Estate agents

[Hoofy]

Just wondering - let's face it, in this market, it's just a salesman role and you could sell a house in London even if someone had taken a dump in the middle of every room. So, is it possible for someone to be so bad at their job that they would fail to at least cover their salary?

[Sheepshanks]

Estates Agents don't "sell" houses - at least not by any proper definition of the noun.

[Hoofy]

Sheepshanks said:

Estates Agents don't "sell" houses - at least not by any proper definition of the noun.

Yeah - you don't need to.

[Sheepshanks]

I'm guessing you're not involved in anything sales related?

This is service selling. The most important part of the business is to sell the service the agency provides, and the target there is mainly people who are selling houses, not people buying them.

[Hoofy]

Sheepshanks said:

I'm guessing you're not involved in anything sales related?

This is service selling. The most important part of the business is to sell the service the agency provides, and the target there is mainly people who are selling houses, not people buying them.

You got me there.

That makes sense. So I guess it can be tricky in that you're competing with other agents.