Well, since the OP closed the topic, LOL, cleared to the threshold ? Guess you were cleared for a low approach run.
On my final exam in front of the scope in GCA, a Marine came on asking to land, I ran through it, requested type A/C, he says Marine 470 tow truck, okay, whatever, started him , on course on glidepath, everything was fine, 3 miles out on the next sweep of the scope he was still 3 miles out, on course, next sweep he was almost 4 miles out. I realized he was a CH47 chopper, he had stayed on course and hovered, turned around and was headed back up. This was intended to fluster me and mess up on the test.....I came back and said, 470, request pilot's intentions, over? I aced my exam!
We'll have to go to off topic for our aviation stories!
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I suspect there are those that have not really learned the how's and why's of RE to the extent that they can be creative while remaining compliant and ethical where they may not really be able to think very far out of the box and need to hear strategies they might adopt. I just never had such issues. I suppose our life experiences make a few more creative than others or in the way people look at things.
I'll tie this back to aviation. Keeping track of 12 or 15 aircraft in your head can't be done by most. Approach control may not operate with radar, all you have is a slanted rack with holders that hold strips of paper that are divided into blank spaces. Each space represents some aspect of control, the aircraft's type, call sign, souls on board, altitude, direction, destination being recorded and checking off certain blocks after information is given. So, you have about 12 or so aircraft flying around in your space and you work the bottom plane on the rack in first, the one next up is second on the rack. May have caught the saying in the movies "rack'em and stack'em". Now, all this is done by regulations as well as good judgment. Looking at the type aircraft you know the cruising speed, stall and max speeds, you can slow them or speed them up. Speed measured in miles per minute. You have to keep them separated by regulation, horizontally and vertically. You have some entering the air space and some are leaving, you need to turn some as soon as you can to their highway in the sky and get them up higher as jet fuel is expensive, low and slow. Point is, it's like directing swarming flies keeping them apart, headed to where they need to be ay different altitudes and do so in a room that may not have any windows, Approach/Departure Control may not be in a tower where you can see a plane 10 miles out. You're directing all this from memory and by using the notes on strips along with regulatory flight rules. If you screw up, you can kill people. The pressure cracks some early on, eventually probably half or more have issues. I guess I was lucky or just wired for it as I rarely felt much concern or sweated and enjoyed being busy. I knew the rules very well, knew the procedures, knew my area and took control of the situation with confidence, pilots need to hear confidence in your voice at all times, you don't get an "ahh s7it" moment!
I took this same approach in my RE and lending. Know the rules, know the procedures, know your area and take control of the situation! I may speed one deal up, I might change the altitude or direction, I might allow a faster deal to over take another, I may apply rules that allow a desired out come or keep a transaction in my pattern until rules can be met. Getting creative is not an issue so long as you understand the rules and the consequences of what you do. Add marketing and sales and you got it made. At least no one is going to die from my actions!
In fact, before I had a computer and management software, I devised the same basic approach of using strips on a board in my office to keep track of loan status, closings, application processing and brokerage aspects. I could glance up from my desk while on the phone and speak to anyone and give them the status of the progress in detail. I'll brag a bit, some were amazed that I could give details quickly, as if that loan were opened on my desk when I answered the call. Realtors who came into my office then saw how I did it, secret was out. LOL
I understand that not everyone can think in abstract terms while staying within given bounds. But they don't have a chance if they don't understand the rules and why things are done the way they are.
Gurus fail to give the rules, the who, what, where, when and why of RE, they simply begin past all that selling an idea or concept without much thought to other aspects.
Now, you have, maybe, a better understanding of where I'm coming from on education, while you can really screw up following bad information you won't kill anyone. There is no reason to overpay for information just because someone makes you think what the have is so valuable since there is nothing new nor are there any secrets in RE. :)
