I recently had someone ask me what it was like to be the #1 Realtor on Hilton Head Island for 20 years in a row.  I simply replied that it means absolutely nothing.  Being #1 means nothing if I do not deliver for the people I am working with.

Real Estate clients sometimes have unrealistic expectations about what their Realtor can accomplish.  Any good Realtor will try to lay all the cards on the table and explain what he or she can do to help a client put the odds in their favor – finding the right property or getting their property sold.

You pay for advice; for bad advice you pay dearly.  That is why it is important to have a Realtor who really understands the market – not a part time Realtor who is just practicing on you.

This is true in any profession.  You would not want a medical doctor practicing on you – you would want someone who is an expert in their particular field.  Why would you want someone who had just read an article on how to do something.  If you were having major heart surgery, you would want to know if that particular surgeon had done this procedure before.  In the medical field they have to serve an internship.  Unfortunately, in real estate, an internship for some real estate agents simply means taking a 2-week course.

As I told my friend the other day, #1 means nothing unless I am #1 in your book.