Beware: Active Rain Addiction Day 9 "Mamma's don't let your kids grow up to be Realtors!?"
I have been a Realtor for the past 27 years and have enjoyed the highs and the lows. My wife has been my Real Estate partner for the bulk of these years. We go on listing presentations together but we usually work with buyers separately. We have been blessed with two daughters who have helped out in the business from time to time by stamping envelopes, puttting out Open House signs and answering phones etc...They have both taking their Real Estate Principles and Practices courses but neither one has yet to get their license. I have to say that my wife and I have mixed emotions about this. The Real Estate business has enabled us to go to most of the school plays, field trips, school ski trips and even be a kindergarten homeroom Dad. It has also caused us to cancel vacations, lay off staff when times got slow and spend many a sleepless night when it seemed that no amount of effort could bring out out of one sort of slump or another. My sister is a Realtor in Florida and my brother is licensed and has worked as her assistant on two different occasions that ended on sour notes.
I'd like to hear some family in Real Estate stories that have happy endings. I know that there are many of them out there. Then maybe we'll be more encouraging to our daughters when they tell us they want to take the Real Estate test and join us in the business. We don't want to end up singing that old song "Mamma's don't let your kids grow up to be cow....er.....Realtors.
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