First of all….I HATE this headline.  I HATE promoting anything that discourages hard work.  At the same time, it is funny how we see headlines like this every day in the real estate industry.  The reason why we constantly see them is because everyone wants the "Magic Bullet"…..you know….the one that is "silver" and puts down the werewolf in the horror movies…(Hey….who wasn’t scared of the werewolf in Dark Shadows of the 60′s, the werewolf on Scooby Doo in the 70′s or The Howling in the early 80′s…..I spent alot of time hiding behind the couch from werewolves as a kid….)….the one bullet that is a hollow point that totally annihilates whatever it hits…..which is our problems…..again….EVERYONE wants the Magic Bullet.  Unfortunately, these "Magic Bullets" rarely get us to where we want to go. 

Hard, smart work is what takes us further.  Life in general is not a bed of roses.  It would be nice to think of that long lost rich uncle that will someday leave us a fortune, or that lottery ticket that will someday win, but nothing beats hard, smart work.  I work hard.  My buddy and Co-Founder of the Real Estate Toolbox University Brian Rodgers works hard.  I cannot tell you the countless calls we make to each other every day, sometimes going into the late hours of night to bring you relevant information that will bring value to your business.  We don’t sit on our butts doing nothing, and we don’t expect any less from you.  We will continue to bring you the best information and insight to the real estate world, and your job is to utilize the wealth of knowledge.  It is your decision………success in real estate and graduating with honors from the Real Estate Toolbox University, or "getting around to it later" in using this gift of marketing skills and flunking out.  Flunking out means back to mediocre sales, or finding another career because you couldn’t make it in the business during hard times.  Are you an eagle who soars to over 30,000 feet and is king of the air, soaring over the highest mountains, and when he gets hungry targets his kills, or are you a buzzard sitting in the trees living off the scraps of real estate roadkill?  I, for one, believe you are here for a reason.  I believe you are reading this because you are an eagle, or you want to be an eagle in training.

We have to realize that nothing worthwhile having is free or comes easily.  If you do something half way, you don’t get halfway results……you get NO results.  Real estate is hard…..life is hard.  Hard, continuous, smart work will get you to where you want to go…..NO MAGIC BULLETS!

Now…….go over to your lessons at The Real Estate Toolbox University and study them…..make the lessons second nature…..apply what you learn.  Make it a part of your business.

I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Brandon Patrick

Dean of Students

Real Estate Toolbox University