This morning at a listings meetings I got some raised eyebrows from my colleagues when I made a crack about how a guy who came to see one of my listings yesterday came with his mother. As in, he needed his mother to help him pick out an apartment. This man was coming to New York City to be a physician. That's a pretty decisive job, and he needed a second opinion when it came to his living arrangements?
I don't ask much of men, particularly when it comes to business, but I do ask that they be decisive. Decisiveness, in general, is a quality I value highly in people, and more importantly, in clients. I will work with someone for weeks and find them exactly what they want and need, as long as they know exactly what they want and need. I don't care if they have a fleet of Siberian Huskies and a budget of $2000 and need to live in SoHo. If they can be decisive, then game on.
Mothers are also deal breakers. No place is ever going to be good enough for their little prince, especially if it's in an emerging neighborhood like the outer stretches of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Obviously, I have a son, and if at age 28 Andre needed me to chime in about where he was living, I would be concerned and most likely tell him to grow a pair. Because what kind of son, or any kid in general, are you raising when they can't make a basic decision on their own, as an adult?
That is all.
