First, I want to say Happy New Year to all Active Rainers!! This is going to be a great one!
I want to tell you the simple story of why I do what I do. I hailed from the Restaurant Industry, high level management. I loved it but after 20 years, the hours became too long and the thrill was losing its appeal. Along came Hurricane Ivan who ate my house and everything in it.
You see, not only did Ivan eat my house, but he also ate my job location so now I had no job and no home. My fiancé and I moved into his home and had to do some serious soul searching. At this point, the way I saw it, I had 2 choices: I could focus on my loss or I could see it as an opportunity. We both had always wanted to work for ourselves but never really had a realistic opportunity to do so.....until now. Now here was my dilemma....where did my passion lie? There was only one area in life that I knew I was passionate about and that was helping other people. Herein lies my next dilemma, I needed something that paid actual money.
As I delved deeper into my own inner self, I started nurturing my interest in Real Estate. I first considered getting my license and going that route but I didn't get that ‘excited' feeling when I thought about it. It was more of just an option. I got online and just really surfed everything I could to find somewhere to fit in to this industry and fulfill my own passion at the same time. BAM! The Real Estate Virtual Assistant industry slapped me in the face.........hard! I researched and did more research, I couldn't get enough! I was excited and finally saw my answer to all my questions. 
Here was an industry that would meet my interest in Real Estate, allow me to help agents and brokers become even more successful and make money! What a win-win situation for me! I soaked up knowledge like a sponge, took classes, attended seminars, networked with others and was off and running!
To this day, I wake up in the morning excited to go to my office! I am still taking classes to learn even more, still researching, still lovin' it! The clients that I have are awesome, they teach me, I teach them, they become more productive and I get the satisfaction of helping and I make money too! That, my friends, is why I do what I do!
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