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Where to Start

Okay, Uncle Knolly (uh oh lol), I've been going over the older posts trying to soak in all these golden nuggets everyone is dropping. But, I need to bring it back to the basics rq. I have my book ordered, so I've got that part 'in the bag' 😜 But being the newbie I am, having the mind I have, and everyone suggesting something new, I feel like I'm trying to mine all the gold in several buckets all at once.

Going back to your three fundamentals, I have my SOI in my CRM (my team uses FUB (Follup Boss), so I'm not utilizing kvCore (which I still want to get setup, and I saved the website you shared for help on that). So, I'd like to focus on my FARM to get to really know my area since I want to start close to home. What steps would you say would really hone it in for me without too many shiny objects to lead me down unnecessary rabbit holes.

Call me Alice cuz I'm diving head first down all of them not knowing what to really dial in on. I get recommended something, then that something leads down 18 other paths that get me so turned around I lose the path I started on. I feel like the Cheshire Cat is everywhere I look pointing down another path.🤷‍♀️ I need directions that will directly lead me in the right direction. (Another Alice in Wonderland reference 😉)

Door knocking is NOT my thing. I'd just stand on their porch like a babbling idiot stumbling over my words from nervousness, then I'd get so frustrated that I'd lose the "happy realtor" facade & come at them real & raw like I wanted to in the beginning. Ain't nobody got time for that 🤣 I'm usually one extreme or the other depending on the other person &/or the situation. Don't know if that's a Capricorn thing or what. I'm totally fine with leaving them something, though.

And I'm still learning all of the systems, so I can do basic searches on the MLS, but I don't know any fancy tricks yet like setting up alerts or using tools for specific things you want to know. And I know there are videos, but as I said, everything has ENDLESS videos! And I am attending their live sessions also (I like those). I am trying to be intentional & stop wasting my time (I'm literally on my laptop from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed Sun - Sat! My kids & husband keep telling me to take a break, but I feel like I've wasted so much time on unnecessary stuff instead of finding what I really need to focus on right now.) One I've completed a series of videos, I'm told to complete another training or to watch another set for something I ask about.🤦‍♀️

And I feel like most take my questions like this as me asking them to hold my hand & walk me through every little step, but I just need help with building a solid foundation. I need someone who has enough experience of their own to be able to say, here start with this, once you've finished this, move on to this. I don't need someone to sit & walk with me, just get me on the right path & give me a head's up not to make that enticing right that'll be coming up. I've had people give me advice, and tell me just go for it, but their advice will contradict itself because they're so distracted by their own systems that work for them that I'll end of having to backtrack to fix something along the way and now it's become part of my habits. I want to learn the right way the first time because once I go all in I'm like a freight train & I WILL run with it! My heart & passion are in everything I do and I take pride in my efforts & what I accomplish!

Hope this all makes sense. I'm the type, I'll keep watching these videos and filling up notebook after notebook of notes, but where does that get me? I need a plan or system that'll get me my foundation that I can build on. Once I have that, being the factual and systems gal that I am, I'm golden! I'm a hot mess, I know it, I own it, but once my energy is molded I'm unstoppable and a good asset to those around me. ;)

Thanks for taking this crazy ride with me! I definitely challenge others whether it's your patience lol, your teaching skills, or your faith haahaaa 🤗 I know I've said it before, but the more I'm struggling the more I'm feeling even stronger about helping new agents like me. I'm okay with cutting through the extra fat & tailoring a system that'll be valuable to others later on. I know how it feels... 😊

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