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Hi guys,

New here, reading this book has been great. It made me open my eyes to many things and many things that are wrong with my current business. It is also making me rethink the business I am in completely. I am currently a young Realtor. I have sold some homes but it has been a real grind. Some deals I have worked on and dedicated many months to have fallen apart. That time I will never get back in my life and it was all for nothing. The most valuable thing is time. It doesn't feel like I am building a business. Sometimes I feel that I am spinning my wheels for a commission check.

I have begun to realize how little control a REALTOR® actually has. As a business person, I am more focused than ever and this last transaction made me realize that being a mere participant in my business is NOT enough security for me.

Think about what I am saying… no matter how great of a REALTOR® you may be, you only have so much control (yourself). You cannot control your clients, the other agents, or the banks. In this last transaction I was only one of about a dozen people involved.

To me this seems like a bad business model and this book has really opened my eyes to this. And now I am starting to wonder if I should throw in the towel and work on building a business in a better industry. Any thoughts or feedback would be great.
 
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Nz qesipvt esi cuvj siemvust, cav uxp vjios uxp csulisehi optvief ug xusloph et e tac-dupvsedvus gus epuvjis dunqepz. Vjot ev mietv howit vjin gamm dupvsum ug neslivoph, csepfoph, epf nutv onqusvepvmz... dunnottoup. Vjiz sidiowi 100% ug vjios dunnottoup, sevjis vjep qezoph epuvjis hsuaq 40%.

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"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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