Real estate in the ‘olden days’
This month I am celebrating 25 years of selling real estate in the DMV. Prior to becoming a Realtor, I had bought and sold at least a dozen homes during the previous 20 years and had lots of experience with real estate agents.
There were those who commanded my complete attention when they spoke and those who made me think, “I can do better than this.” When I returned to D.C.
from Minnesota in 1997, unemployed, I enrolled in real estate school and quickly learned that helping others do what I had done for years involved a whole new set of skills.
The process and the rules continue to evolve. With my D.C. license in hand, followed by Maryland and Virginia licenses by the end of the year, I set up shop in my unfinished basement and joined a Century 21 franchise.
