Change is inevitable. Do you run from it or embrace it?

Unfortunately, not a day goes by without an overwhelming amount of complaining and pessimism from fellow real estate agents on social media.

The highest concentrations of whining can be found in industry Facebook groups… especially the public ones for some odd reason!

Most of the complaining and bad-mouthing I see is rooted in fear and scarcity thinking. Fear of a new way of doing things. Fear of the unknown. Fear of new competition. Fear of new technology. Fear of new business models.

From some of the most evergreen topics that agents latch on to, (Zillow, flat-fee listings, iBuyers… etc.), it would be reasonable for an outsider to assume that we’re all going to be out of business by next weekend.

While I truly do understand some of the criticisms and complaints, it’s really getting out of hand. In many cases, it’s flat out embarrassing. Embarrassing to real estate agents as a profession.