 Hi friends welcome back to my channel and welcome back to a video that I have been anticipating with great excitement to film for you. It took me some time like we're talking over a month, month and a half to line everything out, get all my ducks in a row and be ready to share with you guys what is happening in my life. Give you a life update, let you know all of the exciting changes that have happened in my life. None of it is bad, it is all great, it is all amazing, I feel extremely fortunate, blessed and lucky to be in the life situation that I am currently in. So I'm here today to share with you the ins and the outs of what's been happening in my life and what you're going to see as far as what I'm doing moving forward. So if you want to hear all the juicy good news, want me to spill the tea on what is happening in my life then just keep watching. Welcome back guys I am here today to share with you an exciting life update. I've never done one of these on my channel because I've never had a reason to but now my life has changed dramatically in about the last month and a half. Everything that I ever knew has changed, what I'm doing in my life has changed, everything has changed and let me rest assure that this is a fantastic change, it is a positive change, it's a change that I have embraced and I am so incredibly excited about it. So as you know, if you follow my channel or if you're new here, I work to the Human Resource Manager at a local university. HR has been my career for the last several years, prior to that I was actually self-employed, I owned several coffee shops or coffee kiosks driveout style in my area and prior to that I sold a stamping and scrapbooking company. Just in the last four years I've gotten back into having a real job as I call it or working for someone else. So as time has went on I've really missed being an entrepreneur, I've missed having my own business, thank goodness YouTube came into my life and starting this channel back in September so it's been, it'll be a year you guys next month or September that's crazy. Starting this channel almost a year ago has really sparked that entrepreneur, that spirit back into my heart and my soul and that passion, that fire back into my being to be an entrepreneur. I started this channel for accountability for myself and I really wanted to share with all of you my journey and I wanted to share my ups and my downs, my trials, my tribulations, my weight losses, my weight gains, my recipes and I wanted to have something that was my own, something that I could once again call my baby and my YouTube channel has become just that for me. I love YouTube so much, I am so blessed and grateful and thankful for every one of the 15,000 plus of you that are part of my YouTube friends and family. If it wasn't for you, this would not be such a fantastic thing for me and it brings so much joy into my life, you guys are the best part of my entire day. I enjoy making videos, I love reading your comments, engaging with you on my Facebook group, starting YouTube has really just put a fire under me to be an entrepreneur again, but here I am, here I am a human resource manager for a university. Now, my position was a senior level manager, was a very high managerial position that came with a lot of stress and a lot of time and some changes kind of transpired with the university that I worked for and not positive changes, changes that made my position very frustrating, very draining, very hard, I didn't want to go to work anymore, I was miserable, I was unhappy and I knew in my heart of hearts that I had to make a change. So my husband and I had discussion, after discussion, about what that change looked like. I knew that I could go find another human resource job, but to be honest with you, I'm pretty burnt out, I'm pretty burnt out from human resources, it sucked the HR life out of me and I really wanted a change, I wanted to do something different. I knew that I wanted to continue to grow my YouTube channel, but unfortunately my YouTube channel doesn't provide me a stable income. It fluctuates with so many things, with the views. If you guys actually watch the commercials or not, if you skip all the commercials that changes how we're paid by thumbs uping or thumbs downing the videos that changes the algorithm so not everyone sees my videos, there's just so many uncertainties with being a YouTuber that I couldn't quit my job and solely depend on YouTube. So I knew that that wasn't an option. However, I knew that YouTube was a subsidized income for me. It was extra money in my pocket, it could help pay some bills, it could help in a transition period if that's what we decided to do. So I knew that I had my YouTube channel in my back pocket and then it was just determining what do I want to do for a living and I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit like I mentioned. I have always wanted to own my own business or be my own person. I remember as a child, my dad telling me, you never make money working for someone else and that is always something that echoes and resonates with me throughout my entire life. So I really wanted to get back into being an entrepreneur in addition to YouTube and being able to spend more time with you guys and creating more content for you guys. I knew that that was definitely a side benefit of no longer having a full-time regular normal job. I knew that that would be a side benefit but what was I going to do? What was I going to do for income in addition to having my YouTube business? In my heart of hearts, I knew what I wanted to do. I just didn't know how it was going to happen with working a full-time job and essentially having a second full-time job in YouTube because I do put in 40 plus hours a week into my YouTube channel but I knew what I wanted to do. I knew where my heart was leading me and I knew my passion to be an entrepreneur. I knew what I needed to do. So back at the beginning of July, I decided that I was going to resign from my position as a human resource manager. So it has been a month, barely over a month since I resigned from my position. Now don't be mad, don't hate me, that I didn't tell you guys and the reason I didn't tell you is because what I've decided to do took some time to put into place and took some time to be in the position that I am today which I'm so excited about that I can finally share everything with you. So that's why I didn't say anything sooner but just so you know I did resign from my position back at the beginning of July. I started kind of hinting around on Instagram and in my videos that I was making some changes in my life and I couldn't wait to share them with you and