Too many people like to think that life is in control of ones actions - but in reality we are the ones that control our destiny.

You cannot be very successful in Real Estate, or anything in life really, by yourself.

To move up to commercial, have enough equity in assets to cash flow residual income for life, or ???

However, when someone is able to buy a home and change their life, there is no better feeling in the world and it makes it all worth the extra effort.

Life is long and things can change a lot during the course of your life.

however, "experience is by far life's best teacher."

I am sorry, but that is just the fact of life.

He reminded us that a society that no longer recognizes that nature and human life have a sacred dimension, an intrinsic worth beyond monetary value, ultimately commits collective suicide.

This thread speaks volumes of what is wrong and right with the 6% model of real estate sales.Comparing to commission only life insurance and mortgage brokering, there is a conflict of interest.If you only make money with CASH SALE, as an agent in Real Estate sales, and few are getting financed traditionally, then seller financing (sub2, land contracts, seller carrybacks and wraps-AITDs, selling beneficial interests in land trusts, etc.), all these tools that creative financing offers to fix Sellers' problems, well these tools do not help agents TODAY, may be later, but not now.If your model included hourly income rates to fix the problem of this troubled depreciating Buyers' Market, AND you had the skills of creative financing, well, maybe you could create solutions for buyers.An analogy:A whole life insur salesman make 75% comm on one policy (annual premium, with charge backs if the monthly payment is interrupted) OR second carrier offering 45% annual premium comm.If you had to feed your family, which would you sell?

This started as a real estate discussion, but has veered off into a discussion of whether or not people get the support they need to deal with life's hardships.