A few years ago I left the company I had started my real estate career with. I had worked hard and was ranked #3 in the company when I left -- looking for greener pastures. WHY in the world was I looking for greener pastures when I was doing very well where I was?
I still don't have an answer to that question -- except that I was influenced by some other 'friends' who suggested we form a Team at another company. I trusted them and made the move only to have one of them not move as planned and the other to do his own thing at the new office and ignore me. I was at that offiice for about 9 months when I decided it wasn't the company I wanted to be associated with and moved to another company. I loved the new company at first -- but, then realized that wasn't where I wanted to be either. I had been contacted by the company I had started with that the door was always open for me to go back -- and I considered it but decided to try another franchise I'd always thought I'd like to be associated with. Loved the company and the owner/broker and the office was small and comfortable; but it was so far from my house and closed on Saturday & Sunday so if I needed to meet clients there on weekends I had to go open up the office and meet them in an empty office -- but I stayed there for over a year.
Some of my friends from the first company I was with started asking me to go back and I knew I had an open invitation from management to go back. One of my favorite lenders took me to lunch and encouraged me to go back to my first company. I began thinking of it seriously and one day on my way to a training class at the current office; I was talking to my husband on the phone (speaker phone) and I said (out of the blue), "I think it's time for me to go home -- back to Prudential Don Johnson Co., REALTORS." He agreed and I thought about it more during the training class and the following day I stopped in for a visit and spoke with the manager and asked if they had space for me because I was thinking about going back. The answer was, "Yes, they always had space for me."
So the following Monday I made the change. I've been back at Prudential Don Johnson Co., REALTORS since early April and it's wonderful to be back HOME! There are a lot of new agents in the office as well as some of the agents from when I was there before. I even got my old office space back and I'm sharing it with 2 good friends who were there when I was there before.
I'm looking forward to staying at Prudential Don Johnson Co., REALTORS for a very long time.
I have had that dilemma many times and always seem to get itchy feet. I think that sometimes we just need to see the fresh start and see what works. If you don't try you will never know. Hope you are happy at home.
Thanks Lesley, I was very happy there for 7 years before getting itchy feet. It's nice to be back there.
Glad you found your way back home Judy!! And glad to see this post pop up on my list of subscribers! :D
Hey Judi welcome back ditto, ditto to AR and Prudential Don Johnson; we have been missing you. wait until Dale finds out, I'm sure he will be by to say Howdy. I just told Ceil and she says hi and glad you made the decision; time to go get'em my friend.
I wil go to "more about me" and get your current informaton so I can enter it in my address book.
Howdy and evenin to ya Judi
Its sure mighty nice to see a new blog post by our long lost friend!!! I sure can understand why they wanted you to come back home to Prudential Don Johnson, you sure are a hard worken lady.
Just like Carl and Ceil, I have also missed ya here in the AR community.
Heres a big Welcome back to your AR family!!!
Have a good one
Dale
Kristin -- had to check out the other franchises for myself. Was disappointed when the Team didn't workout -- from that, I learned NOT to be so trusting of others. Did well at the other companies -- they just weren't the same as the company I got my start so I decided to go back.
Carl & Ceil -- it's nice to be back at Active Rain and Prudential Don Johnson. I'll see if I can start blogging on a regular basis again. :)
Hey there Dale!! Good to see you too!!! I have been stopping by AR from time to time to catch up but haven't been commenting or blogging. I'll see if I can get back into the habit of coming here to blog and comment on a regular basis.
Howdy Ms. Judi just checking to see if you had a new blog. We areen't going to let you get by with not blogging. (C&C). We want to see you get your third featured post.
Howdy and evenin there Judi
Judi you can get back to blogen and vistten to leave comments. We have missed ya way to much, to let our good friend stay away any longer.
Remember you are our M&M Queen!!!
Have a good one
Dale
Hey there Carl, Ceil & Dale -- it's good to be back here. I'm definitely going to try to start blogging on a regular basis again.
I need one of y'all to help me -- I've forgotten how to customize my outside blog -- I saw it and it has the Realty Executives Logo on it -- how do I delete that one and add a Prudential Don Johnson Logo there instead.
Oh good, I went to my Outside Blog and remembered how to make the changes I needed to make -- now it shows I'm with Prudential!!! :)
Glad you are back home Judi. Wishing you all the best!
Thanks Ricki, I learned a lot from my time with my short time with the other franchises so it certainly wasn't a waste -- but, I do love Prudential Don Johnson Co., REALTORS. :)
Judi just checking in to see how things were going. I see where you stopped by Marchel's blog about Ms. Liz. Hope you are doing good. Ceil says she sees you sometimes on her FB; I don't go over to mine very much. Tell Don hello.
Howdy and evening to you Judi
Judi, just like Carl and Ceil, I was checking to see if you had posted a new blog post. You sure are missed here in the AR community!!! Sure hope things are going will for you and Don!!!
Have a good one
Dale in New Hampshire
Hey Carl, Ceil & Dale -- I haven't been stopping by Active Rain very much lately. Definitely have to start stopping by here more regularly. Miss you all -- promise to try to do better. :)