now I can finally share them with you. So after resigning from my job and determining what it was that I wanted to do with my life, I decided that I was going to sign up to get my real estate license. I have always had a passion for helping people and that's where human resources came into play for me. Human resources, we help people, we help employees, we're the employee advocate, we are the one that is there for a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen. So I always have had this passion of helping people also on YouTube. My passion is helping you guys be more successful on your journey. So not only my passion for helping people, my wanting to be an entrepreneur again and my absolute love of real estate, I love it. I go to open houses just for the fun of it. I'm constantly looking on real estate websites just to see what houses are available. I'm always nosey nilly when there's a house in my neighborhood for sale. So I've always had a passion for helping people for real estate and for being an entrepreneur. So I decided that I was going to take the real estate courses and I was going to get my real estate license and I was going to be a real estate agent. So prior to my resigning, I actually signed up for the real estate courses. It wasn't until after I resigned from my full-time job that I was able to fully focus on finishing my real estate courses. So in the state of Washington where I live, the real estate courses are 90 hours. There's a 60 hour segment and a 30 hour segment and then you have to go take a national and a state exam in order to become licensed. On top of that, you have to sign up with a brokerage. So you have to determine what company essentially you are going to hang your license at. What company are you going to be affiliated with? Now real estate agents are independent contractors. So we don't actually work for someone else. We are sole proprietors. We are entrepreneurs. We are independent contractors. But by law, we have to hang our license with a designated broker. So I spent the last month not only completing all of the 90 hours, which was a lot. I haven't been in school in years, but I also spent a lot of time interviewing different brokerages and companies in my area so that I could make the best decision what brokerage I wanted to hang my license with and build a real estate career with. And I'm telling you, you guys, I talked to at least 10, if not more, brokerages in my area before deciding which one I wanted to go with. So I finished my courses and last Friday, I took my national and state exam and I passed. I was so nervous. I haven't been in school in years. The practice tests were tough, but I passed you guys. I passed my exam and I am here to announce with so much gratitude and so much excitement and happiness that I am now an official licensed real estate agent in the state of Washington. I cannot believe it. I have chosen my brokerage. I'm going to be going with a local company. Well, they're not really local. They do have branches in other states, but it is called Windemere. And as you know, I've been kind of, I'm in certain some pictures here to kind of show you guys a little bit, but it's called Windemere North. It is very close to my home. It is a very prestigious, well known, very well respected real estate brokerage with a fair commission structure, training and support to help me get off on the best foot possible. And I am so excited. Like I literally an emotional, I am so excited. I know this is my plan. This is what I should be doing. This is the path I need to go down to be happy and to be successful. So I wanted to not only share with you that I've resigned from my position, but most importantly and excitedly share with you that I am now a real estate agent. So I know that a lot of you are going to be very excited for me. My friends and family locally that have kind of been knowing what's been going on are so excited for me. So I wanted to share with you guys kind of what you can do to help me get started and what I can do as a thank you for each of you. So as a licensed real estate agent in Washington state, I can only sell real estate and represent buyers in the state of Washington. So if you are on my channel and you are in Washington state, let me know down in the comments that you live in the same state as me, whether you're in my town or anywhere within the state of Washington, I can represent you as a buyer or a seller. So hit me up guys. If you're in Washington and you're in the market for a new home or to sell a home or you know anyone who's in the market to buy or sell a home, I would love, love, love to help you out and I'm willing to travel anywhere in the state of Washington to do that and to help get my business off of the ground. Now I know a lot of you are not in the state of Washington and the few of you that are my friends, other YouTubers that know that I've gotten my license have asked, well, what can I do to help you, not even being in the same state as you. So here is the main thing that you can do to not only help me, but to also help you or your friends or your family. So in real estate, there is a referral program. So essentially if I have a subscriber that lives, say in the state of Florida and you yourself or your family or your friends or anyone you know is in the market to buy or sell a home, I can do all of the research for you and find you a top notch excellent fight for you till the bitter end agent that I can refer you to. I can generate the conversation with that agent. I'll do all of the research and I will find you the best suited agent for you in your area. We have inside information as far as reviews of agents, who's a good agent, who's a bad agent, who has a lot of transactions under their belt, who would be a good fit for you. So by doing that, not only can I help you by doing all of the research for you and finding you just the right agent, I can open up that door of communication between you and that agent and it helps me because the agent that I refer you to and I develop a relationship and there's a referral fee associated from that agent that is given to me for referring you to that agent. So it just helps me financially get my business off the ground. It helps me get to know agents in other states, but most importantly, it helps you by allowing a licensed real estate professional to do the research and find the best agent for you. So before you go out and just randomly pick someone off the internet, I would love the opportunity to do that for you and find you the perfect agent, refer you to that agent and develop a relationship between you and the agent and myself and whoever you choose to help you