Skills or qualities in no particular order: Communication, patience, empathy, listening ear, backbone, resilience, determination, organization, work ethic, lead a team, thick skin, time management, trusts their instinct, and all-around good ethics! 

I don't know your skin thickness but know I do it with love and care for your improvement, there is no insult meant by any of it but fact is we all gotta suck, learn and try again before we get great, right. 

For me there is nothing better than curling up late at night in front of a roaring fire and reading a big, thick book on taxes. 

There are an abundance of views in and around the Shenandoah Valley from Massanutten Resort to the Shenandoah National Park to the winery and brewery trails, but sometimes the tall oaks and thick pines can make seeing those views extremely difficult.

Michael,i appreciate the response thank you.just to be clear, I have thick skin, been doing large scale construction for 23 years and transactions totalling in excess of $200mm but it just caught me by surprise in one of the forums when someone had asked about a investment property str and it was a vague question and got a "holier than thou" response and when they responded back they essentially reduced the person to a you tube investor lol.

I am familiar with the "rudeness" but that unfortunately is not so uncommon when dealing with government employees who have to deal with the public on a daily basis and is something you just have to have thick skin for.

There are a ton of PMs in Austin, for example, including a bunch of national and local brokerages so the competition is thick.

Again, you’re going to need binders (I always use white binders) that are 2 inches thick this time, not 3 inches like the ones you used for the mail system.

If you're going to be in RE, you need thick skin anyway, better to grow it here than with someone on some deal. :)

You could put wall to wall carpet on the second floor with a thick pad, or you could put a suspended ceiling on the first floor and put in rock wool above the suspended ceiling.