Often a fortuitous event will have an inauspicious moment or two involved. It is easy to ignore the overall achievement and focus on the angst, the problems, the wrangling and the hindsight of shoulda, woulda, coulda. The dark moments can overshadow the accomplishment if the spotlight is focused on what went wrong instead of what went right. I often remind myself to concentrate on the lemonade not the lemons. Such is real estate and such is life.
As participants in the buying and selling of real estate it is important to resolve the issues, settle the disputes and not let the quibbles and personalities cloud the larger success of achieving a sizable accomplishment. Despair and delight come from within and are shaded by attitude, experiences and individual perception. It is a choice whether we recognize the success of the event by celebrating the hurdles we cleared and lessons learned, or lessen the achievement with continued self-sabotage by maintaining a narrow focus on the negative.
A few months ago I encountered an agent I had not seen for years. We chatted briefly and she said she remembered there were some big challenges in the transaction we worked together on, but in the end we closed the deal and everyone was happy. The buyer recently called to thank me for helping them make a savvy real estate purchase, and asked me to watch their neighborhood of choice for a fabulous view home. The dicey issues of raw sewage under the house and a faulty septic tank were resolved long ago.
It does not require a miracle to resolve real estate issues. Often a change in perspective and attitude will bring about understanding, compassion and resolution.
Norma Toering & Team RE/MAX Palos Verdes Realty
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