My new freelance gig
One of my 2012 goals was to take on a third steady freelance client. And now I can say that I have accomplished that goal! This new job has been in the works since December, but I can finally unveil that I am now Marketing Manager for a Realtor in my neighbourhood. In fact, he’s the Realtor that helped me buy my home! :)
I’ll be working about 10-15 hours a week, and instead of getting a salary, I will receive a set amount from every sale he makes. This works well for me right now, since I am abroad and can only do so much. Once I return at the end of August, we will talk about potentially going on a salary + bonus structure, or keeping it the way it is.
This is a great opportunity for me to combine my love of the real estate industry with my interest in marketing and social media. And I’ll be working with a Realtor that I completely respect and have a lot of faith in. Which I think is a rare thing to find in the industry. :) I’m excited because it will allow me to expand my freelancing business away from writing and blogging, and into something I have over 6 years of experience in. This means that, should I ever want to get a full-time job in marketing in the future, my skill set will remain current and up-to-date. This is very important to me, because I will be so much more employable, and it will make any future transition back into marketing a lot easier.
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Very impressive! Working hard on your goals and seeing results. Not to mention while out of the country. Great work!
This is great – well done! What are the chances of it being location independant long term?
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Not very likely. Nic has to be back in Vancouver to finish his Masters program in September, and I have a townhouse with a mortgage waiting for me back home. :) I can imagine traveling for months at a time in the future, but for the next few years at least, Vancouver is home. I like having roots in a city.
Congratulations! That sounds like a perfect fit!
Congrats! Sounds fantastic. You should write more about real estate.. I’m trying to learn all I can before I have to dip my toes into home ownership.
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wow Krystal thats awesome! Congrats!!
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Wow, that’s awesome! Congrats. I agree with Well Heeled, write more about real estate. Even though I’ve bought and sold 2 homes I’d still love to know more. :)
Congratulations! What exactly will your job entail? I immediately thought that perhaps you will be managing the social media?
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Congrats! That is awesome.
Congratulations on your new role, hope you go from strength from strength.
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And you will also make more money LOL :)
Krystal Congrats, lots to look forward to when you get back home! Say hi to Nic for me…
Cheers
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Congrats, you get to parrot the esteemed economic forecasters at CREA, now, in pumping up the housing bubble. Real estate definitely needs more home staging and marketing, because home purchases should be an emotional decision not a rational one! How better to create bigger commissions through the asymetry between sellers and buyers? http://www.canadabubble.com — Vancouver housing costs 11x the average income and is the most expensive housing market in the North America LOL yeah I’d rather live in a rainy/foggy riot town than Miami or NYC or Hollywood.
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Nobody is forcing anybody to buy property. It’s a choice that we all get to make.
Actually, as a taxpayer, I don’t have a choice. When the CMHC’s 1% equity proves insufficient to cover the massive defaults on worthless condos, what happens? Taxpayers, even the responsible ones that avoided housing mania, will need to bail them out. It’s the banks and greedy Realtors who have pumped up the housing bubble to such grotesque proportions, yet taxpayers will have to step in to protect their profits. Doesn’t sound like a lot of choice to me. Sounds more like corruption, and CREA is a joke cheerleader that the media are gullible enough to take seriously.
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Ouch Joe! But, unfortunately for Krystal, you’re probably right and she will probably lose a good chunk of money in their property.
Realtors always seems to attract a bunch of bad apples. I’m not surprised Krystal is joining the real estate industry freelancing.
Oh god, you’re already capitalizing Realtor.