There is no one path to real estate success. Rick is joined by Amanda Schroder who has taken a winding road to get where she is today. After years of being in different customer-facing jobs, she has learned the ropes of how to manage people and grow businesses. She brings this wealth of experience with her when she works with clients and her team today.  Over the last year in 2021, Amanda and her team of two others sold 123 homes which is absolutely amazing. In this episode, learn more about Amanda's journey to becoming a real estate professional.  Highlights  01:45 I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. So it was kind of inevitable. But I was probably about seven or eight. And I was a very creative kid and liked making things so I made jewelry and other things out of beads. And I started a company called Better Beads.  07:07 But every time I had a job, I got kind of stuck. I got bored. I wanted to do something more. I tried asking for more responsibilities or different positions, and I just couldn't get anywhere. 19:23 That year 2020, everybody knows was COVID. So we had a pause at the beginning of the year, but then it very quickly picked up. And we had 75 sales that year. So it's obvious that that was some help that I needed to make sure we're taking great care of people. 24:57  I had so much fun meeting new agents and having those conversations about them, their perspective on things. It also keeps me sharp, because if I'm teaching these things, I better be following them too.  29:52 We've built a structure where everybody gets that time off and can take vacations and be covered while they're gone. So that's made a huge difference. Contact https://www.thefrgteam.com/ (Falk Ruvin Gallagher) https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-schroder-55935816 (Amanda Schroder)