I Almost Puked

Life if full of mistakes. We all make them. Big and small.

Especially investors. Not long ago I read about China’s shared economy that has gone bad.

You may have seen it in some cities. Those green bicycles on every corner with no locks on them.

If you want a ride one, you scan and pay. When you’re finished, you leave it at its location.

Sounds like a great concept right? Except for in China where investors poured millions of dollars into the concept.

Only to lose millions. People decided to hijack them or leave them in some field.

Now that would leave a pit in your stomach.

How about Bernie Madoff? Some of you may remember him. Ripping off thousands of people.

These are pretty big mistakes. But mistakes don’t have to be of this proportion to make your stomach turn.

Which is what mine did yesterday.

I had some partners Kandi and Mike that I have been helping find a home. We put an offer in on one home but they took to long to answer.

So we canceled the contract and put an offer in on another home.

Later that night I got a counter sent back to my email with some minor changes. Which my partners signed and agreed to.

The problem was… It was the wrong house.

I panicked. I thought the sh*t was really going to hit the fan.

Then I took the time to think it through. Everything was ok. I had taken the proper steps, and it was a mistake.

I notified the parties. Letting them know I had crossed my deals and made an honest mistake.

It’s easy to write about all the successes as a realtor. But at the end of the day, we are all human. We make mistakes.

The hope though is that you follow a process that most of the times will keep you fail proof.

It’s because of a Value-Driven Process like this… That I didn’t PUKE!

Have a great week. Unshackle your chains, my friends…

Chad

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