Apr. 4, 2007 - The 411 As I See It
Things in the business of real estate are changing all of the time. You really need to know what it takes to get the job done for buyers and sellers. You can not be caught standing still when the market shifts. Chances are the path to the successful resolution of a deal will be a little different tomorrow than it was today. That is why a proactive agent, living a proactive real estate lifestyle is almost always going to be, and stay, successful. That is why I stay proactive. That is why I do everything I can to see where the market is heading and to try and be there to greet the market when it takes a detour. Doing anything less would be a failure of my duty to serve my clients best interest.
As some of you know, I make the claim that real estate is my lifestyle, not my job. I had a job once. I woke up at the same time everyday, Monday through Friday. I traveled the same route everyday, Monday through Friday. I saw the same faces everyday, Monday through Friday. I practiced the same routine everyday, Monday through Friday. Nothing hardly ever changed and there was not much new to learn. I was able to do what I was being paid to do pretty much the same on the first day as I was on last. Fortunately I was able to leave that job at a relatively young age with a nice passive income. It will pay my bills until the day I die so there is no need for me to get another job. There was, however, the need to do something besides try and figure out what to with a seven day weekend. Hence I embarked upon the real estate lifestyle where I found an ever changing landscape.
It is easy for me to stay motivated in this lifestyle. It is a continuing educational process, keeping an eye on new developments. As a keen observer of the market, one gets an almost unfair advantage. I liken the majority of the people who stand still in this business to a block of Chicago Bungalows, they are all lined up in even fashion, a little different, one from the other, but for the most part indistinguishable and unremarkable. They are products of another age. Most of them suffer from functional obsolescence.
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