What would you think of a realtor who, as his very first deal, managed to transact a $9 million bungalow? Impressive right? But this week I spoke about the incident to this very same (former) realtor, who has an odd follow-up: that turned out to be the very first and also very last successful sale he ever managed! This is the story of my friend James (not his real name) and how he managed to sell just one property in his short stint as a property agent:

It began with a mutual friend moving from Singapore 

Back in 2010, James and I had a mutual acquaintance who was semi-retired, and looking to move. We’ll call him M.

M was intending to join his recently married son in the UK. M also preferred the countryside there and was intending to wrap up his business dealings in Singapore.

M was also divorced, and his other children had their own properties.

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