 As a lifelong learner, I LOVE to read. I am a quick reader and every year I go through a lot of books, which can get expensive! I am also pretty thrifty when it comes to finding good deals, so here I am to share the ways I read for cheap (and a LOT of times for free!) 1. LIBBY, BY OVERDRIVE APP I always check Libby for a book first, because it is free! This App is powered by the Fort Vancouver Regional Library. It is basically the Library in digital form. You can check out both Ebooks and Audiobooks! Even if E-reading isn't your thing, I would still encourage you to download the app just for the Audiobooks! Most Real Estate Agents spend a lot of time in the car, which is a great time to consume Podcasts or Ebooks. Sure, you can do Audible, but that's $15/mo for 1 book. Libby is $0 a month for 6 books (there is no limit to how many you can check out per month, but you can only have 6 checked out at a time). The downsides are they don't have every book, and sometimes there is a waitlist for a book. To use Libby, just download it from the App Store. If you already have a Library card, enter it into the app. If you need to sign up for a library card, you can get a digital card here. 2. thriftbooks.com If the thought of a used books gives you the heebie-jeebies, this is probably not the best option for you, but if it doesn't bother you, www.thriftbooks.com is a great option! Books are cheap, almost always under $10. I have even gotten books for as little as $3. And you only have to spend $10 to get Free Shipping. I usually spend about $12 and end up with 3 books shipped to me for free! Like Libby, they don't always have every book in stock, but it's definitely worth checking! 3. AMAZON'S "GREAT ON KINDLE" I stumbled upon the "Great on Kindle" section of Amazon by accident, but I am so glad I did! I ordered a Personal Development Book for my kindle that was $10.99. Amazon then gave me a 75% credit back to spend on any "Great on Kindle" title. So, I applied my $8.25 credit to another book that was $14.99 and with my credit, I only spent $4.75 on that book! Now, here's the cool part, I GOT ANOTHER CREDIT, and it was based on the price of the book, not what I spent. So, my next credit was for $11.25, and I bought another book for around $1. I got another credit for that purchase for about $8, which I have not yet used. When I checked Amazon today my account states you get 25% credit back (as opposed to 75%), but new users may still get 75%. Even if the have reduced it to 25%, Amazon Kindle books are still very reasonable! 4. kindle unlimited Kindle Unlimited is offered through Amazon for $10 per month. They also offer a free month free trial so you can try before you buy! Kindle Unlimited gives you Unlimited Access to select Ebooks. I definitely think it is worth the $10, IF you use it! I don't consistently keep a Kindle Unlimited account. I tend to subscribe for a month, read a few books on KU, then unsubscribe for a few months and use the methods above for my reading. If there is a specific book I want to read that isn't available through the Library, Thrift Books or the price for the Kindle book is more than $10, I will subscribe to Kindle to read that book (and a few others) and then cancel again. I hope you found this helpful! And if you have a cheap reading "hack" I would love it if you shared it in the comments!
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I recently took a one month hiatus from Facebook. My Real Estate License Renewal was due on February 1st and I had 90 hours of Continuing Education to complete! Apparently procrastination is a life-long disease. Surprisingly (or not), without Facebook in my life I got all my CE hours done in a matter of days.
I thought about going back to Social Media, but decided to stick it out for the whole month and see if it changed my life in any significant way. And it absolutely did. Since giving up Social Media I have been able to devote so much time on growing my business and even have a complimentary business idea in the works (stay tuned!). While working on my business, I realized I haven’t shared with many people the shift that I have made over the last year!
A month or two before Quentin was born, I was really struggling with Real Estate. I loved it (well certain parts of it), but don’t let anybody kid you, Real Estate can be a tough business! Finding clients is hard (making a $250k+ investment is not something people take lightly), finding houses for said clients can be hard (crazy housing market), then making it through the transaction without a failed appraisal or inspection (or a number of other things) can be hard! It is an emotional business. Since I was about to become a first time mom, I didn’t want any additional stress in my life. I also didn’t want to give up on Real Estate. I had invested so much time and had learned so much and truly loved parts of the industry, but I needed some kind of solution. I decided to sit down with my broker and see what she thought about the situation. We came to the conclusion that being a Transaction Coordinator might be the right move for me. (Thanks Ramona!)
Right away, Ramona hooked me up with a team of Real Estate Agents who were amazing with lead generation, sales, negotiations, dealing with the high stress scenarios (all the things I hate), but needed help in the organization and paperwork department. Let me just say, organizing and paperwork are my jam! It was a perfect fit from the start.
Almost a year into it, I can say I absolutely LOVE my new position. I work almost entirely from home, so I get to spend every day with my sweet baby boy, and it is honestly a dream come true! A lot of people would consider going from a Real Estate Agent to a Transaction Coordinator, a backwards move, but it has been the best decision I have ever made career wise. DO NOT be afraid to shift gears, do not be afraid to make a change. If that is what is going to make you happy, go for it!
I thought about going back to Social Media, but decided to stick it out for the whole month and see if it changed my life in any significant way. And it absolutely did. Since giving up Social Media I have been able to devote so much time on growing my business and even have a complimentary business idea in the works (stay tuned!). While working on my business, I realized I haven’t shared with many people the shift that I have made over the last year!
A month or two before Quentin was born, I was really struggling with Real Estate. I loved it (well certain parts of it), but don’t let anybody kid you, Real Estate can be a tough business! Finding clients is hard (making a $250k+ investment is not something people take lightly), finding houses for said clients can be hard (crazy housing market), then making it through the transaction without a failed appraisal or inspection (or a number of other things) can be hard! It is an emotional business. Since I was about to become a first time mom, I didn’t want any additional stress in my life. I also didn’t want to give up on Real Estate. I had invested so much time and had learned so much and truly loved parts of the industry, but I needed some kind of solution. I decided to sit down with my broker and see what she thought about the situation. We came to the conclusion that being a Transaction Coordinator might be the right move for me. (Thanks Ramona!)
Right away, Ramona hooked me up with a team of Real Estate Agents who were amazing with lead generation, sales, negotiations, dealing with the high stress scenarios (all the things I hate), but needed help in the organization and paperwork department. Let me just say, organizing and paperwork are my jam! It was a perfect fit from the start.
Almost a year into it, I can say I absolutely LOVE my new position. I work almost entirely from home, so I get to spend every day with my sweet baby boy, and it is honestly a dream come true! A lot of people would consider going from a Real Estate Agent to a Transaction Coordinator, a backwards move, but it has been the best decision I have ever made career wise. DO NOT be afraid to shift gears, do not be afraid to make a change. If that is what is going to make you happy, go for it!
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