Exchange Magazine Summer 2026

60 REIC EXCHANGE, SUMMER 2026

It is 6pm. You have been up since 5:30am. Your

first text from an excited buyer came in at 6:45.

Two new showing requests arrived before 7:30.

Your overnight inbox had questions about list-

ings and a note that the stager you booked

three weeks ago for the listing going live in

two days just cancelled. A problem you did not

see coming at three hours of your day. You are

tired. When you think back on what you actual-

ly accomplished, it is a blur. And you still have a

showing tonight, and you are crossing your fin-

gers that an offer comes in on a listing before

you go to sleep.

This is not an unusual day. This is a regular

Tuesday.

Real estate does not come with a back of-

fice. Whatever booking tools or systems are in

place, the decisions, the relationships, and the

work that actually generates revenue comes

back to one person. You manage the pipeline,

the clients, the marketing, the paperwork, and

the problems that arrive without warning. All of

WHY YOU

LOST THAT

LOST THAT

LISTING

LISTING

By: Shari Black, Executive Function Consultant | ADHD & Habit Coach, Black to Basics