Richie,

I am with Candice A. Donofrio on this one.  We live in the land of professional actors in Southern California.  So we know a thing or two about acting, and I can tell from the other side of the country, when someone is reading a script...I hate it.  It demeans the person acting, and the person they are acting for...just my opinion Richie, just my opinion.  A

Too many times to note.

Yes, and it was terrible and not even close to reality

Not since school as a kid.

Yes-hated it.

Yes and trying to get the other person to make it like it is their own can be a pain!

I'm not a fan.  

One of my former partners liked to recruit little theater actors because he knew that they learn the script he provided for working with prospective condo buyers.

Yes, practice does indeed make things 'flow'. Your partner is very important to your success.

Richie Alan Naggar When I first ot into real estate I worked for a Broker who used role-playing a lot in his training.

I am not a big fan or good enough actor to stick to a script Richie Alan Naggar 

These can be a very effective training tool.  And, yes I have taken advantage of such training.

Yes.  I was trained using such exercises when I had a Fortune 500 sales job.  I have found it helps to understand where the other party is coming from when negotating anything.

I've had it "done to me" and I hated it. Always feels artificial to me.

Good morning Richie. Have never participated with anything like that, just would be right for me. I always want to be real and not have it be something that is fake.

Yes but I don't call it role playing as adults dislike those words so much. I use the term skills practice.

In the first months after I got my license - yes, so I could get the scripts down.

All the time. Role playing means you're not practicing on clients. 

Yes . I had continuing Ed teacher who used role playing 

Richie, in a previous company all agents did role-playing or role-reversal training.

I role play with agents when they are attempting to close builders/developers or land owners.... role playing is also done when needed with closing resale listings....if an agent is in the right frame of mind before a listing presentation, the confidence radiates....

It works.

Yes, in bank training it was for negotiations. In Real Estate, it was a mock listing appointment. 

Nothing beats on the job experience. You can role-play and act all you want, but until you have your spiel down pat to where whatever you say rolls naturally off your tongue as smooth as silk—you're still just an amateur.

Yes, I've been in training sessions where role-playing is used.  I have found it an interesting and useful technique.  

Yes, and I think it is extremely effective.

I have used role playing and it can be helpful.

Yes, in a continuing education class, it was fun.

yes, I think it is helpful

Yes,  That was part of our training in a take-off from Floyd Wickman's teachings.  It was called "More Corp".

Yes, many times.

Richie -- we've had this conversation before --- I will not put on that parochial school uniform again.  Now, stop asking!   

Richie Alan Naggar I do practice role-play once in a while.

Though I am not a SCRIPT person - I am more of a DIALOG person!

Worked for a broker who thought Mike Ferry hung the moon, so my answer would be yes.

I hate role playing

No I have not used it.

If used correctly can be a great benefit. If not, the reults are terrible!

 Good Tuesday morning Richie. I do use role-playing while training by inspectors.

Yes.  I'm a big fan of it for all types of situations.  Just need to remember to be quick to adjust because no plan of battle survives the first engagement.

not just during training but even before presentations on a  property.. "het pretend your telling me about the water features" we play back and forth

Yes -- I think it is an excellent tool for teaching.

Absolutely ( I sound like Rocky!) as I think it is an integral part of training. We one of the most dynamic couples in real estate now heading up our MAPS training at KW. Tony DiCello told a story of another agent in another city who he role played with continously. They'd call each other out of the blue and say things like, "Why should I pay you 6% brokerage fee? The other agent offered to do it for 4.5%" or "I need to get $500,000 from my sale" or "Price Reduction? I want to hold out and get my price!" Need to be on your toes.