Ask An Ambassador: Positive or Negative?

Your point is very well taken.    I especially wonder about agents ranting of difficult clients.    Is it the belief the next client will better learn how to appease their agent, or will the next client simply avoid agents who rail against them?

Self-inquiry before posting is an excellent idea!

And this is what should be behind the final decision on any post we decide to write "What if this post is the FIRST post of mine someone ever reads?"

Bill the very first phone call I had with Brad Andersohn  was always be positive which is how I am anyway.  Have a seen a lot of 'stuff' over the years, of course, especially as a broker with agents.  Is it worth me dragging 'stuff' out. No. I am not going to waste my energy or time on any of that stuff blogging. If I have a question. I will reach out to another broker or agent and get some feedback. The question I do have for you is  what is an example fluent sarcasm - Little Miss Bad Manners?  I thought that was funny!!

Bill:

Ranting and negativism in our blogging, and social media, is not likely going to serve a useful purpose, other than perhaps making the writer feel better. The risk to reputation, potential income, and perhaps the company you are affiliated with, is not worth it. Better to carefully think through what you are saying and why before it's too late. Or write your rant post and delete it!

Jeff 

Liz and Bill Spear 
How interesting!
I often have to face that truth myself!
And what's the common denominator to all those things??  ME.
All the best - Lynn

Bill- your question that you ask yourself is one we should all remember...

 What if this post is the FIRST post of mine someone ever reads?

There’s enough negativity on Twitter alone these days and a lot of it  on the news too. I’m all about the positivity and the constructive advice that I get from all of you on here. :

The value of the written word. All of us re-invent real estate blogging style on the blank screen every session sitting down at the keyboard right? You have a purpose way beyond entertainment or soul searching or sharing your two cents opinion on a topic. To deliver something of value. then adding more posts based on what works, that gets results. Real estate is all about the three "L"s but timing, relationships, your topic choice should be all about your audience needs. Realizing you are the local expert, with insider information for the audience to tap into from someone who can sincerely help buyers and sellers because of all of our individual / collective valuable experiences Liz and Bill Spear !

Great post Bill! I too have deleted comments. I'm sure some things get through. I'm generally an optimist but I'm prone to ranting sometimes too. Sometimes writing something and deleting it takes care of the need to rant.

I love how you ask yourself, "What if this is the first post someone ever reads". 

And of course, there are text that can come across wrong. There have been times I've just picked up the phone and said, thought I better call because a text can sometimes come across wrong.

Great job!

Gotta love the switch to Pending and then not returning phone calls, texts or emails...real classy.

The fact that you take time to evaluate how a post will be perceived is a lot more than most people will do, haha.

I need to push away from the keyboard sometimes...and I don't.  Shame on me.

Liz and Bill Spear  Enough in real life. Guess we could all write a book .Emphasize the positive I think someone wrote a song about that - Good one Bill - sometime I do have to control my finger .. Do miss Brad Andersohn   

Been there done that on most of your potential rants, but I always remember what my Mom use to say " If you don't have anything nice to say; don't say anything at all ! "

I would Love to have a SARCASIM FONT!  Bring it on!

Here's a good one for your rant side. Buyer shows up for the inspection. Young woman, first time buyer, father is with her and he's a plumber. I explained to them both in the driveway that we will be leaving the home in the exact condition it's in when we walk in, among a bunch of several other instructions and info about the inspection. Halfway through I get a call from the listing agent that tells me to get the man out of the house who is sitting in the study at their desk looking in the file drawers and reading mail on the desk. I walk around the corner with his daughter and inform him he just got me in some trouble and he has to leave the house. He says he's just making sure his little girl is protected and the sellers aren't hiding anything. Sorry pal, outside. 

Lesson learned, make sure that our driveway speech is changed to include keeping hands off of personal belongings in the home. That's an easy to write blog and reinforces the fact we respect the seller's home and are incharge at the inspection.

Rants feel good - and they can be fun to read - but ultimately unproductive. I try not to even if I really want to get it off my chest.

What a coincidence your post pops up TODAY!  LOL!   Couldn't have said it better.  And besides, it takes more energy to be negative than posting something positive that benefits others ;) 

Great post as always Bill.  Have a great rest of your day.  

Liz & Bill,

Interesting post! Over the years I have been posting, there have been many times when I've made negative comments or shared unpleasant experiences......but in doing so, I was attempting to share an event in order that others can learn or benefit from what someone else may have dealt with. 

On an almost daily basis, I am exposed to some of the most "confusing" logic shared by a sundry of buyers, sellers, fellow practitioners and various participants involved with the process. I've learned over the years, that much of our populace considers themselves "experts" on just about any subject. With this said......a seasoned realtor has to accept behavior, often bordering on "nitwittery"...... with a touch of "hand-wringing" thrown in for good measure, during the course of any given day. 

Posting is a medium which allows for free expression. Among that expression, the release of stress, tension or frustration in written form, will do wonders for one's state of mind.

I've always attempted to provide those viewing my posts......with a "learning experience", even when negativity or unfortunate factors make up part of my writing.

Hopefully, what I have shared, will encourage others to consider writing a post with a goal in mind, to share experiences which can be categorized as a "teaching moment" regardless of whether negativity or misfortune make up part of the story.