3 Tips to Keep You on the Path Toward Your Dream Real Estate Investing Career

I know from personal experience that gender issues, societal issues and wanting to do everything well - the perennial myth of the superwoman - can be barriers to women who want to have successful careers in real estate investing. You have a husband, a family, and many other responsibilities, so where are you going to get the time to devote to a career and how will you juggle it all?

Here are three tips you can follow to help you overcome these common barriers and start thriving today.

Get clarity and find clarity

Take a good, hard look at your life and prioritize your values. We all prioritize intuitively, but many of us don't actually take the time to put things down on paper. Consider the important things in your life - health, family, friends, business etc., and rate them in order of importance. Take a few moments, and do this right now.

Now take a close look at your list. Where are you? Many times, the women I know who do this exercise do not put themselves down on their own list. You HAVE to make yourself a priority. If you're not on the top of the list, there needs to be a paradigm shift or attitude adjustment about how you view yourself. Re-write that list with yourself at the top!

Set smart goals

Take another look at your list and your life according to those priorities and see where there needs to be improvement. Jot down how life would be if it perfectly coincided with what you imagined and compare it to your actual life. Where can you make changes? Start with the little things. Start slowly.

What are two to three things you can start working on today to not only build your business, but put yourself first? Maybe it's setting aside a space for your work or setting certain hours aside in the day to dedicate to your business by conducting research or making client calls.

At some point you're going to have to weigh the benefits and outcomes of your actions. Are you going to get better results by spending three hours cleaning or dedicating three hours looking at potential properties? My guess is that the benefits will come when you invest the time into your business; the dust bunnies can wait another day. When it's all said and done, what you're really doing is setting some boundaries.

Create positive reinforcement

Creating positive reinforcement and patting yourself on the back is essential. How do you do that? Look at the progress you're making on daily basis. Look at things from the outside. If you were a stranger and just met yourself, what would you think?

How would you feel if you met a mother of two who has the guts to get out there work hard to get what she wants? What would think of her? I believe you'd think she's pretty hot stuff.

As women, we need to really start valuing what we're doing and acknowledging those actions. We need to quiet and inner critic and give ourselves positive reinforcement.

Start setting some small goals right now, and know that an investment in yourself will pay off.