Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #76 with Chris Donaldson

Chase after your seller’s dog who is running down the street or
show the home to potential buyers? No one really thinks they’d
have to ever make this choice with the exception of today’s
guest, Chris Donaldson. Leigh welcomes Chris Donaldson, the man
behind Donaldson Educational Services. Tune in to find the choice
Chris made and how it all paid off in the end. 


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Time Stamped Show Notes: 

00:21 – Introduction for today’s episode

00:33 – Leigh introduces Chris

01:06 – Chris went to LSU and studied for 5 years

01:45 – Real estate helped Chris pay for his 5th year in
college

02:31 – Chris has YouTube videos that are helpful and
relatable to realtors

03:36 – Chris has a lot of crazy experiences

03:50 – There was one specific story that happened to Chris
when he was still a young realtor

04:08 – Chris was in his early 20s when he scored a
listing that was out of FHA loan range

04:53 – Chris had a pair of potential buyers

05:06 – Chris showed up to a meeting with the buyers at
the house, all dressed up

05:23 – When Chris opened the door, the family dog ran
between his legs, out the door, and down the street

05:55 – Chris decided to go after the dog

06:05 – It was summer and Chris was in a suit, running
after the dog

06:15 – Chris was calling the dog until he found it
trying to get into another dog’s yard

06:36 – Chris then dragged the dog back to the house and
ended up missing his appointment

07:04 – Chris went to a bar and was thinking about the
buyers he lost

07:22 – The seller called Chris asking him about the
showing

08:00 – The seller asked whose dog was in the house and
why is it here

08:11 – The dog tore the house up and Chris was fired

09:06 – The seller called Chris again apologizing

09:30 – The dog was actually the seller’s son’s dog and
Chris got the job again

10:31 – The house had rescued dogs before

11:14 – It’s the things that realtors do behind the
actual work that earns them their stripes



11:37 – Realtors try to solve problems without even knowing
the real deal

12:05 – You cannot control everything in real estate

12:58 – If you’re doing the business the right way, it will
work out at some point

14:55 – Find everything about real estate at com

15:17 – Chris is on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter too

16:06 – Tweet Leigh Brown for your very own crazy story in
real estate

3 Key Points Do the right thing—it WILL work out in the end.
Great realtors go out of their way to do the work behind the actual
work. There are many events in real estate that are unpredictable
and uncontrollable—prepare the best you can and just go with it.
Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music