Do you ever wonder whether or not a working relationship with your spouse is a good idea? The same qualities that first attracted you to your spouse may be the same qualities you need to improve your business. How would you vote? What are the pros and cons to working with your spouse?
Michele - Are you considering working with your spouse? My husband Bob and I use to work together as loan officers. He was better at closing, I was better at remembering all the program details. He knew how to structure the harder loans, I knew how to run them through AU. So yes, we used the strengths each of us had to make an awesome team.
Now he's the loan officer and I'm the realtor. A little bit different scenario. I've had to learn better closing skills and he's had to learn more of the details on those loan programs. We are not working in the same office together any longer. I felt that most of the time the two of us got along. I will admit, if we happened to have an argument on the way to work, it was sometimes a long day at the offce. We couldn't afford to carry it on there and still get work done.
I've heard some husbands and wives say they could never work together. I believe it depends on who you are and what status your marriage is at.
My wife and I have worked together for over 5 years. Having separate offices helps. We both have individual strengths and weaknesses and over the years we have figured out who should be in charge of each part of the business.
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