Video: Honour your community

Are you building a community you’re proud to belong to? Watch Richard Robbins talk about protecting the real estate community and its reputation.

Video run-time: 1:35 minutes

Hi Richard Robbins here.

As an industry real estate is thriving, there’s never been a better time to be in the business. Today Realtors make a vibrant community filled with passionate people who are truly inspired to help others realize their dreams. It’s so easy to see why being a Realtor is so rewarding and fulfilling.

It’s also a unique industry where we find ourselves both cooperating and competing with our peers. Sometimes this element of competition can bring out the best in people, while other times it can lead to less desirable behaviour and that can tarnish our industry and erode public trust.

As professional Realtors, it’s never been more important to protect the real estate community and its reputation. How we preserve our profession is by respecting our peers and sharing our knowledge to improve the quality of real estate services everywhere. When we all work together to share our skills and promote professionalism we’re uplifting the entire industry.

As Ghandi once said, “we need to be the change we wish to see in the world.” If everyone takes one small step to reinforce professionalism in our industry, we make a giant leap forward. When we start noticing what’s going on around us and have the courage to praise professionalism — or confront lack of professionalism — we’re all doing our part to build a community that we’re proud to belong to.

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