with your home buying or selling in your state. So I know a lot of you are going to be so excited for me and want to help me and that honestly is the best way for you to help me get my business off the ground if you are not in the state of Washington. Now, if you're in the state of Washington, if you could refer me to your friends or family or if you yourself are in the market to buy or sell a home, this girl right here is excited and ready to represent you as your agent and do whatever it takes to find the right home for you or to get you the best price for the home that you need to sell. So I would greatly from the bottom of my heart appreciate any help that you guys would be willing to give me to help me get my business off the ground. The referral is the fastest way to help me if you're local, letting me be your agent and represent you is the fastest way to help me. But I also want to do something for you guys as well. I want to offer you something for taking your time to give me business, whether it's referral business or direct business. So anyone who refers a closed transaction to me, so that means whether I represent a buyer, a seller, or if you refer me or if I refer you I should say to an agent in your local area, I'm going to be giving away a $100 gift card. It'll be a Visa gift card. You can use it for gas, groceries to pay your bills. And that's just my thank you for doing me a favor and helping me get my business off the ground. And of course you benefit in it because you not only get a fabulous agent who will do anything and everything to make your home buying or selling experience the best you've ever had. But I would also do all the research for you to find you a top notch agent in your area. So that's my thank you to those of you that want to help me out. I don't know how long I'll run that promotion. That is something that I'm going to have to pay out of my pocket, but it's worth it to me for the referral from any of you in any type of real estate transaction. So again, if you are not in the state of Washington and you're looking to buy or sell a home or you know someone looking to buy or sell at home, let me know and I will find you an agent in your area that is best suited to help you. And if you are in the state of Washington or even if you have family or friends in the state of Washington that ever want to buy or sell a home, please reach out to me. I would be happy to communicate with them and represent them in their real estate transaction. And lastly, if you want to share this video with anyone that you know that would be interested in even becoming an agent or you think may potentially need agent representation, I would love that as well. You just hit the little arrow with the share right below this video and you can share this video with anyone that you want to. So that's it guys. That's my life update. I know each and every one of you love me as much as I love you and I already want to preemptively say a huge thank you for working with me and sending referrals to me. Whether it's in my state or not, I want to say thank you because it really truly will help me get going. And what's great is if you have a friend or family member in Washington, you know that they're going into good hands of someone that will take care of them by referring them over to me. So I officially have not only a email for real estate, I also have a real estate website and I have a real estate Facebook page. So I'm going to link all of those down in the description box below. My Facebook page will be everything and anything real estate. I'll be doing fun giveaways. We'll be listing houses through there, promotions, all types of fun things through that Facebook page. And of course you can email me either at my real estate email or my personal email in the description box. And lastly, you can check out my real estate website. Get to know a little bit more about me and the company Windermere North that I'm working with. And it's just going to be very exciting. I cannot wait you guys. I seriously cannot wait. This has been in my opinion the best decision I could have ever made in my life. It allows me more time to focus on YouTube. It allows me more time to create content and to answer your questions. And it allows me the flexibility to do something that I love. And that's being an entrepreneur and selling real estate. I can't wait for the day that I can help a first time home buyer or someone who is selling one home and moving to another home downsizing, upsizing the look on their face when they get their dream home. Like I seriously cannot wait for that day. That is what I'm most excited about and building those relationships and just growing as a person and helping other people find their dream home or sell their home and move to a happier place in their life. Maybe you're moving to Mexico or some tropical island. I want to see the face of each and every person that I not only help with their home buying experience or selling experience, but that I develop a friendship and a relationship with. So that I promise you as a potential customer or someone that you would refer your friends and family to, I promise you the utmost respect and the best experience that you would ever have. So that's it guys. Thank you for bearing with me through this long life update video. Again, I am so excited about my new career and I want to thank you for anything that you can do to help boost my career and let me know if you have any questions on real estate or referring someone to me or helping me find you an agent in your area. I am here to help with any questions that you have. I cannot wait. You guys, I cannot wait and I'll be sharing updates with you in future videos. You'll be seeing more videos because I now have more time to focus on YouTube. It's just all in all an excellent decision. My husband tells me every day it's so nice to see me happy again and not miserable and doing something that I have such a huge passion for. So thank you guys so much for standing by me. Thank you for giving me your trust and referring people to me or having me represent you in a real estate transaction. It means the world to me. If you're new, make sure that you subscribe. Hit that little bell so you're notified every time that I upload a video. You don't want to miss a single one. We have a lot of fun around here. Thumbs up this video. Comment down below. Let me know your thoughts on this move that I've made in my life. If you know anyone that could benefit from my services and I want to say thank you. Thank you and thank you again for being there and for being my best friends. I love you guys so much and I'll see you in my next video. Bye.