We’ve all heard the jokes. “My realtor sold me a ‘two story house’, one story before the sale, another story after.” And way too many of these jokes are deserved. Unfortunately, there are too many not very ethical realtors in the business today. This makes the job of the ethical ones twice as difficult and makes it a frustrating challenge for sellers and buyers as well.
Providing excellent real estate service requires an agent to be a good listener, to be responsive to the clients’ needs, to develop a great strategy tailored to each unique property or buyer and to document and communicate all of these efforts with the client. The agents I work with are successful because we are always accessible to our clients, we listen to their needs, we consult with the clients honestly and in a straight forward manner, we do our homework and we put in the time to market your home or find the home you are looking for using the latest technologies to find the right match. We all take to heart the idea of treating everyone we work with as we’d like to be treated ourselves. Too many realtors forget this important principle when working with clients.
My integrity is all I have in this business. It is more important to me than any commission I might earn in trade for my principles. I believe it is because of this, that ultimately I will become a real estate agent people look to work with. In the meantime I hope to earn my value in this industry. I accept and look forward to meeting that challenge!
Jason A. Burkins
Realtor
