A transition - From full time real estate to photography! - True Story

It all started in November of 2007. It was a typical busy weekend.
I had 3 clients on the go - Two out of town buyers and an unexpected
call from a client I had worked with before. It all happened Friday
evening. I went to bed with a splitting headache.

I woke up and there was some extra ringing in my ears. It was like
white noise I had heard nothing like it before. I went downstairs and tryed
to log in to the computer. I couldn't do it. I could not get my hands to
respond. All I knew was that people were counting on me, and that what -ever
was wrong with me would pass.

I rushed to the car and proceeded to my first appointment. My wife had already left
with my kids. I soon found out that I could not seem to get a word out. when I spoke
it was all garbled. I told my clients that I had a cold and was not able to speak with them
and to write down questions and I would get back to them.

By the time I got home I knew that something was majorly wrong with me .... i just had
no idea what it was. I mumbled something to my wife. And she said I looked like a ghost!
then as I sat at the computer she came over and said the right hand side of my face was droopy.
I knew then that I had a stroke because I had managed to type in droopy face. The result was stroke!
I told my wife and she nearly fainted. We had both been coming and going with the kids and my schedule was full.

Anyway - 2 weeks later. I got out of the hospital. My blood pressure had been 200/120! I was a walking
time bomb! Took me 6 months to fully recover. But in the mean time -I became right brained.

Web sites and photography were all of a sudden in the for-front. I still kept my licence but the luster
of the deal faded further and further.

Fast forward to 2011. I operate 2 condo websites. Put together they are the most visited real estate
websites in Atlantic Canada. www.condosnovascotia.com and .ca . I refer all the deals to my 2
buddies at Stages real estate.

I operate a website www.localbiznovascotia.com , I've got a photography company that takes pictures
of homes on the MLS(R).

What a transition! Who could have called it?

And my active rain - I actually started posting listings that I photo as part of my service!