Fly like an Eagle...to the sea
It's exciting times for me as a transition from my marketing job at Eagle Home Mortgage (a part-time dream job when I first landed it two and a half years ago) to self-employed Housing Consultant Extraordinnaire for Lane and Associates. Don't bother googling it - they don't have a web site or anything like that, altho that may change soon now that I will be there and also have access to Stephen (who could design one for her). See My Full Profile for how this new opportunity fell in my lap...
I don't know a whole lot yet about the many things I will be doing. I do know I have to get my real estate license again, which I never dreamed I would find myself doing. But since I have done it before I am not too worried about it, and am quite excited that I can do all of my clock hours from home or office via the internet (no need to hole up in a real estate office somewhere). I need to have my real estate license since part of my job will be as a relocation agent for Port of Seattle clients (Lane and Associates assists Port staff in relocating families suffering from too much plane noise around the airport). I also know I will be learning how to handle massive files for little land purchases from civil improvement projects. Case in point: City of Newcastle has engaged Lane and Associates to manage the purchase of all the little bits of privately held property along Coal Creek Parkway so a road-widening project can take place. I'll be representing the City's interests and managing the land purchases from individual homeowners living along this street. That's all I know so far. And that a similar project in Enumclaw is already on the calendar for 2007.
I do know that attire is mostly casual, altho that is hard for me to do much of the time, so I will try to find a compromise in my wardrobe so the other consultants don't feel uncomfortable. Linda Lane, the owner, already has three other consultants working for her on various projects and at different locations. Some of my time will be at the Port of Seattle (Seatac Airport), but much of my time will be at her small office in Renton. I cut my commuter distance from 36 miles RT to 20, and by driving south I will rarely if ever have to contend with traffic, taken my 60-90 minute daily commute time down to 30. But the biggest boon to my new gig? I get to bring Sophia to work. Now THAT is a dream job. I didn't think I would find something like this, but here I am. I won't take her every day, but if I know I am going to be there with files all day, she will be a great way to break up the monotony and also get some exercise. Especially during the winter!! It's impossible to walk in the dark in my neighborhood in the winter (very few streetlights). I will be able to maintain my bond with Sophia and also keep up our exercise.
The biggest coup of all is that I will still be writing the monthly Eagle Home News on a freelance basis. I have 6 agents signed up - and some other schlep to stuff all those envelopes. Huzzah!!
Oh, and I will be creating a new newsletter for Pacific Coast Mortgage, located in the office next door to Lane and Associates. Of course I intend for all the material to be the same in all of them each month, maximizing my earnings against my time spent on the effort. Now that's smart thinking!
Wish me luck!
I don't know a whole lot yet about the many things I will be doing. I do know I have to get my real estate license again, which I never dreamed I would find myself doing. But since I have done it before I am not too worried about it, and am quite excited that I can do all of my clock hours from home or office via the internet (no need to hole up in a real estate office somewhere). I need to have my real estate license since part of my job will be as a relocation agent for Port of Seattle clients (Lane and Associates assists Port staff in relocating families suffering from too much plane noise around the airport). I also know I will be learning how to handle massive files for little land purchases from civil improvement projects. Case in point: City of Newcastle has engaged Lane and Associates to manage the purchase of all the little bits of privately held property along Coal Creek Parkway so a road-widening project can take place. I'll be representing the City's interests and managing the land purchases from individual homeowners living along this street. That's all I know so far. And that a similar project in Enumclaw is already on the calendar for 2007.
I do know that attire is mostly casual, altho that is hard for me to do much of the time, so I will try to find a compromise in my wardrobe so the other consultants don't feel uncomfortable. Linda Lane, the owner, already has three other consultants working for her on various projects and at different locations. Some of my time will be at the Port of Seattle (Seatac Airport), but much of my time will be at her small office in Renton. I cut my commuter distance from 36 miles RT to 20, and by driving south I will rarely if ever have to contend with traffic, taken my 60-90 minute daily commute time down to 30. But the biggest boon to my new gig? I get to bring Sophia to work. Now THAT is a dream job. I didn't think I would find something like this, but here I am. I won't take her every day, but if I know I am going to be there with files all day, she will be a great way to break up the monotony and also get some exercise. Especially during the winter!! It's impossible to walk in the dark in my neighborhood in the winter (very few streetlights). I will be able to maintain my bond with Sophia and also keep up our exercise.
The biggest coup of all is that I will still be writing the monthly Eagle Home News on a freelance basis. I have 6 agents signed up - and some other schlep to stuff all those envelopes. Huzzah!!
Oh, and I will be creating a new newsletter for Pacific Coast Mortgage, located in the office next door to Lane and Associates. Of course I intend for all the material to be the same in all of them each month, maximizing my earnings against my time spent on the effort. Now that's smart thinking!
Wish me luck!
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