Billionaires Prefer Texting Over Calls to Save Time and Avoid Pitching
Ryan Serhant · $20 Billion Worth of Sales Knowledge in 57 Minutes | Ryan Serhant · Dec 10, 2025 · at 30:34
Luxury real estate broker Ryan Serhant discusses high-stakes communication habits when dealing with ultra-high-net-worth clients.
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“Billionaires text more than thirteen-year-old girls. They just do for two reasons. First reason is it saves time. And they know that if you try to get them on the phone, what are you gonna do? You're just gonna try to convince them. And if you can't convince them in writing, you're not good enough. So that's one. Two is so that it's in writing. So you can't go back and say, well, we talked about that.”
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