it's easy to see how this could become a problem. I believe the late Notorious B.I.G. said it best when he wrote the song " Mo Money, Mo Problems ." I wonder if he had been considering a real estate career. My advice? If you could find a broker that provides even some of those services within the brokerage, you are on your way to saving thousands of dollars throughout your career.
Work Ethic
If the lack of money doesn't get you, try having a bad work ethic. It will undoubtedly do the trick. According to Wikipedia, Work Ethic is defined as "a behavior of a single individual... that has led to a systematic lack of productivity, reliability, accountability and a growing sphere of unprofessional/unhealthy relationships". In the construction industry, there's no room for slacking off, and growing up with a grandfather like mine, there was barely enough room to breathe. I remember Saturday mornings at 6:00 AM, "LET'S GO! IT'S TIME TO GET UP! I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANY OF THIS SLEEPING ALL-DAY NONSENSE!" At nine years old, you could imagine what my childhood was like. Multiplication all summer with a side of business taxes and learning the difference between a fiscal year and a calendar year made me want to leave the house sooner rather than later. I believe those experiences began to develop the work ethic necessary to make it in the real estate industry. I don't take them for granted. I deeply desired to hear my Grampa tell me those two words I believe every boy yearns to hear, "good job." I wouldn't hear those words from Grampa's mouth until my firstborn child in 2005. I was well in my twenties. I would listen to it again the following year with my secondborn. To think about it, maybe that's why I have five
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