09/02/2026
A key attribute for long-term survival in real estate is becoming a master problem solver — a fixer. I can’t count how many transactions were declared dead on arrival by another agent, title company, or mortgage company, only for me and others to pull them back from the brink of the dead-deal file cliff. Fact: Real estate agents don’t get paid until after closing. But the real accomplishment wasn’t the paycheck; it was changing the course of buyers’ and sellers’ lives, redirecting them toward where they were meant to go.