Peter Pays Paul

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity, than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is is better than silver or gold. - Solomon (Proverbs 19:1; 22:1)

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines integrity as: 1) firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values - INCORRUPTIBILITY 2) an unimpaired condition - SOUNDNESS 3) the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS. The third definition is extremely important to the understanding of integrity. It has the idea of not being two-faced or containing two sides. What you see is what you get.

Solomon said a good name is better than great riches. It is more valuable to be thought well of and respected than to have great wealth. Why? Because great riches will not follow a person to the grave, but a good name will. It is about legacy. How do you want to be remembered?

Earning money deceitfully is easy. It is easier to steal from your client than to earn money respectably. It is easy not to disclose that one thing, or to be a little misleading about the features of your product. It is easy because you may get an immediate reward from the dishonesty.

It is much harder to be completely honest. To disclose all things and to possibly discourage a potential buyer is hard. It is hard to focus on the long-term results of an honest and truthful career and the potential rewards that come from those choices.

A real estate agent that has integrity will warn you about your “Dream House” even if you do not want to hear it. A real estate agent with integrity will warn you about getting too big of a mortgage. A real estate agent with integrity will not lie to you and will not lie FOR you. It is part of their fiduciary duty to represent what is in your best interests.

If this sounds like someone you would like to work with, then call me at (925) 324-8626.

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