CHAPTER 10 to: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A SIX FIGURE INCOME IN REAL ESTATE: YOUR GUIDE TO MAKING MONEY, SAVING TIME AND HAVING FUN

CHAPTER 10: THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE

A deal of a lifetime comes around about every two weeks!

My dad had a theory that who we are will ultimately change dramatically every 5 years. My dad explained that what we think, believe, feel, and even how we do things radically changes every half decade to reflect the progression of time in one’s life. At the time I thought that this was just another one of his cockamamie ideas but now as I look back it seems to fit a pattern. Whether in our personal life, marriage, parenting, business, beliefs ……….there seems to be distinctive changes. These ‘new views’ come from a number of factors and influences based on accumulated experiences (both good and bad). We can choose to reflect and adopt our new ‘views’ or we can fight them or even ignore them.

I have been a model of my dad’s theory as my life has certainly taken drastic directional changes about every five years. From being single to married, from no children to 4, from atheist to Christ follower, from money focus to life focus etc….

Country singer Kenny Rogers made popular the song ‘The Gambler’ where in it were the lines “you got to know when to hold them; you got to know when to fold them”. The lyrics to this song provide great advice to all of us in our lives. We must continuously review and reflect on our own lives and what God intends for us to be used for. If we don’t we will be out of sync with who and what you we were intended to be. You can try to fight that if you want but ultimately you will fight a battle that can’t be one.

So too in real estate, there are many people who have quite the business of buying and selling real estate. The only problem is that they have not left yet!! I will repeat again, it does not matter what you do in life that matters; it is why and who you do it for that ultimately matters. If you do not love what you are doing then make changes. Start with little things that will bring you to where you are excited again buying and selling real estate.

My first career in real lasted 5 years then I quite. I closed down South Okanagan Realty a year after my father committed suicide and I began to rethink everything. I got making money down to a system but I felt something was missing. I tried many different things but nothing seemed to fill a ‘nagging gap’ in my life. So I quit real estate and drew close to my family by homeschooling our eldest two girls and working toward a degree in theology. This gave me a great opportunity to reflect on life and dig deeper into what was meaningful for me.

Two years later I started HomeStar Realty and gone 3 years and still love what I do but am taking an extended trip to write, reflect and develop other long term goals…….it is going great. Look, listen and respond to what you are called to do in order to achieve peak performance on ALL levels of your life.

Advice: Don’t get stuck in a rut. Make sure you are doing what you should be doing!!