I door knocked in the real estate business for years. And you will get better IF you really work at it. Cold calling is the same kind of thing. BUT, I quickly got over my fear of strangers and new people. I learned how to approach people and have a sense of humor about it -- no matter what they said or did. You need to "get your foot in the door." You need a portfolio of projects. You need to get the money gleam out of your eyes. The best book I ever read about selling that helped me the most was "How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling" by Frank Bettger. It's a very old classic and full of good solid tips on how to do it. I read it when I started in 1976 and it's still as true today as it was then.
Oh, and for the record, I cried every day for the first 3 months I was in the real estate business. People were mean to me and I didn't know how to sell. There was no sales training at that time. The people in my office were brutal to me. I was a very young, tender, and terrified little girl. I can say with full assurance that I-ain't-that-person-no-none-more! I not only survived -- I thrived. Today if I was drop shipped to a strange town with empty pockets, and a box of stuff to sell -- by dinner time I'd be having a good dinner with newfound friends, and a nice room rented for the night. And I probably have a job offer to start the following morning. Oh, how 40+ years of hard-won experience can change a scared little girl's life!
I mean I understand the portfolio of projects, but it's kind of a catch-22 there, just like people say about the general job market. "They won't hire me without experience, but how am I supposed to get experience when no one will hire me!"
I will do some more organizing where I am living and take more photos as if they are new "clients" I guess and do up a small binder perhaps. To have something to take with me if people are interested I can show them some photos like you say. Better off if I just had a tablet to show instead because I hate physical media...but yeah.
I don't follow you with regards to "Get the money gleam out of your eyes." I am not even in desperate need of money right now so I'm not even going after this with a money goal. I truly want to try to use my strengths to help people who have a disaster home!
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