So What's Next?
What\u2019s next? I\u2019ve been asked that question frequently over the past month. Some thought I was stopping the podcast, or changing the format or length, etc. First of all, things are not changing\u2014I\u2019m so excited with what we\u2019re doing with the podcast, how we continue to grow, and am thankful for all of you. I took a break from recording new episodes the last couple of weeks in December as we moved to a new home. We took January to get settled in and take a mental break. It was a fun break, but I couldn\u2019t wait to get back to it. This is the longest I\u2019ve gone in the past two years without recording a podcast episode, so it feels weird, but I\u2019m fired up about the things that are coming. The biggest thing for us right now is the move and getting settled in the new house. We listed our old home, and after three weeks, we got a great offer and are looking forward to settlement in March. The next big thing for us will be a month-long trip to Florida the middle of February. We\u2019re excited about having real estate in a good enough place that I can take time away with my family. It will be a nice few weeks away from the cold and it\u2019s really been a dream of ours that has come out of paying off our house and being debt free. Our families will come down to visit with us during that stay, so it\u2019s going to be great. This is exactly the freedom Vincent Pugliese taught me about. I\u2019ve watched him and his family go for a month here and there, enjoying time together, but I never thought it was possible for me. But here we are, so that\u2019s a big \u201cwhat\u2019s next\u201d for us. Even though I\u2019ll be away for a five-week vacation, I\u2019ll still have responsibilities for the team that I\u2019ll work on every day, and I\u2019ll still be recording podcast episodes. I\u2019ll be sharing what we\u2019re learning in our season in Florida and our journey there. Maybe I\u2019ll go to a Phil\u2019s game one afternoon, work a couple of hours in the morning or evening. I\u2019ll have plenty of time to enjoy being in Florida with our families. The only thing I won\u2019t be doing is showing houses\u2014I can still make offers, write contracts and send them, and be on FaceTime or Zoom looking at houses with them. The cool thing about real estate right now is that so much of it is done digitally. My clients have been super supportive of it. I\u2019ll also be exploring opportunities that have come out of the podcast and exploring the membership, which is growing and up by about 25-30 people. What\u2019s next for that is to double down and help people grow their real estate business with low cost, but high value membership through the Real Estate Survival Guide membership community. We\u2019re also going to have that second-tier people were asking for, the Real Estate Survival Guide Mastermind Community. I\u2019m going to continue coaching, although I\u2019m super limited on that. I don\u2019t want to coach all day, every day, because it takes up so much time, but it will be a small part of what I do. We also hope to explore opportunities in our family of rentals. I\u2019ve been looking at places in Pennsylvania and some in Florida\u2014Airbnb\u2019s and things like that with higher risk, but higher reward. The biggest thing remains helping people\u2014helping Realtors find success. That\u2019s what I love doing, so I just want to continue having great conversations with people about real estate and putting out that free content three times a week. I really appreciate you listening, and if you want to help me out, think of one person you can share the podcast with and pass it along. I would really appreciate it and it would help the show tremendously if each of the hundreds of people who listen every month share it with just one person. I\u2019ll see you guys on Wednesday with our first interview of the year, and it will be a great one. Looking forward to it.
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