February 6, 2010
Yesterday me and my crew were unloading a truck at an apartment complex in southwest. As I was handing an armoire off to someone (I can do that now) I recognized a woman walking a couple into the building.
“T.!” I said.
“Sweetie!” she replied.
It was the same woman who got us into our last apartment building. She’s some kind of rep for the parent company. Very cool chick, very nice. It was good seeing her again, even if she chided me for not networking with her. Hey, I’ve been swamped for nine months…
On the second job of the day, I ended up moving the couple into an apartment I’d moved someone else into. Kind of a sad situation, though — the previous tenants broke up and I was supposed to move him to a new place. We couldn’t get our schedules to sync up, though, so he kind of drifted away.
This is beginning to happen a lot now. Not only can I tell you what the loading docks are like for 99 percent of the city’s buildings, I know who lives in half of them. Is this success? Maybe. The U.S. Census Bureau ought to talk to me.
Isn’t it funny how all this started with an attempt to bail out of the corporate world and flip houses?
I’m a realtor now and love every minute of it. Flipping led to the job change.
Glad to see you doing well. Get that franchise model going! or, better yet, Get off yer duff and write your e-book and sell thousands of copies.
Cheers,
Taylor