6 Responses a Real Estate Agent Should Never Give the Press

Some of us are loud and have no problem getting our point across! But is that a good thing? When it comes to verbal self control, I must admit I’ve been guilty once or twice of TMI. So if you are being interviewed or sharing information about your real estate market, make sure tobe seen and heard as the community expert, not the community boob!

I recently ran into Matt Geiser, of Keller/King Inc., and he was kind enough to share his tips for responding to the press. In the midst of all this market mania, he managed to make me smile.

Here are his top “6 Responses a Real Estate Agent Should Never Give the Press”:

(1) Don’t tell them that you have ten of anything, when you only have five.

(2) “Let’s be honest here – this market totally sucks.”

(3) “Hell, I wouldn’t recommend buying a damn thing until the market hits rock bottom in 2010.”

(4) “I only work with people with a credit score of 740 or above and a minimum net worth of $2,000,000.”

(5) “Between you and me … and this is strictly off the record…”  (Reference number 3 for an example of  what happens.)

(6) No Comment

Feel free to add to the list.