Does a car have an impact on a Realtor's success?
My "Realtor car" is a Lexus 330. My other car is a Prius. After I'm established with clients I have no problem showing up in the Prius to take them to a showing or two (though I never use it for a listing appointment).
I once pulled up at a property with a client and my Prius. Parked right behind another agent showing the same property who was driving a Hummer. Talk about extremes. I started wondering what the clients who were riding around in a Hummer thought when I pulled up with my client. My client & I had a chuckle about it, but I also wondered if I had unknowingly emasculated him in front of his peers. (I, on the other hand, think driving a tank around town is overcompensating for something and actually makes about as much sense as me tossing dollar bills out my window when I drive.)
I should preface the following comments about my fellow agents with the disclaimer that I am frugal and not a label snob.
One agent in my office drives a beater with over 200,000 miles on it. He also wears a bright orange fanny pack when he shows homes. Laugh...but he's very successful. However...could he be even more successful with a shiny luxury car and a fanny packectomy? Another not-so-successful agent drives a Hummer and is probably also moonlighting as a human sign holder just to put gas in that monster. I'm thinking of buying him a fanny pack for good luck.
I know the quality of my services is more important than the car I drive, however, first impressions still count for something.
So, the questions of the day are: Do you think your car should say you're successful or might it just say you're ostentatious and overpaid? Or does it matter at all?
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The above information was provided by Amy Jones, a multi-million dollar top producer with RE/MAX 2000, with 13 offices in the Phoenix Arizona East Valley and the White Mountains.
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