There is one exception to everything I am about to say about time—and that exception is God.
God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. God is not subject to time; time is subject to Him. God does not move through hours, days, or years. God does not age. God does not wait. God simply is.
When Moses stood before Pharaoh and asked God what he should say when Pharaoh demanded to know who sent him, God did not give Moses a résumé, a title, or a pedigree. God gave him ontology. He said, “Tell him I AM THAT I AM.” Not I was. Not I will be. I AM. ✨
From a spiritual perspective, time simply is. It is not governed by the rising and setting of the sun, nor by the second hand of a watch, nor by calendars or clocks. Time, in its eternal sense, exists within God.
But we are not God.
We are sons and daughters of God, made in His image, animated by His breath—but we are not Him. And unlike God, we have a beginning, and we have an end. Our existence on this earth is finite. It is measured. It is numbered.
That reality should sober every one of us. ⚖️
If you genuinely understood the power of time—not as a philosophical abstraction, but as the currency of your life—you would do two things without hesitation.
First, you would refuse to waste it.
Second, you would insist on being paid for it when it is being used.
These are immutable realities. They are not subject to negotiation, culture, or opinion. Time is the scarcest resource in the human experience. Once spent, it never returns. There are no refunds, no rollovers, and no extensions.
So every day, whether you acknowledge it or not, you are answering one unavoidable question:
What am I doing right now—and is it worth my time?
Scripture tells us our lifespan is three score and ten, with the possibility of living a little longer by reason of strength. So let’s use the generous estimate of 80 years.
Eighty years sounds like a long time—until you do the math.
Eighty years multiplied by 365 days, multiplied by 24 hours, looks substantial on paper. But reality strips that number down quickly. Large portions of that time are consumed by sleep, eating, recovery, and basic maintenance of the body. Another significant portion is spent working, earning income just to sustain life. What remains is divided among family, relationships, obligations, and whatever margin is left.
When you break time down honestly, you realize two things very quickly:
You don’t have much of it, and you control far less of it than you think.
That is why time must be treated as sacred. 🙏
That is why time must be valued.
And that is why time, when used in the service of others, must be compensated.
Yet many people live as though their time has no value. They give it away freely. They offer their expertise without boundaries. They act as though the only value their time has is what an employer, a broker, or a client decides to assign to it.
That is not humility. That is a failure of identity.
Every human being has intrinsic value. That value does not originate from a job title, a commission split, or an employer’s generosity. It comes from knowledge acquired, experience earned, discipline applied, and wisdom developed over time.
Time is not just money. Time is life. ⏰
And when you exchange time for money, what you are really exchanging is a portion of your life for compensation.
Every legitimate business understands this. That is why companies pay salaries. Salaries compensate labor, preparation, availability, and effort. Bonuses and commissions reward results.
That distinction matters.
In most professional industries, commission is not compensation—it is a bonus. CEOs, executives, and management professionals are paid salaries for the work they do and bonuses for the results they produce. No serious company says, “We’ll pay you only if the outcome happens, and until then, your time has no value.”
Except real estate.
Real estate flipped the model entirely. Agents are expected to market properties, secure buyers, negotiate contracts, manage transactions, solve problems, and absorb risk—all without compensation unless the deal closes. The commission, which should function as a bonus for results, has been turned into the only form of pay.
This is not how professional labor works anywhere else.
And the consequences of this model are not theoretical. They are visible in inflated costs, distorted incentives, public mistrust, and ultimately, lawsuits. When compensation is tied only to outcomes, prices rise to absorb the risk. Just as long-term mortgages inflated home values by expanding debt availability, commission-only compensation inflated transaction costs by forcing results to subsidize unpaid labor.
Let me be clear about my position. 📌
The commission should exist. It should be paid. It is appropriate to reward successful outcomes. What commission should not be is compensation for the time, labor, expertise, and effort required to get there.
That work deserves to be paid—separately, transparently, and professionally.
This is not a philosophical rant. This is not a theory. This is how I live and how I operate my business.
I no longer work for commission. I work as a consultant and advisor. My time is compensated because my time has value. Whether someone values my time is not something I debate—it is something they demonstrate by becoming my client.
If someone chooses not to work with me because they do not value my time, they have done me a favor. They have saved me time.
