So, I'm at a function tonight - totally non-real estate related - and the person to the right of me says, "So, you're in real estate. Do you enjoy what you do?"
Clearly, she has not been reading my endless stream-of-consciousness blog posts this month about the stress, the drama, the sleepless nights...
After a momentary pause, I realized, though, the answer is - despite my kvetching for the past few weeks - still a resounding YES!
I do enjoy what I do. Despite the drama, the stress and the sleepless nights.
I have clients I absolutely adore. Like the young couple who recently bought their first home, and at walk through - looking around at their wonderful new home which was just perfect for them - hugged me and said, "We love you."
It is those moments that make every single second of it not seem like work.
No, we won't have a 9-5 day, we don't have regular weekends off, we work through evenings, meals and vacations. Everything we do is tied to a schedule not always our own or to contract deadlines, all of which adds a little stress to the day.
We are responsible for finding our own clients, balancing our own books, determining our marketing plans, putting up open house signs in the wind and the rain, showing property in the snow and the ice and the heat and the humidity - along with a long list of other challenges.
But at the end of the day, when a divorced woman who struggled to regain her footing and despaired of ever being in a position to buy her own home again tears up as she hugs you and thanks you for sticking with her for all those many months, you do realize there is a lot right with what we do.
Not all stories are that dramatic, of course, but at the end of the day, we are helping people with what is often a very large investment and a huge decision for them...and we should feel pretty good about that, indeed.
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