Episode 16: Seize the Opportunity to Change and Progress

In this episode of The Jerry & Jacobe Podcast, hosts Jerry and Jacobe are giving everyone a recap of 2020 and everything that they have learned in this crazy year. It’s important to look back and learn from these opportunities to pivot and innovate!

Episode Highlights: 

• With COVID, the election, George Floyd, and everything else that happened this year, there were a lot of lessons to be learned.
• Jacobe learned that no matter what happens in your personal life or in the world, life goes on.
• For both Jerry and Jacobe, the travel that was once a major part of their lives has had to change dramatically.
• Zoom went from a backup plan to a necessity for anyone that wants their business to survive.
• Once everything opened up again, the real estate floodgates have been flowing.
• Jerry has been able to learn the importance of relationships, both with his family and the people that he doesn’t see on a daily basis.
• With so much time being spent at home, it’s important to take advantage of all the extra time with the family.
• As people have died that are connected to Jerry and Jacobe, they have started to put the important things into perspective.
• Jerry and Jacobe live in different markets and that has widened their perspectives as to how the virus has affected people differently.
• Jacobe has found out that he has more things in common with people as he has had more deep conversations this year.
• Outside sources of media and social media make it seem like we are completely divided, which just isn’t the truth.
• The news will take out the most graphic part of the article and make it the title in order to shock the viewers into reading the article.
• It’s so important to do your own research because of the sheer amount of information that is available on a wide variety of topics.
• Focus on the things that are really important to move your life forward and not just what is being promoted on the news.
• Jerry has used this year to shift his goals and get clarity on those goals by making them more specific.
• Both Jerry and Jacobe changed brokerages this year, a decision that changed the paths of their lives.
• Looking to the future of technology in the real estate industry led Jerry and Jacobe to switch brokerages.
• The government tried to do what it could with the stimulus package, but it wasn’t enough for everyone.
• There are only so many expenses that people can cut from their lives in dire financial situations.
• 2020 has been a year to add skills to your tool belt as it will take innovation to make it through the uncertainties of the world.
• The need to be on video for realtors has never been more apparent, so make sure your skillset is up to par.
• Not just realtors, but everyone, needs to adapt and learn new skills and progress as individuals and teams.
• There will always be something in the world to be afraid of, so you must make the choice to not live in fear.
• This week’s Time to Invest feature covers appreciation.
• Forced appreciation is the effects of investor actions, such as renovations, on the value of the property.
• Market appreciation is more like gambling where you hope the property appreciates based on the market.
• You should always make your decisions when purchasing real estate on forced appreciation.

3 Key Points:

1. Never has there been a year where it has been more important to learn what is in your control. Even while the world goes into a state of chaos, you have to navigate through.
2. While the news paints the world as very divided, Jerry and Jacobe have found that we all want the same things at the end of the day.
3. Though there was nothing wrong with their situations, Jerry and Jacobe were thinking forward to the future of their industry when they decided to switch brokerages.

Resources Mentioned:

• Jacobe Kendrick (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• Jerry Weaver (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• The Jerry & Jacobe Podcast (Facebook page)
• Living Forward
• The Hypomanic Edge
• Extreme Ownership