OK, I admit I've been a bit too busy lately, but it really came to light in the past two weeks. I guess 
there is a point where you shouldn't continue adding things to your schedule, but I have a hard time seeing that line sometimes because I'm a "make hay while the sun is shining" kind of person.
In the past two weeks, two missteps I made finally came home to bite me. In that, they made me think I either need to hire an assistant, keep better records in my iPhone or just back off my busy life a little bit. I'm not sure where I'll go with those options, but suffice to say something has to happen because I can't fire myself.
The first mistake was an MLS entry. When I took a listing in June I had inputted the basic information in the site before I launched the listing. At the listing agreement signing, the seller and I negotiated on the commission and I dropped it 1%. I rarely do that, but this time I had a good reason. The only problem was that I forgot to change it in the listing before I launched it.
When the property went under contract I realized that I had forgotten to change that. That meant my company was going to take 2% of the commission instead of 2.5%. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it was $3000. Ouch! Lesson learned. It was definitely a college level class education too.
The second one related to keeping my calendar. I received a call from a closing agent today making reference to a closing I had today. I had a closing today? Really? Yes, I did. Only problem was I wasn't there or anywhere near the closing. It wasn't a real problem, but it was a good reminder to slow down and take inventory of my life and what I'm doing.
I hope you don't have expensive mistakes like that, but if you do, please learn from them. I definitely won't submit an MLS listing with the wrong commission split again. I say that today. Check in with me in 6 months and let's see if I get amnesia again.
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