! Yes, many of us have the tools for success from past experience.
You may not have had the honor of being a Marine, but no one has missed John Wayne's movies. Unlike any other service in the free world the United States Marine Corp lives their moto Simper Fidelis! Semper Fi, always faithful! There can be no greater thing said about your broker/agents than they are always faithful!

Many more of us were Boy Scouts. The Boy Scouts moto: Be Prepared! A successful agent must be prepared. With the tools and forms of real estate and the knowledge to use them.
Then there is the inspirations of Ansel Adams.
Adams took photos most were done with a huge view camera. He'd lug his hevey equipment to the selected spot set it up focus often shifting the focal plane to correct for parallax and then wait! He'd sit with his camera ready and wait for the perfect light. If he though he'd missed the light he'd wait for 24 hours for it to return. It was rare he had more than two or three plates (pieces of film) with him. In this age of digital cameras, instant gratification and multitasking, it's hard to know what is more impressive, his eye for natural beauty or his patience to get it right the first and last time!

(The Winding Road to Success, WJA 2007)
It's the same with Real Estate Success!
Real Estate Success With Things We Knon! Always faithful, be prepaired and get it right the first time!
 
Bill
William J Archambault Jr
The Real Estate Investment Institute
wja@reii.org 832-259-7078 or 702-516-1569
From my past: GRI 1975, FLI 1974, Catalyst from a client 1974 an agent that makes things happen, REII, The Real Estate Investment Institute 1995.

©William J Archambault Jr ©The Real Estate Investment Institute ©REII
That is a beautiful picture and a great motto. Hopefully we can all live up to that motto every day in our business.
Betty