I’ve just spent the past seven days training agents all over Europe and I’m reminded that sometimes you’ve just got to expand your horizons so you can appreciate what you have.

There’s much to learn and appreciate about these countries I’ve been to but in the markets here they have no MLS, when people sell a property they record at a lower level for tax reasons so appraisals are excruciatingly difficult, there is no code of ethics, and there are no National Associations of Realtors. Couple this with each country experiencing its own recession and political challenges and high cost of living and you realize how blessed we are in North America.

I’ll be returning home from Europe with a greater understanding of the diversity in our world, the culture, customs, culinary and landscape variety but most of all, with a renewed sense of vigor for the work to be done and how minor our challenges are when compared to others.

It’s a good life!

Brian