Carolyn Smith, Broker

04/19/2022

Thinking of buying or selling a home or land in TN or GA?

LET ME HELP!

Licensed Broker/Owner, TN and GA.

Member of 3 MLS, Greater Chattanooga, River Counties, and Greater Knoxville, reaching 2,500 plus Realtors, Knoxville including East TN, River Counties, Chattanooga and North GA.

RE Trade Real Estate and Auction
Carolyn J Smith
423-838-1616

12/07/2021

Merry Christmas to ALL!
Thinking of buying or selling your home or land?
I would love to represent you!
423-838-1616
Carolyn Smith
Broker/Owner
RE Trade Real Estate
2205 Ingleside Avenue
Athens, TN 37303

12/01/2021

You graduate college with a 100k in debt, people clap and cheer for you.

You get married and spend between 5-50k for ONE day, people will clap and cheer for you.

You take a 200k+ loan from the bank to buy your first house, people will clap and cheer for you.

You take a 40k+ loan for a car (a depreciating asset) with an interest rate, people will clap and cheer for you.

Thats $400,000 in total debt that MOST people are living in, and somehow they are feeling good about it because people are congratulating them for it.

Now, go and tell those same people you spent a few hundred dollars to start your own business......

“Are you sure?”
“What if it doesn’t work?”
“Can you get your money back?”
“What if people laugh at you?”
“I know a place that’s hiring.”
“It’s going to be hard to get people to support you.”

Some of these same people won’t even share or like your post. They won’t help you promote your business. They would rather spend their money with somebody else. They will bring you everything negative about what it is that you’re doing. Picture a bucket full of crabs with no lid. The moment a crab tries to get out, the other crabs will literally rip its legs off.

This year, pay attention to who you’re surrounding yourself with and who’s speaking into your life.

Success is created by you, not your boss.
I’m self made and wouldn’t have it any other way 💎

Owner/Broker
RE Trade Real Estate
2205 Ingleside Avenue
Athens, TN 37303
TN & GA
423-838-1616

Broker/Owner, RE Trade Real Estate. Licensed in TN and GA.
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