I have been blogging since last June about my process of rebuilding and the absolute necessity of having trust and faith to prevail in the worst of circumstances. After I recovered from my ankle surgery, I put 100% of my efforts to obtaining bank REO(real estate owned) listings. I talked about this in this post. The reason I put all my efforts into this was because an economist at an REO convention that I attended in October said that if I was not working REO, I should get out of the business.
That statement was very direct but in a way, true. The fact of the matter is that it is the foreclosure listings that are selling because they are the best priced ones. Sure there are cash buyers for multimillion dollar properties that are not foreclosures, but that is the minority. I have put my best effort with all the new certifications needed. I am positioned and confident enough to be a great REO realtor combined with my 24 years of experience as a real estate broker in Miami.
However, it is a very tough business to get into. I have done my best effort and in the last two weeks amped up more effort into getting my broker package out there. But the business is not coming in like a flood. The bank assignments I am doing are worthwhile, but they do not pay all my bills. It didn’t help either that a Fannie Mae executive who came to talk at the realtor association, said to me that his wife is a realtor and even he has a hard time connecting her in this business.
So I continue to prevail as well with my other projects of which I am passionate about. They say in the law of attraction that you have to let go of the outcome that you envision. So, I decided today that since I was so focused in the last two weeks in securing the real estate business, I am going to let go this coming week and do the following:
*Spend time with my goddaughter who is five years old and I don’t have time to see. She is on spring break.
*I am going to have lunch with friends I haven’t seen in a while.
* I am going to go to the beach and allow my creativity to flow.
*I am going to finish my book proposal so I can start sending it to agents
*I am going to get the manuscript squeaky clean edited so that I can self-publish as a back up option.
* I am going to enjoy my time with my son who also will be on spring break. By June, he will be getting his regular driver’s license and he will be much more independent. So I got to enjoy this time as much as possible.
* Get some paperwork in order, do some spring cleaning and continue to let go and let God.
*And last last but not least, blog more here because when I write, I get inspired and I am really happy:)
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