Preface When I first ventured into the real estate industry back in 2014, I did so with the idea that it would complement my interior design career and maybe I would "flip some houses". The realization of what a career in real estate could mean to me was fully discovered in my first transaction, where I was able to help an elderly couple who had been tragically displaced from their rental after a fire claimed all that they owned months prior. As they stood in the front yard of the home we just toured, deciding to make an offer, both teared up as the husband wrapped his arms around his wife, stating that they "never thought they could buy a home" having rented their whole lives. They simply didn't think homeownership was an option for them up until recently. We knew our offer wasn't the only one being considered as the listing agent had informed me that she had already received one offer and we also knew there was only two hours left to submit our offer for consideration, as that was the deadline for the seller's response to the first offer. Racing back to my new brokerage office on a Sunday evening, we wrote up our offer. I was still so new that I hadn't even been trained on how to use the office scanner so I drove to the listing agents home to hand deliver our offer with 15 minutes to spare! Hours later, I received the call that our offer was the "winning" offer that the seller would accept. The joy of hearing "the seller is accepting your offer!" was heightened even more so when I had the pleasure of calling my hopeful buyers to deliver the news that our offer was accepted!!! It was in those moments that I discovered what a career in real v
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