I recently accompanied a friend who's thinking of getting into the real estate business to a CBSHOME Career Night. I found it to be very informative and certainly worth the time of all who attended.
Near the end of the presentation, I was asked: "As an long-time agent, what is the best thing you've found about being a Realtor?"
To me, it was a very easy answer. I simply said: "The entire time my kids were growing up, I never once had to ask a boss if I could take the day off to go watch a Christmas Program." There are lots of other things I never had to ask for the day off for; like field trips, doctor visits, taking several days off while my son recuperated from surgery or the few years when I picked the kids up every day from middle school.
There are a lot of great aspects to our business, but far and away, in my mind the flexibility of our schedule for family time or personal obligations wins hands down. That is the BEST thing about Real Estate.
Kind of a side-note that ties into family time is the fact that in our business, we spend a lot of hours every week in the car. (at least I always have). I had my first car phone installed in 1986 I believe and of course, evolved from there. One thing I was able to do was to always check in with my parents. I lost my Mother a year and a half ago and I now cherish those 20 minute drives to my appointments that I would just call and say 'What's up Mom?"
I have to think if I'd have had an office job for the last 25 years, I wouldn't have been able to spend near that amount of 'phone-time' with her or my Father. She didn't work outside the home and was always pleased to hear from me, nearly on a daily basis. Yes, that truly is the BEST thing about Real Estate...
If you have a need for a Realtor in the Omaha, NE area, please contact Bill Swanson, with CBSHOME Real Estate, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
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