Personality Assessment
Egads! I just this very minute finished an online personality test. The first half of the test asked questions like:
Do you daydream a lot?
Do you often feel blue?
Do you like large parties?
Do you like to be alone?
Do you often take charge?
Do you follow rules?
(You had to choose your answer from a 5 part continuum - inaccurate to totally accurate - hard to keep straight in your head - 5 options - which is yes and which is no???)
The second part was an "intelligence" test with some pesky math questions and obscure vocabulary questions.
I don't care so much about the first part of the test unless the computer determines that I'm a psychopath. But, the second part of the test just made my head hurt. When was the last time I had to do math word problems (if 1 cup beans and 11/2 cup rice is called for in a recipe; how much rice do you need if you use 1 1/2 cups beans). I wasn't good at them in high school and they still have the ability to utterly confuse me!
My company required me to take this test to apply for a management training course. What if they find out from this test that I am a blithering idiot. I didn't take enough time with it, I didn't check my answers, I didn't write anything down, I didn't pay enough attention, I'm not good at math — boy did this test make me feel insecure! And I don't believe in them anyway!!!! One silly online test is going to tell the higher ups all about me???? I've read the results of these tests for realtors that I have trained, and believe me, the test results had nothing to do with how they performed on the job. Silly test! Silly me getting all worked up over such a meaningless test! But, I can't wait to see how I've done...
Real Estate Hint #19 - Over my 14 years of experience, I have noticed a definite trend in offers that get accepted. If you negotiate back and forth and you reach the variance of $20,000 - the offer should come together. $20,000 seems to be what people can mentally bridge in today's world. It almost doesn't matter what the price of the house is. If you can get the buyers and the sellers within $20,000 the offer should definitely come together. If it does not, then the Buyer really doesn't want the house! That's my experience!!!
Do you daydream a lot?
Do you often feel blue?
Do you like large parties?
Do you like to be alone?
Do you often take charge?
Do you follow rules?
(You had to choose your answer from a 5 part continuum - inaccurate to totally accurate - hard to keep straight in your head - 5 options - which is yes and which is no???)
The second part was an "intelligence" test with some pesky math questions and obscure vocabulary questions.
I don't care so much about the first part of the test unless the computer determines that I'm a psychopath. But, the second part of the test just made my head hurt. When was the last time I had to do math word problems (if 1 cup beans and 11/2 cup rice is called for in a recipe; how much rice do you need if you use 1 1/2 cups beans). I wasn't good at them in high school and they still have the ability to utterly confuse me!
My company required me to take this test to apply for a management training course. What if they find out from this test that I am a blithering idiot. I didn't take enough time with it, I didn't check my answers, I didn't write anything down, I didn't pay enough attention, I'm not good at math — boy did this test make me feel insecure! And I don't believe in them anyway!!!! One silly online test is going to tell the higher ups all about me???? I've read the results of these tests for realtors that I have trained, and believe me, the test results had nothing to do with how they performed on the job. Silly test! Silly me getting all worked up over such a meaningless test! But, I can't wait to see how I've done...
Real Estate Hint #19 - Over my 14 years of experience, I have noticed a definite trend in offers that get accepted. If you negotiate back and forth and you reach the variance of $20,000 - the offer should come together. $20,000 seems to be what people can mentally bridge in today's world. It almost doesn't matter what the price of the house is. If you can get the buyers and the sellers within $20,000 the offer should definitely come together. If it does not, then the Buyer really doesn't want the house! That's my experience!!!
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