I've seen this several times throughout my time of being investing in real estate and

running real estate sales teams as well as a mortgage company.

Anytime there's a change in the status quo, the initial response from everyone is to

freeze.

You're walking through the woods, you hear a twig snap, the first thing you do is freeze.

I'm Chris Hill and that's David Green, host of the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Podcast.

I caught up with him last week to get his thoughts on the current state of the housing market.

The numbers he thinks are most relevant to watch and the most common mistake people make

when listing their homes for sale.

But I started by asking about his unusual career pivot.

Before becoming a real estate broker and posting a podcast, David spent a decade as a police

officer and I just wanted to know, how does someone make that switch?

I had no intention of becoming a real estate investor, which is funny because we typically

teach people to be intentional about the life they want to live in pursuing it.

But I didn't start off that way at all.

I wanted to be super cop.

I was going to be a police officer for my entire career.

I was 100% invested in that career.

I would say it was part practical.

If you watch the news, you see that the relationship between law enforcement and the public is not

what it was when I first wanted to get into that job.

It was part what I would say spiritual.

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