Get Back To The Present: Dealing With Big Change In The Real Estate Industry

 

In today’s real estate industry, there is so much chatter about disruption, and a lot of questions about the big picture that now is being neglected. Why should we avoid falling into the trap of being too focused on coming changes that we forget the present? How do we find opportunity between now and the point those changes start to affect us? How can we cope with the changes sweeping the market, while still controlling what we can? On this episode, we discuss the importance of not getting so caught up in where we’re going that we forget the opportunities we have right now.
 

Massive change means we need to be having different conversations to thrive in the new business. -Greg Harrelson 

 

Takeaways + Tactics 

• Big changes always take longer than we think. The point when the industry changes so much that it impacts us in a noticeable manner, is actually a lot further away. 
  
  
• When you're in a different financial position, you view change very differently
  
  
• Disruption doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re going to go out of business. It just means we have to find solutions that work within that new space. The people who adapt and succeed are those who can adapt to the new conversation.
  
  

The truth that many agents miss out on when they are so focused on the changes, is that there is actually a lot of opportunities for growth right now. If we are able to shift the conversations we’re having and the methodologies we’re using, disruptions won’t put us out of business. If we focus on the present and on getting better results now, we will generate enough money that a change in the industry wouldn’t be devastating. We have to get over the initial emotion of a disruption and then reset to finding the solution. If we become the solution, we will gain market share.