When I look at realtors, literally, the first thing I "look" for is their age. I don't care how superficial or stereotypical that sounds. Because I want a realtor who thinks on the same level and in the same terms that I do, and I'm always afraid someone who is 40 years my senior just doesn't "get" me. Normally I would apply this to Robert Siegel, who boasts more than 45 years' worth of real estate experience (so I'm guessing he's in his late 60s, at least), but the industry expertise he claims kind of trumps the "old geezer" card: he's worked as a real estate corporate vice president, an "entrepreneur," as he describes himself, only moving to Santa Rosa, CA and hooking up with Creative Property Services to sell houses around 1996. On the side, Siegel is a nationally-renowned vegetarian cookbook author, helping to promote healthy, low-fat diets, which I find cruelly ironic, but that's neither here nor there. Why do I find the elderly Siegel so much more attractive as a realtor than most "old-timers" of his ilk? Well, I guess it's because of the happy-client testimonials he has listed on his personal site, which would probably take me the better part of the next hour to read in full. So let me touch on the highlights: Siegel is lauded time and time again from different people for having an incredible ability for coming through in the clutch in a depressingly-bad California housing market. People love his aggressive marketing approach, which I think is notable, since he's getting up there in age, but he's still evidently got the drive and energy to make things happen.
When I look at realtors, literally, the first thing I "look" for is their age. I don't care how superficial or stereotypical that sounds. Because I want a realtor who thinks on the same level and in the same terms that I do, and I'm always afraid someone who is 40 years my senior just doesn't "get" me. Normally I would apply this to Robert Siegel, who boasts more than 45 years' worth of real estate experience (so I'm guessing he's in his late 60s, at least), but the industry expertise he claims kind of trumps the "old geezer" card: he's worked as a real estate corporate vice president, an "entrepreneur," as he describes himself, only moving to Santa Rosa, CA and hooking up with Creative Property Services to sell houses around 1996. On the side, Siegel is a nationally-renowned vegetarian cookbook author, helping to promote healthy, low-fat diets, which I find cruelly ironic, but that's neither here nor there. Why do I find the elderly Siegel so much more attractive as a realtor than most "old-timers" of his ilk? Well, I guess it's because of the happy-client testimonials he has listed on his personal site, which would probably take me the better part of the next hour to read in full. So let me touch on the highlights: Siegel is lauded time and time again from different people for having an incredible ability for coming through in the clutch in a depressingly-bad California housing market. People love his aggressive marketing approach, which I think is notable, since he's getting up there in age, but he's still evidently got the drive and energy to make things happen.