Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Miami Board International Convention. I was delighted with the enthusiasm and attitude of the Board members and Realtors that I met. They were the ultimate professionals with an eye to the future. I connected with international agents for Russia, England, France Brazil, Costa Rica.
They are excited about our market and what they can buy for the exchange rate is so favorable for them.
Of course it is a large metropolitan area with many more members than we have in Cape Coral and Fort Myers, but they have services for their agents that I am excited about. Therefore I've joined their board. There are some exciting things that will soon appear on my web pages.
One of the speakers was Dr Yun (the Chief Economist for National Association of Realtors) He had only good things to say about what lies ahead in the future. I had an opportunity to speak with him privately (what an honor) and he agrees that all of South Florida is in a recovery stage. Baring any disasters, we will continue to sell like crazy.
Dr. Yun told the story of Katie Couric's office calling him for comments on how awful things are. He responded in a positive manner and said they put him on the cutting room floor. Negative news sells. It seems the news wants to make the news instead of reporting it.