Who Are You Working For?

Who are you really working for? The client? In the short term, yes, definitely. The Broker? As long as the broker is taking a cut from your commission, you bet you’re working for him or her.

Then you look again. Maybe you need to rethink this concept. As a Dallas Real Estate Agent you are building your business as an independent contractor under a broker. Choosing the right broker is a good start. Deciding to do business to the best of your ability and to the best ethical standards is your next choice. Some agents might even argue that you decide to do business to the best ethical standards first, because it can guide your choice of broker.

Shady dealings may work in the short term, but will not sustain a good reputation and long lasting career that people trust. You are working for yourself. You have to look at yourself in the mirror in the morning. Do you want to be proud of the person looking back, or simply indifferent to the reflection?

Do you want to be someone your kids or partner can think of and talk about with pride, or do you want them to not say anything because there might be a cop or lawyer nearby that may recognize your name?

You are working for you as well as working on you. Being able to stand tall in a business field that has almost as many slick salesman jokes about it as used cars and still stand above the ‘usual tricks of the trade’ will make you not only a successful business person but someone the whole town can look to as an example of the best of in Dallas real estate.