Hurry Up and Wait!

I have noticed a common theme in this industry... Hurry Up and Wait! This theme has been one of the hardest for me to grasp, out of all the crazy things that the real estate world throws at me on a daily basis. As a child growing up, when my parents wanted something, typically it meant RIGHT NOW! Finish your sandwich, go to bed, get your butt home, you get the idea. So I am programmed to move when given a task. On time meant late, in my house.

When working with buyers and sellers it is all jumbled up. Take buyers for example, buyers want to buy a house, they get all riled up about a home they want (hurry up), oh... but they are not pre-qualified... so then they go through the process of the pre-qualifying (wait). O.K. so now find the perfect house (hurry up). When they find the perfect house, you have to track down the agent (Grrr...that wait is a pet peeve of mine and another blog) to put in an offer (wait). Then it is wait, hurry up, wait till the offer goes back and forth and is fully accepted. Next are all the hoops to jump through to get the sale completed (hurry up). Almost about to close... no clear to close (wait)...

I have always considered myself a fairly patient person, but this career choice has taken me to the next level. I no longer celebrate every time someone hands me the ball. I now wait until it is in the end-zone to do my celebratory dance. You just never know who is going to try to knock the ball out of your hands while heading toward the goal.

I am not sure that in the hay days of the past when the real estate market was nuts and they had multiple bids, that maybe things rolled a bit more urgently like I prefer? It is taking me a long time to adjust to the hurry up and wait of it all, but everyday I see myself making progress!

Onto the next contract... HURRY UP!!!!! :)