
The market shouldn’t be your barrier for success
I noticed there are two groups of agents telling two different stories about the market right now. First, there's Group A who says the market has slowed down significantly. So they're choosing to take the rest of the year off. Then there's Group B. Group B says that investors and buyers can access properties more easily, sellers have become more negotiable, and terms are better than before. So they're closing more deals than they have in the past 2 years. It's interesting how two groups of agents can have totally different approaches to the market. The thing is, I've learned that "the market" usually isn't the barrier to our success as agents. What holds us back are our own beliefs about what's possible and our willingness to leverage creative opportunities. …