feeling great! I am concentrating on changing habits that have not suited me nor helped me to work at the highest level of performance.  

Anyway, I met my friends at "Bulla" on the Miracle Mile.  

I called my girlfriend who had invited me, who was inside as I was parking, and asked if I needed to pay for parking on the street, as I had been told they "never ticket you."  

My friend said, "nooooo, you don't need to pay."  

So, I quickly parked across the street, and then I pulled a seat up to the bar, next to a girlfriend of my girlfriend (a realtor) and then I declined a couple of offers from friends to buy me a drink.  There were about three other realtors in the small group that I was with.   This was the first time that I was feeling a real imbalance in the amount of realtors that are available.  

All were very good-natured, but there seemed to be a "thing," like we couldn't be friends...One of the guy realtors said to me about the lady- realtor who was sitting beside me...

"How long have you been friends?"  Like we couldn't be friends for long...

 The answer was a short time, and honestly, we are just acquaintances with a common friend. This is really the first time that I felt this.  Although I'll be honest, I have heard of a lot of competition within' real estate, but this was the first time I really FELT it.  Like we cannot be friends.  😕 

Fortunately, within' my real estate team, we are all very helpful, loving and supportive of each other, and there is really no animosity.  I have been told, by my partners who've been in real estate for years that our group is really not symbolic of what real estate is normally like.  

However, gratefully, I have found a wonderful group that I consider like family.

I was there for a short time, but my friends were quickly to the end of their bottle of wine, (they were there much longer than me), so I was preparing to leave as well.  I walked around the bar on my way to the restroom and saw a guy friend of mine, a lawyer, and he was sitting next to two attractive women.  The one who was sitting right next to him, "Maria," seemed nice.   So, In hopes of connecting, I offered my business card to both women. The one furthest from me, "Victoria," wouldn’t even accept my card, when Maria looked at it and announced that I was a realtor. 

I guess "Victoria," just recently had received her brokers license, which is a high esteem, because each agent first needs to work as an agent, for at least two years before striving for the lofty goal of broker.  Keller Williams is the broker that holds my real estate license.  Still, I have found a great group within Keller Williams called Lucido Global that has become MY group.  I like the integrity of both of these groups...what they teach their agents, and what they stand for.  I found Keller Williams listed as the #6 "Happiest place to work" in the world, on Forbes list, and then it's #1 group is Lucido Global, led by Bob Lucido.  Bob is an impressive success model.  His life story is one of ups and downs until he and his group found Keller Williams.  

Bob Lucido & Keller Williams BOTH teach character building, as well as real estate education, & both Gary Keller and Bob Lucido are humble men who still works every day. 

I would have loved to have talked to Victoria, because it sounded like we had something in common. However this woman wouldn’t even accept my business card, once she heard that I was a realtor. 

Is this what it has come to? 

Realtors don’t befriend other realtors?

This is completely foreign to me, because the group I have signed with, Keller Williams, only promotes positivity and working together.  

Then, within that, because I chose Lucido Global to work with as well, we have a very special group of very attractive people, well dressed, smart people who are all diligently working to globally connect buyers and sellers to premier real estate opportunities.

I love it. 💖

When Maria heard me tell my friend, "Sergio," that I was only drinking tonic and lime and no alcohol. She asked me why? "Are you an alcoholic?" When I attempted to explain to her that I feel better when I wake in the morning after not drinking, she continued to tell me she thought I was an alcoholic.  

This woman was not going to let my choice not to drink be anything but negative.  

I couldn't believe nor understand it.

Coincidentally, the leader of my real estate group, Monique, called me as I was standing talking to those people, and I didn’t accept the call, because I was talking.  But when I got out to my car, I lifted the parking ticket off my window, and vowed to never not pay for parking again...no matter how short my visit!

Lesson learned.  Don't listen to friends who say they never pay for parking!!!😂

I called the Lucido Global team leader of the group at the Keller Williams Capital in Coral Gables, Miami, Monique back, and she was just calling to see how my day was and wanted to know why I sounded so low.  

Monique was checking on me.  Like a family...she wanted to make sure that I was good.

This is the real estate team that I am proud to be a part of.

I'm going to stick with them...it's a jungle out there!!!

*Call me if you’re interested in finding out more about working with our team or globally connecting real estate opportunities @ 305–9 75–3404

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