I passed the NC Real Estate Broker exam today! Yes!

It’s such a relief to put that behind me. The monkey is off my back! And, in true Barbara fashion, being licensed in real estate adds yet another left-turn entry on the resume! I predict that by the time I die I will have worked in every industry known to man!

What will I do with a real estate license? Honestly, I don’t know…yet. I can be a practicing broker wheeling and dealing real estate here in the Wilmington area. Or, I can be a licensed assistant for another broker, or work in mortgages or with a law firm. It is a bit of a departure of where I was expecting to be (grad school in LA) but since the broker class was paid for by my boss, it would have been silly to turn it down. And I need to make ends meet.

Then the universe throws yet another unexpected ingredient into my pot of what-do-to-for-a-living. My brother has asked me to manage his sunroom business. No, it’s not sexy at all but it seems that I may be able to make some decent money. And I’m all about the money these days. I told him I would for the right price. He’s gonna talk to his partners and see if they will pay me what I want. He’ll let me know. Maybe I can sell sunrooms and real estate. Just be a selling maven worth millions! Either way I think I will be in good stead. I have options to fall back on for work and real estate is a job I can do anywhere in the world.

Needless to say, I’m gonna be partying down tonite to celebrate!