“A BROKER’S INVESTMENT”

To be successful in Real Estate Practice, you have to invest in four concepts of STRENGHT.

· The STRENGTH OF SELF MASTERY
· The STRENGTH OF RELATIONSHIP
· The STRENGTH OF SERVING
· The STRENGTH OF ACTION

Your objective is to maximize the investment of all that God has put in to your hands, because the essence of life stewardship is administration not acquisition, hence, we should be a wise investor to the things that has entrusted to us. Brokers are made not born; that is way, success from this professional field is very much probable if you put yourself in the right strength with God. As the bible says,
“Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.” (Psalms 84:5)

STRENGTH OF SELF MASTERY

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32)

“You shall know the truth about yourself and the truth will set you free to do great deeds.”You must recognize that life is always moving in this fast changing world, no one remains static, you do not remain forever as you are now, you are constantly in a state of change because, there is no standing still either your progress or you retrogress.

You must be master of yourself by accurately analyzing your life to enable you to know thyself in every aspects of it. The wisest investment you can make is on yourself, where you have complete control over your strength. Invest in self improvement, invest in any personal development. Invest to excel and make the most of our resources from God.

The most important asset therefore to invest is on yourself. Every broker should continually upgrade his listings and product knowledge, understanding of the Real Estate Industry, developing your customers based network and applying sales skills. Brokers should take advantage of every training opportunity that our association offers, listening to tapes, CD’s and reading materials on positive thinking, sales techniques, psychology and the Bible, the greatest book of them all and the very source of wisdom.

“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise.” (Ephesians 5:15)

STRENGHT OF RELATIONSHIP

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” (Proverb 13:20)

Do you know that many wise men and millionaires as well have a habit of building, maintaining and keeping lasting relationships? That’s because everything in life involves relationship. Evaluate and take a look at the success you already have aren’t they all because of the great relationship you’ve had with people who’ve helped you and whom you’ve helped in return. Surely, A Broker that works together succeed together.

People are virtually your most important asset. If you want to make the most of being successful, you need other people to help you achieve it. Learn to observe, understand, listen and above all relate. Brokers should be natural – born networkers, if we truly enjoy connecting with people specially with our co-brokers we will be successful and stay in our practice very long. It’s both a skills and an art and it always takes practice to make it work for you.

The idea behind networking is that people make mutually beneficial contacts. Go in a meeting always prepared to hand out business card to everyone you meet, who might be potential prospect and figure how the best effort you can synergize because
when other and customers see that your value their time, understand their needs, respect their feelings and honor their friendship, they will associate with you and hold you in high esteem. And when there’s confidence in a relationship, there’s trust – the kind of trust that involves financial dealings.

Remember the Golden Rule: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12)

STRENGHT OF SERVING

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only used not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER.” (Galatians 5:13)

The greatest servant ever produce is JESUS CHRIST, who unselfishly give his precious life for the benefit of mankind; we must emulate this kind of servant hood, if we want to enjoy the beauty of our labor.

“All truly successful people get joy in serving other people.” In the sports of tennis you can never win without serving. Likewise as Broker you can never appreciate your commission or fruit of you labor without doing first the service to your costumer.

Actually our primary business is SERVICE, Real Estate is only secondary. Sometimes giving service is an all – to – often neglected principle among brokers. How easily we become distracted by our commission and other self centered interest and whenever that happens we get a divided mind, fragmented in multiple directions. Doing service demands consistent discipline and sacrifice living by this precept is not easy, but it is rewarding.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” (Romans 12:1)

STRENGHT OF ACTION
“I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.” (Psalms 71:16)

After all great plans are laid, and prayed there comes a time for action. Without action, the most worthy and profitable plan becomes meaningless. The success of a venture cannot be achieved until action is taken. The power for our engine of success is not plans only, but the ACTION taken on our plans “Action must be the final result of all knowledge.”

The man who is truly great and must be admired above all is the man who can put ideas, plans and concepts into successful action.You must not forget that your most important time is now, because the present is the only time in which you have power. You have lost the power to act in the past, and the future will not allow you to act until it arrives in the present. Therefore, if there is not a truly valid reason for delay, you should act now.

Visualize-sustain your action by keeping the positive results that are occurring, constantly before your mind; Prayerize- meditate the end results of your action; Actualize- review the goal and the reward is there.

Complete action is when you have laid and prayed your plans well, you have used wisdom and you are on the right path, and the goal is in sight. Nothing must stop you until your goal is reached because if you have believed that God indeed is with you, nobody can be against you.

The moment you pray and took action toward your goal; you have achieved the BEST INVESTMENT in your life as Real Estate Broker.

REMEMBER:
I – Positive Thinking
CAN DO – Positive Action
ALL THINGS – Positive Faith
THROUGH CHRIST – Positive Power
WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME – Positive Result

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)

In the final analysis, in a nation of freemen, neglecting acts of Deity, “only you control your destiny.” These concepts is designed as a finely advised tool to assist you in your quest for successful investment in Real Estate Practice, but unless you open your mind and heart to its concepts and allow them to see into it, and deep understanding, you cannot hope to gain the great advantage that is there for you.

You must reach out therefore and take the biblical thoughts and ideas and embrace them tightly to you until they become a part of your automatic thoughts and action. Then and only then will the great power and strength from God that is built into these concepts, that have been distilled through the ages by myriads of faithful biblical characters and wise men, take hold and become a power and strength to you.

My prayers go with you in your desired for a prosperous profession, good success, and profitable investment.

VIVA members of REBAP, May the miracle of God be yours!!!!!