Become The Women God Has Designed You To Be
As a woman in the real estate industry for the past 10 years I have experience a lot of ups and downs in my business and personal life. These were all due to my choosing in life, what I wanted to do, who I wanted to spend my time with and seeking the wrong things in life that would eventually hurt me.I began my real estate career in 2004 as an escrow representative shortly leaving my radio station/ broadcasting gig, The Velvet Lounge that I had at my college in Cal State Fullerton. Not knowing anything about real estate I started temping at an escrow office and within a week the manager had hired me. He said that he was so impressed by the way I had greeted him with a standing “hello, how can I help you?” that I must get hired for his company and hit the pavement. And sure enough God's plan started to opening doors for me. You see I knew nothing about real estate, just that it involved selling properties and realtors. I especially knew nothing about escrow, but I was hired to sale my company to lenders and realtors all over Orange County. With such a large territory that included, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Irvine and Anaheim I was able to meet a lot of people in the real estate industry. I met some agents who were amazing realtors and I also meet the lazy realtors, the drinkers, the weasel realtors and the realtors who have had a lot of experience but no time for others. I then said to myself, “If they can do it, so can I”. So I took my test and failed the first time. I was devastated, I had not studied so hard for any test in my life a fail by 1%. So I retook and moved back to San Diego with my parents hoping that I would pass it the second round. I even joined a real estate company, in 2006 McMillin Realty before I got my license just to learn and be around the movers and shakers of the industry while waiting patiently for good news that I had passed my real estate test.A couple years down the road I was one of the realtors who started YPN (Young Professional Network) in South County San Diego. We hosted networking events, that involved speakers but was tailored around cocktails aka alcohol. Which was possibly hurting other professionals in their business or family life due to temptations or leading others on the wrong path. At the time I didn’t see this as being wrong because I enjoyed it and had fun with my colleagues but I was blinded by my desires. I eventually would find myself at networking events with my girlfriends just to have cocktails and then go out for the rest of the evening. I started a downward spiral that would eventually have me at my knees praying to God for help. You see, I had…