05/09/2024
✨ New beginnings! I have made the bold decision to pivot from real estate and am looking for an opportunity where I can flex my strengths of high empathy, creative problem solving, building connections, and hyper-focus on work that is meaningful and impactful to me. I am open to what that looks like and excited for what the future holds!!
This change aligns with my personal value to be more present and available for my family during evenings and weekends, which I have greatly missed! Besides that, industry changes and market conditions have increased the difficulty of making a living as a Realtor. The last 12 months, it has gotten increasingly expensive to be an agent, while income across the industry has been shrinking. During the past four years, the housing market has been historically dynamic, with shrinking affordability and record low housing inventory squeezing home buying opportunities further. (WA State is still 50 out of 50 in housing supply, folks!😣)
It’s bittersweet to make this change because I truly loved helping people find their home and navigate the complex process of buying or selling a home. Getting my license in December 2019, I had no idea I would be faced with a historically dynamic housing market- I was drinking from the firehose the whole time! I embraced it and focused on why I got into real estate: growing generational wealth for more people through homeownership!! My decision to volunteer my time every month to teach home buyer classes through the Washington State Housing Finance Commission is a decision that I am glad I made and would do again. I learned so much and was able to share it with many future homebuyers by teaching this class. It was my calling and joy to hold my first-time buyer's hands through the rollercoaster and heartbreak of losing to multiple offers to bidding wars they could not compete with. And I will always treasure key days I shared with clients turned friends; handing over keys in spite of the challenges was extra sweet because I was able to help them creatively solve the affordability problem and find a home they loved!!
So I have arrived at this career pivot! I'm open to embracing whatever opportunities arise and eager to see what the future brings! I embrace lifelong learning and am currently finishing the professional certificate for Project Management through Google/Coursera. So far, I've learned that most of the work I've done across many work and life experiences has been project management! I’m so excited to be learning the framework, tools and formalized processes of project management through this course because I can see how powerful and effective they are towards driving the project's deliverable outcome. I know I will be able to put these skills and knowledge to use in my next role and I'm sooooo excited about it!
