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Sign into your account6 Ways Real Estate Agents Are Like Han Solo
October 29 2014
Working in the real estate industry is surprisingly similar to living the life of Han Solo, the suave, cynical yet charming inter-stellar smuggler of the Star Wars universe. Don't believe us? Consider these six parallels and you'll see how your local Realtor is essentially the same as this infamous Corellian scoundrel.
They Never Stop Working
Han Solo: "Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh? You know, sometimes I amaze even myself."
Princess Leia: "That doesn't sound too hard."
Smuggling isn't a job; it's a lifestyle. Han Solo does not have the luxuries afforded by a 9-to-5 career – he cannot simply "leave work at work." Instead, Solo's "off time" is spent trying to stay alive in backwater spaceports or outrunning Imperial cruisers in the cold vacuum of space. Solo's many rivals and enemies, like the terrifying bounty hunter Boba Fett, would refuse to recognize his vacation time were he silly enough to try and take some.
Real estate agents also never stop working. The nature of the real estate business means agents must always be ready to take customer calls and only rarely have the opportunity to go on vacation. Agents' hours are generally long and they frequently work during weekends and evenings. An unfortunate fact of life for them is that the agents who make themselves unavailable – even momentarily – are the agents who lose business.