Over the weekend I attempted to scan a document to my email. Wait, wait, wait...nada. Reboot router, modem and printer/copier/scanner and still nothing. Tinker under the hood, No luck. Spectrum had forced us to update our modem and router in April, and looking back through the error log realized that was when the issue started. Wait, the problem started in April and you just now noticed? Yep. Scanning isn't the big tech tool it used to be for us. Most offers/contracts are now Dotloop, so scanning has taken a distant back seat.
Monday I gave it one last try. Talked to the copier tech service desk and Spectrum's tech service desk. Neither was really much help, and while I spent a little more time on Google searching for answers, it didn't take long to decide that continuing to troubleshoot wasn't the best use of my time when a basic scanner on Amazon cost under $70 and could literally be on my front porch within 5 hours. Order placed, delivery received, installation completed, scan completed.
How to best use my time has been a big part of my life. Juggling engineering, real estate, "zookeeping" and beekeeping means I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with problems. Find an effective fix quickly and move on. Sometimes the fix was something I could personally do, other times it meant replacing something, and other times it meant hiring out help.
Each of us have time demands in our lives, and how we use that time determines how happy our family and clients are with us.
For me, overhauling our website is best handled by Charra and her team YourSiteNeedsMe SEO Team. While I might be able to figure out some of what they do, it would cost me significant amounts of time. Time that would be better spent creating more IDX pages or feeding our zoo (we need happy dogs and cats!).
For some of you, handing off your blogging may make a lot of cents/sense. If it's a task you don't enjoy, and there are other revenue activities you do enjoy, why not do what you do best and let someone else do what they do best?
The same test needs to be applied to our potential clients. We don't have to work with everyone that contacts us. Sometimes catch and release makes the most sense. The seller that won't listen to any advice you provide and the buyer who looks at home after home after home that all seem to perfectly match their criteria and won't act...maybe they're a home looker and not a home buyer. Cut your losses, refer out if you can, and move along.
Mind your minutes.
Until next Tuesday, just Ask An Ambassador if you need help,
Bill & Liz aka BLiz
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