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⚠️Don't Know What You Don't Know And Think You Do?⚠️

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Commercial Real Estate Agent with Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker AZ BR 528507000

It's a dangerous place to venture into! 

Even with almost 28 years in 2 states, I can't IMAGINE knowing all!

It's impossible. Plus, I've gotten my royal ass KICKED any time I thought so! 

The number of moving parts in even the (seemingly) simplest transaction.

Changes in the industry.

Changes in the laws.

ALL contributing factors. 

We may have to 'relearn' what we used to know (or thought we did) and adapt to new information (which is the definition of intelligence, if you asked my first Psych professor--and I agree--intelligence is the ability to adapt to both old and especially new situations in our environment!)

ALSO, the number of WRONG opinions and incorrect information even transmitted by what 'used to be' 'experts' (yup, lamestream fake news media) can't be relied upon.

So we have to check, double check, and check some more before we take the shot if we want to hit the mark. Outsource to resources. 

And not be ego-invested in being the smartest person in the room. 

Isn't it fun? 

 

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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about - attributed to Solomon Short.  

Dec 30, 2024 05:05 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

💯 which necessitates double checking in real time! 

Dec 30, 2024 05:23 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Candice,

I always like to stay in my own lane and know I definitely don't want to venture into an area I'm not familiar with! There is no way I know everything and I've been in real estate for 33 years. 

Dec 30, 2024 05:39 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

In fact, the longer we do this the more we find we have to learn!

Dec 30, 2024 06:14 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Absolutely! We all know stuff but none of us know everything. Keeping that in mind when we are talking with others is so important!

Dec 30, 2024 05:45 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

And we can still speak with authority acknowledging that our resources will answer any questions, even if at the moment we can't - and know better than to speculate!

Dec 30, 2024 06:18 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

Interesting fact...virtually every client I start with in real estate knows more about the housing market than I do...lol

Dec 30, 2024 06:32 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

That IS interesting! They've been investigating in real time!
Our clients do teach us, don't they!

Dec 30, 2024 07:13 AM
Lew Corcoran
Better Living Real Estate, LLC - East Bridgewater, MA
Expert guidance. Exceptional results.

Thank you, Candice A. Donofrio, for your candid insights on the complexities of our industry! Your reminder to stay humble and open to learning, while navigating constant changes, is both refreshing and invaluable.

Dec 30, 2024 02:06 PM
Candice A. Donofrio

Thank you! 💖

Dec 31, 2024 05:20 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Candice- often the smartest person in the room is the one who admits they don't know the answer.  What is the old saying about...he who knows not and knows that he knows not can learn, teach him....Libra. 

Dec 30, 2024 07:09 PM
Candice A. Donofrio

often the smartest person in the room is the one who admits they don't know the answer.

Or says nothing till they have found out! 

Thank you ♎💖

Dec 31, 2024 05:21 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

From my experience, people who think they know it all, truly don't know much at all, haha.

Dec 31, 2024 04:59 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

🎶I know a little 🎶

Dec 31, 2024 05:21 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Jan 04, 2025 06:03 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Good morning Candice.The larger my island of knowledge becomes the greater the shoreline of my ignorance. Enjoy your day.

Jan 05, 2025 05:14 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

The larger my island of knowledge becomes the greater the shoreline of my ignorance.

🙋I get that! 

Jan 05, 2025 07:26 AM
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, CFSP
Big Block LPT Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Retirees Services

I tend to keep quiet in a room unless I'm sure of my opinion being based in fact or at least my concrete experience. Constant due diligence and as you stated, updating our information is required to be an expert always - we can't rely on what was truth 10 years ago in real estate, while the principles never change, the laws and methodolgy does. "I know a little and baby I can guess the rest!"

Jan 05, 2025 06:57 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

💯!!

Jan 05, 2025 07:27 AM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

Some great comments arose from your thoughtful post. There is always something new to learn or discover a different way to do something. I find this specifically with computer programs. I never use the full ability of the program, and if I watch a video about ho to do something, find they do it completely differently to me. There are many ways to get to the same destination, we just need to be open to taking a different turn every now and again.

Jan 06, 2025 07:30 AM
Candice A. Donofrio

many ways to get to the same destination

 

Yup! 

 

Jan 06, 2025 10:02 AM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
The best agent in Southern Utah!

The industry is ever evolving, we must keep up and this quote still says it all for me, BB! Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

p.s. Overinflated ego's too! 

Jan 06, 2025 01:52 PM
Candice A. Donofrio

Got that right BB! 👒💖

Jan 06, 2025 04:07 PM