Day 17 Quote 5: There are Three Secrets to Real Estate: Location, Location, Location.

Quote 5: There are Three Secrets to Real Estate: Location, Location, Location.

- William Dillard

Setting real estate aside, location is not the only thing that’s important. It’s also about timing as well. Much similar to the saying that “you have to be at the right time and at the right place.”

Finding the right time and place is actually pretty tricky. You wouldn’t know if it’s the right time and place unless it has already expired. For instance, if you’re planning to go to the South (from Manila), there are two routes that you can take (Edsa or C5).

Choosing which route to take to reach your destination faster is often difficult. Though you’re pretty sure that there is traffic in Edsa, you can still opt to take that route considering that it connects to the Skyway. For C5 however, it can go either way. Sometimes there’s a huge build up of cars upon exiting C5. Other times, it’s smooth cruising all the way.

You wouldn’t really know if you’ve chosen the right route to take unless you get to the “no turning back point” and get a glimpse of the traffic in the other route.

Sometimes, you wouldn’t know if an opportunity has passed you unless you’ve already reached the point where there’s no way for you to get that opportunity back. It’s true when they say, “an opportunity only knocks once”.  If you close your door to it, you’ve lost it forever.

There’s also another view to this… *tracing back my blog from the “Only A Fool Holds Out For Top Dollar” http://niksmyown.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-2-new-realization.html

Sometimes, it’s also good to say no to an opportunity because you’re leaving your doors open to the possibility of something better. The sad truth is, you’ll actually never know if there’s something better that will pass your way. You can only HOPE for it.