What does this have to do with Real Estate and us! Really nothing in terms of facts, figures and the "how to things" during a Real Estate transaction however it is a lesson on how life comes around and opportunity can knock more than once if you miss out on a home that you really wanted.
The philosophy as to how I see and approach my clients is there isn't a scarcity of inventory, the markets are cyclical and there is a reason if all due diligence was taken by your REALTOR and the home deal didn't go through then it simple wasn't meant to be. Its no one fault, there is another home and better around the corner, literally.
So what does is this DRAGON LESSON story all about?
Last year my company was selected as a candidate to face the DRAGONS on DRAGONS DEN. You know that CBC National hit TV Show. They liked us,said some nice things but declined the opportunity, as all five DRAGONS knew little about the industry we represented which isn't Real Estate but the distribution of electronic, art, music and books.
My life partner Herb Duncan who is also an investor in the company was with me, that is why we are both in the picture. Recently I was going through an old box of Herb's doing our "lets clean our office day thing"and I came across a 1992 Profit Magazine where Herb's company was listed as one of the fastest rising ICT companies in Canada. Guess who was featured on the cover as one of those people- DRAGON Kevin O'Leary from DRAGONS DEN. Kevin was young and just sold his start up for an obscene amount of money. Herb at the time had 65 Employees and was building a company to provide economic opportunity for his family and individuals in the Maritime Provinces. It would be interesting to note how many companies who are part of that 1992 Profit Magazine's Alumni t are still in business. Herb's Fundy Computer Services www.fcs.ca still is.
Life lesson for me, I already was in the company of a DRAGON, a better one and we didn't need to prove it that day in Studio 1 at CBC. Opportunity to find the right home is there just like my DRAGON was in my own backyard, I just had to look in the right direction.
