If We’re Going to Complain About the Red Lights, Let’s
Celebrate the Green Ones as Well'
“What do you think Ryan?” It sounds like such a light hearted question, but can bear the weight of a boulder. My answers to these innocent questions can clearly sway my client’s decision-making throughout the sale or purchase of their next home. With this gift of trust comes great responsibility. However, sometimes I don’t want to answer the question because I know it is going to bring them pain in the short term. A recent example of this involved a home badly in need of a bulldozer in which my clients were starting to exhibit strong buying signs. They were first time home buyers and did not see the possible perils ahead on this particular home. After I expressed my opinion on the sheer amount of money it would take to rehab the property given my experience in building, they looked deflated. I knew the feeling too well when I was looking for my first rehab property to purchase the Dallas home. I failed six times before finding the home that I would help bring back to its former glory. This is where that thought came from. I communicated to them that if they would go along with my suggestion that went against their current inclination to purchase; they would avoid knee deep debt and be rewarded with a Dallas property that would more than match their current enthusiasm when the right one was found. From experiences like this one, I am thankful for the opportunities to have a chance to do the right thing by my clients and it has built confidence in these relationships that don’t come overnight.
I’ve learned a great deal about building my own Real Estate business on a strong foundation where doing the right thing seems to help everything else fall in place. There have been times where I have felt taken advantage of when maybe a friend has used another agent only to ask me to run the numbers to see if they were getting the discount that they hoped for or asked me to perform some other task. These are the times when I need a gut check and to remember why I’m alive and working at all. Why am I working? Is it for God who has blessed me with the hands and mind to work or for my own personal glory? Man, I’ll tell you that is a question that I must answer daily.
As Covenant Realty Corporation has grown since our inception in 1997, it has been exciting to see the growing number of repeat customers and their associates that come to us by word of mouth alone. Therefore, the aforementioned philosophy must have a great deal of substance in making our North Texas Real Estate company grow with a referral base that is getting bigger by the month. If you have been a past client, we want to take a moment to say thank you again.
For our future clients, please take a moment to visit our website and get to know us a little bit better at www.CovenantRealtyCorp.com In the end, we are a family company looking to take care of our friends and associates in the Dallas and Plano real estate market. We have recently added a video about Covenant Realty on our web site home page... Please feel free to review it to gain a better understanding of what our company is about. We hope to see you in the future for all of your Real Estate needs.
Sincerely,
Ryan Kirkpatrick
Covenant Realty Corporation - For Your Peace of Mind
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