Let’s Get Real about Teams! I hope your favorite NFL squad is playing this coming playoff weekend…GO NINERS! But the ones I want to Get Real about right now are Real Estate Teams.
They have become all the rage in the past decade in our industry, but I wonder how many of them are truly teams if it’s called the John Doe Team or the Jane Smith Team. Truthfully many real estate teams are more about image, ego, or revenue sharing; an actual team may not even exist beyond the name.
Not all of you know that in 2018 I took a nine-month sabbatical to live abroad on a sail boat with my family. I spent the six years prior to casting off building and teaching a team to operate without me. While I was away, I did not run my business or interact with clients, and our firm did great without me! It was a testament to the systems we’ve built to not be dependent on any one person, even the leader of the company.
I’ve been back for five years now and am very active and involved again in our operations and serving our clients, but I can’t do what I do at the level I do it without the entire Blue Waters Group! Our clients are better served by us as a team than by me trying to be a one-man-show. The next time you need a REALTOR or Mortgage Broker, give me a call and put the experience of our entire team to work for you.
Matt Sundermier's Memos on Real Estate & on Life 