This is part 2 of the first post on the subject of FAQ's, how to break into Luxury Real Estate. The first rule of any venture, is KNOW YOUR MARKET.
Pick a luxury real estate market, in which you would like to become known as the go to person. Study the demographics, and the psycho-graphics.
Demographics are the first order of business, which defines your
target market and who the audience is. Once you are well versed in
that, study the psycho-graphics. This defines the personality, values,
attitudes and lifestyles of the community. Remember, the adage, "birds of a feather flock together."
If you don't think that these
two studies are important, think again. In Santa Barbara, we have
several different luxury real estate communities. The demographics are
impressive in all of them, although the psycho-graphics are distinctly
unique.
Two high-end businesses opened their
doors in a particular community without understanding psycho-graphics.
Two years later, the high-end national chain steak house restaurant
closed in that community, as did the international high-end leather
goods store. The communities within the area could well afford eating
there, or shopping there. These businesses did not reflect their
values.
These people preferred their local steak
house, whose prices were not in their opinion as inflated, and when it
came to the store they did not see the value to the merchandise. Both
of these stores would have been a success on the other side of town in a
community that would have loved their presence.
Once you understand the
psycho-graphics, you are way ahead of the game. In our opinion this type
of study is valuable regardless which area of residential real estate
you are specializing in, if you want to be the go to person.
Stay tuned for Part 3...
Written by Ron & Alexandra Seigel-
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