Regardless, the only person I ever let fuel me and penetrate my mental barrier was my father when he told me it couldn't be done. 

Technology (and those that embrace it) will certainly change the game but I don't see the need for inter-personal skills going away any time soon.

If you have water or moisture penetrating then no sealer or paint will work long term.

As they penetrate the market, innovations like the traffic control station used in the above example will be installed.

Life only happens once, embrace it and your business at the same time.

I spent twenty years working in restaurants, working my way up from Dishwasher to Head Chef so I embrace hard work and a good challenge.

Swedish values are everywhere in this store, they also want you to embrace their culture:As soon as you pull in there are electrical charging stations for all electric cars (even though nobody in America drives them yet).  

Typically, here anyway, copper pipes, or pvc, are not run "in" the slab but rather trenched in the pad below the slab and only penetrates the slab at the fixture locations. 

It goes away once you start making some money and understanding the property once you own it :)  Embrace the feeling but still work through it and do some deals!

It's only a matter of time before blockchain technology penetrates the real estate market.The days of intermediaries in this space are limited in my opinion.