Consulting is not a right. It is a privilege. Clients often believe they are interviewing the consultant. In reality, the consultant is evaluating whether the client is prepared, aligned, and financially capable of receiving professional advice.
Free advice is everywhere. Google is free. ChatGPT is free. Friends and family are free.
Professional expertise is not.
No one asks their doctor to work for free. No one asks their attorney, CPA, electrician, or contractor to work for free. Yet real estate professionals and loan officers are routinely expected to give away their time and expertise as though it has no value.
Free means no value. And when you present yourself as free, the market treats you accordingly.
This blog is the opening declaration of a larger work. 📖
In March, I will release a new book titled
THE POWER IS NOW: Time, Value, Expertise, and the Future of Real Estate
This book will examine the theology of time, the economics of labor, the flaws in commission-only models, the legal boundaries of consulting—particularly in California—and a new professional standard for real estate that honors time, expertise, and results without deception or distortion.
This is not an attack on real estate. It is a call to maturity.
Time is the only asset you truly own. How you value it determines how the world treats you.
THANK YOU & CALL TO ACTION 🤝
Thank you for reading this blog. I appreciate your continued support in raising awareness of the issues that affect our relationships, families, friendships, and the political, social, and economic institutions and environments in which we live and work. Please share this blog—and explore my other articles and videos—each one created to educate, empower, and uplift. Together, we can challenge the belief systems that hold us back and press forward into openness, love, consideration, and peace—opening doors of opportunity for all.
Subscribe to The Power Is Now TV 📺 to connect with me live every weekday, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PST, as we record television shows across the Power Is Now TV Network. As a subscriber, you can participate in live tapings, engage in real-time discussions, and connect directly with industry leaders.
Visit ThePowerIsNow.com 🌐 to access real estate magazines, books, podcasts, television shows, and exclusive media content focused on homeownership, business, and wealth-building.
For personalized support, consulting, and advisory services in real estate, mortgages, business, and personal finance, visit EricFrazier.com to schedule a consultation and learn more about my work as your trusted advisor in business and wealth.
Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA
Your trusted advisor in business and wealth
Real Estate Broker CA.DRE 01143484
Mortgage Originator NMLS #461807
THE POWER IS NOW: Time, Value, Expertise, and the Future of Real Estate⏳
There is one exception to everything I am about to say about time—and that exception is God.
God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. God is not subject to time; time is subject to Him. God does not move through hours, days, or years. God does not age. God does not wait. God simply is.
When Moses stood before Pharaoh and asked God what he should say when Pharaoh demanded to know who sent him, God did not give Moses a résumé, a title, or a pedigree. God gave him ontology. He said, “Tell him I AM THAT I AM.” Not I was. Not I will be. I AM. ✨
From a spiritual perspective, time simply is. It is not governed by the rising and setting of the sun, nor by the second hand of a watch, nor by calendars or clocks. Time, in its eternal sense, exists within God.
But we are not God.
We are sons and daughters of God, made in His image, animated by His breath—but we are not Him. And unlike God, we have a beginning, and we have an end. Our existence on this earth is finite. It is measured. It is numbered.
That reality should sober every one of us. ⚖️
If you genuinely understood the power of time—not as a philosophical abstraction, but as the currency of your life—you would do two things without hesitation.
First, you would refuse to waste it.
Second, you would insist on being paid for it when it is being used.
These are immutable realities. They are not subject to negotiation, culture, or opinion. Time is the scarcest resource in the human experience. Once spent, it never returns. There are no refunds, no rollovers, and no extensions.
So every day, whether you acknowledge it or not, you are answering one unavoidable question:
What am I doing right now—and is it worth my time?
Scripture tells us our lifespan is three score and ten, with the possibility of living a little longer by reason of strength. So let’s use the generous estimate of 80 years.
Eighty years sounds like a long time—until you do the math.
Eighty years multiplied by 365 days, multiplied by 24 hours, looks substantial on paper. But reality strips that number down quickly. Large portions of that time are consumed by sleep, eating, recovery, and basic maintenance of the body. Another significant portion is spent working, earning income just to sustain life. What remains is divided among family, relationships, obligations, and whatever margin is left.
When you break time down honestly, you realize two things very quickly:
You don’t have much of it, and you control far less of it than you think.
That is why time must be treated as sacred. 🙏
That is why time must be valued.
And that is why time, when used in the service of others, must be compensated.
