Have fun in the rain! Active Rain is a Gift to all of us--a gift of discovery, enlightenment, relationships, and synergy.
Now the About me--I would as soon have it about you. But, the purpose in profiles and many about me sections we post is to convince you that we are worthy of your trust and your business. I don't know how words can do that. So, if you see anything worthwhile in my postings, communicate with me--that is the only way we will be able to determine if we are suitable for working together in any capacity.
My Profile is Continually underconstruction--I am an Independent Real Estate Broker that has benefitted from exposure and mentoring from the best in Real Estate, both Franchisees and Independents. I benefit from the counsel of many wise people, including clients, customers, and people I meet in passing.
My Pre-Real Estate education includes earning a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Psychology, a minor in English, and core electives in Management, Marketing, Economics, Advertising, Feature Writing (Pre-Blog era). The focus in Psychology and Sociology seems to fit with real estate. Don't you agree that real estate transactions are as much about the people behind the legal description as they are about the property?
Real Estate Education began with buying my own home, then of course--Sales Person Pre-Licensing and Post Licensing. During my first year I earned my GRI, E-PRO, and C-Crec designations along with a host of continuing education classes I did not have to have but wanted to take. I continued r.e. ed with Broker Licensing studies, after being approved to sit for the MREC Broker exam, I took it passed, and immediately followed up with broker post licensing classes. Now I will be able to concentrate fully on putting all these classes to work and be confident that I have the education, resources, and contacts to serve clients well.
Pre-real estate included a wide variety of work experiences. I often prayed that my eyes would be opened to the best way to turn these work experiences into a focused career asset.
I grew up with a Restaurant Entrepreneur for a Mother. It was a great way to learn business and customer service/client retention --as well as employee relation basics. Ethics and "THE golden rule" were taught at an early age. My mother who was such a hard worker plus raising 5 children under roof at one time always had a winning attitude. Her favorite quote was Zig Ziglar's "Tough times don't last; but tough people do." I'll be 50 this coming January and still count my mother as one of the most awesome people I have met.
Believe it or not, at some time in each transaction I am glad that I have had the varied work exposure that I have had. It all works together!
In closing, here are some of my favorite quotes:
"Fall down 7 times, Rise the 8th time...(to infinity)" attributed to the Bible, Proverbs, Helen Keller, and Chinese wisdom.
"Do, or do not. There is no try." Yoda
"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."-Anonymous
"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want." -Zig Ziglar
I believe I am an instrument. I believe faith is important, but we should use the wisdom, knowledge and skills that have been attributed to us. Beyond that, we have providence.
Let the Son shine in!
