Jack of all trades and FINALLY hope to be Master of ONE: Real Estate! :) 

I've been compelled to excel in many phases of the housing industry.  I've considered myself a public servant in the people business.  I became fascinated with engineering and became a building inspector early on.  I found assisting the public was easy for me and I moved to property code and rental property inspections to assist both the renter and the property owner.  I moved into the urban planning arena and ended up on the "dump heap", literally, I ended my government career as a Recycling Program Manager!  With this vast experience and always have considered myself in the people business, I decided that why do real estate part time, it really deserves a full time effort and would that be the next logical leap.  I'm thinking yes.  As a population, people generally stay put on an average of 7 years.  Here in the DC area, it's a lot less than that.  Some manage to rseide in the same home for many, many years.  If I could sell a clients home on a full time basis and put them in their dream home.  If I could have relationships all around the country and pass by putting them "in good hands" as All State says with professionals I have met here, wouldn't that be a fantastic experience.  And, in turn, because what "you do one by one" comes back to you "two by two" as my Pop used to always tell me to keep me on the straight and narrow, when put into theory, I will soar in this business beyond all imagination.  Coming soon; I guess this business always excites me.  And, now being able to do it full time, is even better.  Wow.  Maybe now I'll get my website up and running...homesbuyharris.com  we'll see.