What on earth is NIMBY? Not In My Back Yard!

New ideas, new concepts, things that are proven to work... I hear over and over "That won't work in my market"

Well, if you honestly believe that, then it won't ... you make your own destiny. I remember a time when I first introduced my parents to computers (Commodore Vic 20 - one of the first PC's to come on the market). In no way could my folks see any potential for such a device... even after a year of two when we could use a word processor on our Tandy... such a thing couldn't work for our industry, right? How about the Internet... crazy, it'll never work, right? Email? You must be insane!

Now technology has taken us amazing places and my parents are ready to be on the cutting edge, excitied to find out how we can leverage this amazing thing.

Some more NIMBY: If you believe that you'll never produce more than 100 transaction per year... you won't! "I can't do that, not in my market... such and such has all the business, I can't beat him/her/them"

I attend top producer seminars every year (Howard Brinton) and there isn't a star there that has that mindset. Get rid of negative thoughts, don't believe in glass ceilings! In my second year in the business my team of 3 broke 100 transactions in a single year... I didn't know you couldn't! My 3 person team now produces around 35 Million in closed transactions every year. Now that I've said that, it's time to change my perception... we WILL produce more than 50 million in a single year by the end of 2008. I truly believe that and it WILL happen.

Set goals, realistic ones, and believe you can reach them and you will. Explore the ideas that the other agents swear won't work in your market... you'll be surprised!

Open your mind, it's amazing what can happen!

Parker Byron
Kansas City Real Estate
www.JohnsonCounty.com