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title: "Episode 46: Twenty-Year Real Estate Vet Shares Her Secrets To Success"
description: With twenty years of real estate experience, Oregon-based Marianna McNally shares her secrets for having a successful real estate career.
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# [Episode 46: Twenty-Year Real Estate Vet Shares Her Secrets To Success](https://podcast.smartagents.com/podcast/ep-46)

 Written by [Smart Agents](https://podcast.smartagents.com/podcast/author/smart-agents) | Jun 28, 2021 11:09:09 AM

***“I’ve never felt that change is bad. I always look to the positive side and think that change is good. You just have to be ready to turn on a dime.”***

Episode 46 of The Smart Agents Podcast features our conversation with Oregon-based Marianne McNally.After owning a salon for several years, Marianne decided to jump into real estate in 2000.

*“I was rookie of the year… and I won that award that first year solely because I worked my sphere from my nail business. Those gals are the ones that launched me into my real estate career.”*Now more than two decades later, Marianne shares how her community involvement and the relationships she’s built have led to a successful real estate career. We also talk about the effect that today's market is having on clients and how new agents should prepare for inevitable downturns.

*“You have to be able to, as they say it, pivot.”*

 

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