One thing I made sure to make VERY clear to Meg when accepting this position in May, was that although I had passed the my tests already, I was not quite ready to jump right in and start helping people sell and buy homes. Not just yet. I am not sure if my hesitation came from having not worked in so long, from just not feeling 113% ready, or from being afraid of failing. I honestly have no idea. I did know though that a small part of it came from the fact that I wanted to finish my post-licensing requirements and testing first. I had to finish that within 6 months and I know myself well enough to know if I did not do it immediately, I would never do it. So upon accepting, because of course Meg was super supportive of this, I threw myself into any and all online training offered by RealtySouth, as much Continuing Ed that I could squeeze in offered by BAR and RealtySouth, and began my post-licensing online class June 7th finishing on July 18th (studied only at night once the kids we...

 Okay what do I do from here? I still wasn't sure I was ready. So I continued throwing myself into Continuing Ed. and online training. I was casually helping a few clients look for properties. All commercial (which ironically is the direction I wanted to go even before getting my license) but this was not intentional by any means.  Well, one day I received a phone call from Meg. She was going to look at a friends house to prepare to list it for her. After that, she was going to show her friend a house. Meg warned me about this house and the house she would be showing as well. She wanted me to tag along for both. Well, as it turns out, Meg couldn't make either but my Mentor was still going to be there, so I figured it was still a great opportunity to learn first hand.  Remember I said Meg had warned me???? Um, upon arriving, I can see why she only gave me a warning and not the truth!!!! I would have never shown up and she knows that! To say that you should not enter that h...

 I took my course final February 25th. So what the heck....I went ahead and scheduled my State and National Finals as well. I felt a little less pressured with this test since I had unlimited attempts, however, I did not want to be the idiot who could not pass. March 14th was the day. It was set. There was no turning back now. My test was scheduled for 9:00, so I got up at 3:00 and went to study some. Then relaxed a bit, then headed to test. This test was required to be in person. I believe I had 180 minutes for this test as well, but I think it had maybe 40 more questions than my course final. Um, yeah. This test took me almost the ENTIRE time. The place was nice and everything, well everything other than the test. No test is nice. But everything and everyone was organized and had things running smoothly. Again, everything except the test, that it. I swear I was trying to remember questions so I could know what to study later for when I had to retake it. Horrible I tell you. Just ...

 Jason approached me one day out of the blue and said, "I think now is the perfect time for you to go to real estate school." Now mind you, we have had this conversation a million times in the past but I have always found a million and three reasons as to why NOW is NOT the perfect time. I am not sure if my resistance came from fear. I mean, we all know its been like 48 years since I've last attempted to study. Fear of not being 1,300% available for my babies. Fear of failure. Who knows? I sure in the hell didn't. But what I did know was that I wasn't ready to face whatever it was that was holding me back. But this time was different. He was not taking no for an answer. I told him I would look into some online programs to see which one fit my needs best. And while I did that, I did it more so to appease him than anything else. I loved real estate and I would loved to do this more than anything else but I was scared. I mean, I haven't worked in almost 15 years....

It's been a long time since I've worked. And by worked, I mean outside the home, receiving a paycheck.  And by long, I mean a good 13+ years. But don't let that fool you-I've had kids, pets, a husband, a company, a home, PTO Board, Room Mom duties, the daily grind, and a lot of health fun, among so much more to keep me more than entertained over those years.   But something was missing. I kept feeling it. But I couldn't find it. I knew I needed it had to do with needing to use my brain. I loved being readily available for anyone and everyone 24/7 but I needed more. I could feel it. Even worse, I could feel it starting to affect others around me. The kids were getting older, but not old enough. Not yet. At least not in my mind. They still needed and wanted me present as much as possible. So for now, I had to find a way to push my need to the back burner. And considering I didn't even know what my "need" even was, I was okay justifying doing so. Enter CO...