If 30 days has been the norm, agents and brokers should expect 45 days, and that means they should tell their buyers and sellers the same thing.Will consumers eagerly embrace the notion that closings on typical home sales will now take an average of 45 to 60 days?

I will attend the next NORIEA meeting & will be elated to Learn the business & embrace keen mentoring, please feel free to contact me!

I've used this stuff before:  floor sealerBuy a 10 dollar pump sprayer from HD and seal the floor so you don't have water penetration. 

Though the commercial-real-estate sector has a reputation for being slow to embrace new technology, several brokers and developers are hot on virtual-reality tours—to boost leasing and sales, especially to technology firms and tech-driven media and advertising companies: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-office-space-in-your-head-1435541344

You need to address the water penetration issues immediately.

We do a company sweep on the 15th and last day of each month.Many old-school PMC's still pay once/month at the end of the month because they aren't embracing technology.

Embrace the adventure that is your work - it's certainly meaningful.

I'm hoping incentives like these can allow me to penetrate the market early on and minimize the risk owners would feel giving their business to an unproven company.

Nothing good can come from negative wallowing and self-pity, and similarly nothing bad will bloom from a determination to embrace the positive and consistently strive for the better.  

I would listen to the BP Podcast with Thach Nguyen on how he knocked on one hundred doors a day , five days a week for ten years and that got him one million USD per year from that ACTIVITY.Make sure you dont miss the part where he says one home seller let loose a dog on him and he had to get attention at the hospital from the bite.I would also pay attention to the Tom Hopkins Champion formula to embrace rejection on pages 110-125 in his book Mastering the Art of the Sale.Especially the part where he says , you are paid for each rejection you getThen TAKE ACTION, make the calls, follow up leads, ask for referrals, make offers, buy properties, choose your exit strategy etcin making calls i would attempt to incorporate "negative phrasing" as taught by Steve Trang, to locate buyers, sellers, private money lenders.I would also set a saving rate as taught by Anthony Robbins from book Money, master the game, becoming of an investor, taking advantage of the power of compounding I would also keep in mind the 10000hour rule from Malcom Gladwell's book, Outliers reminding myself that attaining world class takes commitment