Today the real estate office where Earl is an associate holds its first annual (Is that an oxymoron?) Day at the Races. We’ve chartered a bus and are going to Arlington Park Racecourse for the day. There’ll be eating and drinking and betting and laughter and probably a sad loser or two. There’ll be door prizes and snacks and camaraderie. What there won’t be is work.
To be successful in real estate, you have to work night and day. Literally. If you’re a residential Realtor®, you show property to potential homeowners when they’re not at the office; which means nights and weekends. You get to do your paperwork during the regular work day. If you’re a commercial Realtor®, it’s the opposite. You show your listings during the day but catch up on the paperwork at night and on weekends.
It’s difficult to get away for an entire day, but in this age of cellphones it is possible. I’ve no doubt one or more of the office associates will try to do business as we’re rolling toward Chicago, but once we reach Arlington I hope everyone puts their business lives on mute. It isn’t asking that much.
Besides, getting away for a while helps one return to the work at hand refreshed.
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