In the States, handshakes are typically acted out quickly, but don’t pull away too quickly when working with a client from Fiji.

When presented in the wrong context, such chopsticks can be quite insulting. Realtors might think they’re being smooth by taking their East Asian clients to the finest Asian cuisine in town, but their guests could leave them at the dinner table due to an unflattering arrangement of chopsticks upright chopsticks are a symbolic gesture reserved for funerals in many parts of Asia. That is crucial information for anyone relocating to Bulgaria, as it might take some practice to get his or her signals straight. In Bulgaria, shaking your head side to side means yes, and nodding your head means no. There can be a difference in meaning “yes” or “no” – be sure you’re not saying one when you mean the other. Much of Brazil views the “A-Ok” in a similar manner

Working with clients from the United Kingdom, Australia or South Africa? Don’t throw up the peace sign depending on how it’s gesticulated, such clients might interpret it as Americans do the middle finger.

Here are some tidbits that will help prevent cultural clash and mixed signals, leading to a healthy – and worthwhile – agent-client relationship. In an unfamiliar land, clients need Realtors they can trust however, gaining that trust with an international buyer, requires more due diligence from the Realtor than working with domestic buyers does. Climate, clothing and food are a few items that readily come to mind. from foreign countries have much to adjust to.

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