"You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever."
Zig Ziglar
Life is like the real estate market.
We are in the process of searching for a building for The Grooming Shoppe.
Our lease is up and before we commit to staying put for the next 5 years we are exploring our options.
One of the real estate agents I was speaking to said "give me your max budget". He went on to explain that in his decades of experience in commercial real estate, he never wants to put you in at your max.
A business needs room to grow.
The last thing a business owner needs is to have the added pressure of not being able to afford the rent.
Sales, production sourcing are much more important than worrying about an exorbitant rent.
He said he would do his best to keep us somewhere around 75% of that max budget.
Makes sense to me.
In business,I want to make money for myself,not my landlord!
There's more to life than paying the rent.
On the other hand,my daughter Sara is in the process of purchasing a new home. They have outgrown the starter home that they bought 6 years ago.
It's time for the forever home (if anything can be considered forever).
They have found THE HOUSE.
It's awesome.
It checks all of the boxes. And it will absolutely take every bit of their resources to get the deal done.
That's okay when it comes to your home.
You can afford to sacrifice other things in the short term to set yourself up for the life you want to live in the home that you want to live in.
You can pass on a vacation r 2 for a while.
Furniture can be bought later on.
Fire the landscaper and cut the grass yourself for a year until money frees up.
Spare nothing to get the home you want to live in forever.
Commercial (my business life) is important. Just not as important as my residential (family) life.
Businesses come and go.
I can, and have,lost a business or 2.
Family?
That I can never afford to lose.
Just sayin'
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