Kelowna Real Estate Blog – Paige Guernsey

Kelowna real estate by phone?

Posted by paige on June 22, 2010 | No Comments

When I first moved to Kelowna over 20 years ago and began my real estate career here, one of the things you did to build your client base was make phone calls… a LOT of phone calls.  I logged hundreds and hundreds of hours calling people out of the phone book asking if they or anyone they knew was thinking about buying or selling real estate. Seems ridiculous now, but back then there was success to be had if you could tough it out.  After that I graduated to door knocking.  The last door to see my knuckles was opened by a gentlman in underwear who seemed perfectly content to stand there chatting.

Last night I received a call. You probably know the one, right at dinner time and asking to speak to Mr. or Mrs. Guernsey.  My last name gets terribly mis-pronounced sometimes … in a funny kind of way.  This person asked if I was Mrs. “Going-say”.  I laughed and said yes, remembering all those phone calls I had to make years ago.  Note to self: Don’t do that again.  This person would not stop talking and when I politely said I had to go, they talked right over me. Finally I hung up, feeling guilty.  That same person called back last night 3 times.  I went from feeling sympathetic to feeling choked that our space was invaded like that.

I haven’t “cold called” in decades and I wonder if new realtors do that.  Would you respond positively to a realtor calling asking if you were interested in buying or selling real estate or would a text or tweet be more in line with todays world?

Talk to you soon…

Paige