"Woo Hoo!" I love my job!

Remember that excitement you felt when you first got your Real Estate license? I do. I remember it very well. I took the required 90 hours for Arizona in 9 days at the local community college. Talk about a brain-fry! As I got to know some of the other students, I discovered that there were quite a few in my class taking the whole course again, because they failed the test, two, three, five times. OH MY GOSH!

Needless to say, I was pretty freaked out about the prospect of taking the test. What if I failed? Deep breath, I went in and took the tests. The first one was the national test. I was given 1 hr and 45 min to complete it. It took me 35 minutes. Uh, oh. Why? What did I do wrong? I reviewed every question again two more times, took a deep breath and finally hit "send". The results came in minutes. The nice lady on the other side of the counter pushed the paper across to me and said (with no emotion), "You passed." "I passed?" "WOO HOO!!!!" I got the same results with the State exam, and she received the same reaction from me (as did all of the other people in the waiting room looking at me as though I were a crazy lady).

How many of us wake up each morning with that same excitement. That "Woo Hoo! I get to practice Real Estate today!" excitement we felt when we first got our licenses. If not, why not? Do we feel privileged to be in this business? If not, why not? Are you having fun? If not, why not? Think about what made you excited then, what's different today? Okay, the economy is bad... real bad. We can't change it. But we can choose the way in which we deal with it. Years ago, I found a great quote: Adversity doesn't build character, it exposes it. That quote has kept me in check on more than one occasion.

Practicing real estate is the most fun I've had working, ever. That's the truth. This business beats working in corporate America hands down. I have the privilege of meeting and getting to know lot of people, from all over the country! I have fun bouncing around on those country dirt roads looking for property, or showing homes. I get excited when I can help a client find that dream home or parcel of land. Several of my Buyers are now my friends! Sure I wish I were busier, and that loans were easier, and that there were more qualified buyers, but I can't control that. I can only control how I choose to deal with it.

What ever it was that made you love this business when you first started, find it again. Life's hard these days, but that doesn't mean we can't love our jobs!