The Unexpected Influence of Politics on Real Estate

13 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker emphasizes that real estate agents must stay informed and actively engaged in politics despite a natural tendency to avoid political discussions. He argues that agents have a vested interest in who gets elected because policy decisions directly affect both current and future clients. The speaker urges agents to reach out to elected officials, share real-life client stories, and ensure policymakers understand the tangible impact of their decisions on the housing market and individual buyers and sellers.

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That's important to stay involved and aware of what's happening in and around real estate. It's so easy for real estate agents to tune it all out and say, "I don't like it. I don't like politics. I don't want to argue about candidates and campaigns," and I understand that. However, you've got to have a vested interest in who you're electing because those are the kind of things they're going to be voting on. And we want to make sure that we've got elected officials that if they're not informed and aware because this is not their professional life, that they're open to taking our phone calls and will listen as we bring to them the real-life stories of how our our clients of today and our clients of tomorrow are impacted by these decisions.