Recently, Maureen wrote about a Realtor’s job from the pov of her 4 year old, followed by Jay whose teen is tactful in addressing their future as a Realtor (or non-Realtor). Both are wonderful, mandatory reads that have inspired me to resurrect this blog post. Some time ago (in the Blogger days), I started writing this but shelved it. Below is a promising picture of the future of Real Estate:

Future Realtor #1:
Our son, T is 16 going on 30- incredibly smart, thrives on humor and is extremely sensitive and aware of people around him.  When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he asserts that he will be taking over Daddy’s brokerage.  Easy, pal.  He has actually decided recently that he wants to open an office under his father’s name in San Diego.  All I can say is that the BERGS better watch out- he’s enthusiastic, dedicated and is overly skilled in negotiation (”I don’t have to stay out later, I just don’t want to disappoint my friends or inconvenience anyone by making them leave the movies early”).

I personally think he would be an amazing doctor, but he wants to work next summer at the firm, so we just might have your next big competitor on our hands!  Plus, he knows MySpace and SMS like the back of his eyelids.  (I would say hand, but we all know teens are MOST familiar with the rears of their eyelids- you know I’m right)

PLUS, T wants to be “rich” and decided about two years ago that rapping wasn’t going to pay the bills, so he’s going to try on Dad’s shoes.  This photo is actually of him- he already looks the part! 

Future Realtor #2:
All I can say is that if a 9 (now 10) year old triples your time spent in IKEA by DEMANDING that she point out all of the “lovely” features of each vignette as she pretends to be a Realtor, you might actually have a Realtor on your hands. (”This kitchen offers wonderful white cabinets and you can open the drawers.  Your kids will love cooking at this island because it is very pretty and wide, so you can put a lot of food on here.”)  When her girlfriends from next door come over and she sits in daddy’s home office chair and explains to the girls what a listing is and why she is going to sell their home for “$20 billion dollars” over what the market is demanding… you might have a Realtor on your hands.

If you ask her about her future, she’s already got her team named, and she’s designed her yard signs on PowerPoint… I’m pretty sure she’s practicing Real Estate behind our back…   She already wants business cards since she helps with filing at the office.  Great.

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So, for those of you worried about the integrity of Real Estate, relax!  We’ve never even told our children they should consider Real Estate as a career, but being around it so much and the glitz and glamour rubbing off on them (hahahhaha) has led to a new generation of Realtors.  How many of you can say you’ve been involved in Real Estate since you were 10?  They’ve been to numerous open houses, and spent many hours at the office and in the home office.  They’ve sponged up hundreds of hours of negotiation into their kid brains simply by listening to daddy on the phone or in person.  Seriously- those first year agents today ain’t got s**t on these kids!