Yet many people live as though their time has no value. They give it away freely. They offer their expertise without boundaries. They act as though the only value their time has is what an employer, a broker, or a client decides to assign to it.
That is not humility. That is a failure of identity.
Every human being has intrinsic value. That value does not originate from a job title, a commission split, or an employer’s generosity. It comes from knowledge acquired, experience earned, discipline applied, and wisdom developed over time.
Time is not just money. Time is life. ⏰
And when you exchange time for money, what you are really exchanging is a portion of your life for compensation.
Every legitimate business understands this. That is why companies pay salaries. Salaries compensate labor, preparation, availability, and effort. Bonuses and commissions reward results.
That distinction matters.
In most professional industries, commission is not compensation—it is a bonus. CEOs, executives, and management professionals are paid salaries for the work they do and bonuses for the results they produce. No serious company says, “We’ll pay you only if the outcome happens, and until then, your time has no value.”
Except real estate.
Real estate flipped the model entirely. Agents are expected to market properties, secure buyers, negotiate contracts, manage transactions, solve problems, and absorb risk—all without compensation unless the deal closes. The commission, which should function as a bonus for results, has been turned into the only form of pay.
This is not how professional labor works anywhere else.
And the consequences of this model are not theoretical. They are visible in inflated costs, distorted incentives, public mistrust, and ultimately, lawsuits. When compensation is tied only to outcomes, prices rise to absorb the risk. Just as long-term mortgages inflated home values by expanding debt availability, commission-only compensation inflated transaction costs by forcing results to subsidize unpaid labor.
Let me be clear about my position. 📌
The commission should exist. It should be paid. It is appropriate to reward successful outcomes. What commission should not be is compensation for the time, labor, expertise, and effort required to get there.
That work deserves to be paid—separately, transparently, and professionally.
This is not a philosophical rant. This is not a theory. This is how I live and how I operate my business.
I no longer work for commission. I work as a consultant and advisor. My time is compensated because my time has value. Whether someone values my time is not something I debate—it is something they demonstrate by becoming my client.
If someone chooses not to work with me because they do not value my time, they have done me a favor. They have saved me time.
Consulting is not a right. It is a privilege. Clients often believe they are interviewing the consultant. In reality, the consultant is evaluating whether the client is prepared, aligned, and financially capable of receiving professional advice.
Free advice is everywhere. Google is free. ChatGPT is free. Friends and family are free.
Professional expertise is not.
No one asks their doctor to work for free. No one asks their attorney, CPA, electrician, or contractor to work for free. Yet real estate professionals and loan officers are routinely expected to give away their time and expertise as though it has no value.
Free means no value. And when you present yourself as free, the market treats you accordingly.
This blog is the opening declaration of a larger work. 📖
In March, I will release a new book titled
THE POWER IS NOW: Time, Value, Expertise, and the Future of Real Estate
This book will examine the theology of time, the economics of labor, the flaws in commission-only models, the legal boundaries of consulting—particularly in California—and a new professional standard for real estate that honors time, expertise, and results without deception or distortion.
This is not an attack on real estate. It is a call to maturity.
Time is the only asset you truly own. How you value it determines how the world treats you.
THANK YOU & CALL TO ACTION 🤝
Thank you for reading this blog. I appreciate your continued support in raising awareness of the issues that affect our relationships, families, friendships, and the political, social, and economic institutions and environments in which we live and work. Please share this blog—and explore my other articles and videos—each one created to educate, empower, and uplift. Together, we can challenge the belief systems that hold us back and press forward into openness, love, consideration, and peace—opening doors of opportunity for all.
Subscribe to The Power Is Now TV 📺 to connect with me live every weekday, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PST, as we record television shows across the Power Is Now TV Network. As a subscriber, you can participate in live tapings, engage in real-time discussions, and connect directly with industry leaders.
Visit ThePowerIsNow.com 🌐 to access real estate magazines, books, podcasts, television shows, and exclusive media content focused on homeownership, business, and wealth-building.
For personalized support, consulting, and advisory services in real estate, mortgages, business, and personal finance, visit EricFrazier.com to schedule a consultation and learn more about my work as your trusted advisor in business and wealth.
Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA
Your trusted advisor in business and wealth
Real Estate Broker CA.DRE 01143484
Mortgage Originator NMLS #461807