If you believe in not siding with any party in an\u00a0attempt to remain neutral, please stop reading.\u00a0 This post is a post that has been on my mind which is\u00a0about being yourself and doing what makes you happy.\u00a0 I was 22 when I bought my first home.\u00a0 My parents told me not to buy that home, 5 years later it was the best thing I ever bought when I sold it.\u00a0 I was told you CAN’T say your a Christian believer that Jesus Christ is your savor on your real estate website; I’ve sold houses to Christians and made really good friends in and around the industry because of it.\u00a0 I was told flat out, find a job that more steady that real estate, something safer; however I love living on the edge.\u00a0 I even doubted myself when I thought my family couldn’t afford to tithe; my wife thought otherwise and we do.\u00a0 I was told not a buy a used Cadillac as they don’t hold up; I still drive it to this day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I love being myself.\u00a0 It’s not about always pleasing other people including the customers in your business.\u00a0 I had a prospect call me a year ago.\u00a0 He asked me questions up and down that was raising red flags left and right, my gut feeling told me to hang up on him; I did.\u00a0 I was told I was too young to be in the real estate business, I’m still young and still in it today.\u00a0 Russell Shaw stated himself, if his team goes on a 1,000 listing appointments, he’ll take 500 of them.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 I believe in myself and I believe in my decisions, and that’s exactly what I want you who is reading this right now to believe.\u00a0 Greg Swann is an Author and Eric Blackwell is\u00a0an seo guru,\u00a0relationship builder.\u00a0\u00a0 We all make mistakes, (liking hanging up on a call in), but the point is this, believe in yourself and BE YOURSELF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you believe in not siding with any party in an\u00a0attempt to remain neutral, please stop reading.\u00a0 This post is a post that has been on my mind which is\u00a0about being yourself and doing what makes you happy.\u00a0 I was 22 when I bought my first home.\u00a0 My parents told me not to buy that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":292,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/292\/realty-reality-lous-lament-in-22-unhappy-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":13993,"position":0},"title":"Realty Reality: Lou’s lament in 22 unhappy photos . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written a bunch of these stories, and I've got a bunch more in me -- I did CRS the hard way. 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