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Day 3434 – Reflections On Working With My Spouse Again – or – Our Tenth Closing!

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Holy smokes, we closed on our tenth deal this week. It’s been a crazy, wonderful ride these past two years. While I didn’t expect to run another business with Bret, I’m not really surprised that we are doing just that.

Thankfully, I have an incredible marriage, to be married to your very best friend is one of the best things in life. We enjoyed working together in the photography business, but it was always MY business at the end of the day. When Bret started in real estate investing business over two years ago, it was his thing. I gave some advice here and there, gradually helping out in different ways, to where I am now, a full partner.

I think what’s made this business so much more fulfilling and good is that it’s OUR business. We’re both putting in a lot and we’re seeing the benefits of that. Talking about the business peppers nearly every one of our conversations.

I am so thankful to work with Bret again and look forward to doing so for years to come. 🙂

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Day 3122 – Actual Footage Of Us Working Together

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Working with your spouse may sound like fun. Getting to hang out with your favorite person all the time, going on adventures together, etc. One thing we’ve been aware of recently is this idea that you shouldn’t compare your life to someone’s highlight reel. i.e. What people put online is rarely the full story. A beautiful photo may have taken 30 minutes to stage just right.

But, here at 365, we like to give you the truth about things. Some things about working together are freakin’ amazing and some things are really hard. Today, we spent some time discussing our real estate business, who will do what, and how we can grow. There were a few times it was a little super stressful, and really not fun. For example, Bret recently posted that he closed his third deal. But he didn’t share how many hours he put in, how many mistakes were made, how many decisions he had to make without knowing how it would end up, how many nos he heard, etc.

We figured we’d give you a recreation of our discussion today!

Editor’s note – Bret was not stressed at all, Jen was. You never know the full story.

While it can be frustrating, and we don’t have it all figured out in our marriage or business, it’s really cool that we’re figuring it out together.

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