My seller client and I have been negotiating with an outside agent and her buyer client over a great single family home. The agent said something to me yesterday that struck me. She said, “It’s been such a pleasure working with you… your attitude is so positive!”

What struck me is that her perception of my attitude must have been different enough from what she’s used to dealing with, that she just had to comment on it.

We live in an incredible age of abundance, and I happen to work in an industry that, day in and day out, changes people’s lives. Take this particular transaction, for example. For these buyers, this will be their first home. The American Dream is alive and well, and I am extraordinarily proud to be a part of it.

I hear complaints every day about our real estate market. During the first half of 2008, 3,584 properties changed hands in the Myrtle Beach real estate market. This market is not 2005, but reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

And now, even the national media are starting to publish reports of a silver lining around the cloud they’ve created. Things are looking up.

I’m positive.