Estate agency. My views

I'm writing this blog, right now because I'm standing inside an empty house waiting for yet another viewer to turn up. I'm looking around at the freshly painted magnolia walls, cleaned carpet and clean windows and I'm thinking....... It's a Saturday, why bother? Why be an estate agent. I know I'm a good sales person, I have my cv to prove it so why do I need to be waiting around empty houses on a Saturday morning when I could be at home with my family and work a monday - Friday job. I'm not paid amazingly well so why bother.

Well I'll tell you why....

For some reason I'm addicted to estate agency. I love the houses (good and bad) I love dealing with all kinds of people I hate the downsides, the angry customers and the ones who firmly believe no matter what you tell them, you are going to shaft them some how. But I love the industry.

I'm addicted to checking rightmove, I'm addicted to looking at good quality photographed houses, I'm addicted to the bad photos, I'm addicted to the language used to describe houses and above all I'm addicted to the buzz you get when you sell a house.

I'm addicted to the stress of working for myself, every minute of every day will lead to a successful or bad month. I love and hate that feeling when you are lying in bed and something pings in your mind to remind you to do a certain task the next day.

Estate agency is a bug, a disease that grips you and doesn't let go. 

Run your own agency, manage your own staff, listen to new ideas, sell houses, rent houses, take the good times and take the shit, get qualified.

Live eat breath and sleep estate agency.

The way I see it is I've got another 30 years left in this industry to make my mark and provide for my family, 

Anyway, back to reality and ,y next viewer hasn't turned up either!!

Happy Saturday fellow property professionals