An all too common discussion with women is the choice to work in the work place full-time, part-time, or to be a full-time mom. I came across an interesting blog post by Robert Kiyosaki, "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and truly appreciated that their writing team took the time to research from various perspectives. It made me think about my choices and the impact being in real estate has had on my own life. I'm writing this blog to share my story but mainly to hear about yours. I find these types of posts inspirational. Please keep that in mind as I will delete anything that berates one's choices.
Feminism - Women's Freedom to Choose. (Not abortion, not condemnation) While abortion does play a role, that's not the focus here. Thank you for respecting that.
At 17 I was deteremined to be a career gal, get a BBA by 20, get married around 30, and maybe or maybe not have children. I met the most wonderful man, whom I'll call the love of my life, at 17, the day after High School graduation. We dated, knowing it would end when he deployed to Hawaii in 5 months. To fast forward, we married in 1988 and I continued my college while living in Hawaii. I earned that BBA - Marketing and was employed with an up & coming software company. Feeling somethign was missing, we had my daughter after 7 years of marriage, the year after I graduated from UT Arlington. She having a LD (learning disability) forced me to evaluate my values so I chose to stay home with her and work part-time on ocassion in marketing. 2004 comes along and I'm ready to enter the work-force full time but being a bit rusty, enter grad school, earning a MBA from UT San Antonio. After all I experienced with my family, the challenge of grad school while working part-time to pay for it, I turned down a job with what is now San Antonio's most desriable IT firm in the country, and who's CEO was named the biggest Billionaire in Texas. It all went back to my lack of willingness to trade dollars for my family. I grew up in a working class family with a mom who ocassionally worked, and I didn't respect her choices, but I do now.
I entered the commercial real estate world to avoid working nights and weekends, then the market crashed. I had dabbled in residential and was a Broker so I started Green Home Realty & Green Commercial Realty, now legally known as Texas Green Realty, LLC. A profitable company in the growh mode. I work from home even though I have an office. I only use it for training and to fulfull the illusion that brick and mortar makes you a viable company; it doesn't. I am focussed on hiring agents now so that in good time I can retire and only work at the pace I desire. In doing so, I taught my children how to run a business, how to think independently, how to take calculated risks, how to be resiliant in the face of another great depression, and above all, I taught them my and my husband's values - God, Family, Work, in that particular order.
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