How do you all celebrate a closing?
I just closed my second deal as a commercial real estate agent (I have been working for a year and a half at a large brokerage firm in the Southeast). I did not do anything special for the first closing, but I was thinking about starting a tradition type thing to do after every closing to celebrate and make each closing even more satisfying and special. What are some traditions or activities you all get into after the commission payout hits the bank account? Any suggestions or ideas?
[{"id": "g0a3o83", "text": "Often it is taking your family to a restaurant,  I also take care of other agents who helped me.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a425z", "text": "Weed and wine.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a471k", "text": "Find the next deal - roll the confidence into the next one.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a48c9", "text": "I get absolutely blasted so as to ensure the remainder of my week is miserably unproductive", "replies": [{"id": "g0bkyar", "text": "Shocks me every time that I\u2019m unproductive and feel like shit for two days following... but never stops me from doing it again", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a4xvj", "text": "Desk whiskey", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a69sd", "text": "Take the afternoon off.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a6cxy", "text": "Depends on deal size. I\u2019m in office leasing now, so 25+ deals a year means I don\u2019t do much of anything. \n\nWas in investment brokerage, 4-5 big deals/year. If I had a 100k commission deal I\u2019d do something special. Buy a watch, or a Mexico trip.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a6vww", "text": "We sacrifice a goat and an intern to the god of capitalism.", "replies": [{"id": "g0a7hs9", "text": "Don\u2019t forget the pentagram", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "g0bqxkx", "text": "All hail Jeff bezos", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0a8vls", "text": "I wish I started something every time I closed a deal.  Buy a mug from the city, write an address and date on a playing card, put it in my google calendar, etc.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0ajcd8", "text": "We used to do nice pens with the transaction engraved on the barrel", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0ajl04", "text": "Per se then martinis at 21 club!\n\nGranted, as the equity I usually get to choose.  \n\nHonestly though, deal toys are a great way to show the client you care, and to keep you on their mind.  I generally keep my etched liquor bottles for the deals I work on long after finish it\u2019s contents.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0ajn67", "text": "Sex on the kitchen counter of the recently purchased house. A magnum of champagne. Two strippers. And some wife swapping.\n\nYes, I primarily do deals in Beverley Hills. Come by some time.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0an204", "text": "One of the top brokers in my market closed what I believe was the biggest transaction of the year and he got both sides. I was getting drinks with the money on the transaction that night and was told the commission he made and it was a staggering sum. I remember wondering how he was celebrating.\n\nThe next morning I rolled red-eyed into a convention at 7:30 AM to find that broker already present, sharply dressed, and conversing with the other attendees. He then gave the opening presentation (which had nothing to do with the deal he just closed) at 8:00. While for all I know the guy headed straight from the convention to some far away beach to get blasted for the next couple weeks, the example in that moment stuck with me and I try to use the recent win to be as productive as possible the next week or two as opposed to living it up.\n\nMy advice is to keep a list of things you want and set commission thresholds before you buy them. For example, the next time I hit a $10k+ I\u2019m upgrading my TV. Keeps you frugal while also reminding you to reward yourself when you do good!", "replies": [{"id": "g0b1c89", "text": "How thicc was that commission if you don\u2019t mind me asking?", "replies": [{"id": "g0c4tbj", "text": "I\u2019d also be very curious to find out what that commission looked like. Also, props to OP for being able to discipline yourself into being more productive and effective after big wins!", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "g0c8lwr", "text": "It was $3MM!", "replies": [{"id": "g0citrm", "text": "Awoooga!", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0b8hp9", "text": "If you leave 1-day off that CRE work desk - the desk will leave you behind by 1-week, so get crackin on that next deal like NOW..!!\n\nGood Luck!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0be8nk", "text": "I spend 1% of my net (after the house takes its cut) on a bottle of champagne. My SO cooks a nice dinner (usually steak, I like steak). We toast the deal and say only positive things about it for the duration of the bottle, then we don't talk about work for the rest of the evening.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0bjrel", "text": "Small time developer on the side, work for a small debt and equity fund by day. \n\nFor my own deals which are small, usually steaks at home with my wife (we don't don't eat a lot of beef for health and environmental reasons so it's a treat), a nice bottle of red, with champagne for dessert. \n\nFor my day job deals, usually an open bar tab with the owner in the middle of the day and see where things go. Tougher, larger deals usually mean a nice dinner out or a small party at my bosses place. A lot of my clients are younger upstart developers who dont really want the typical schmoozy steakhouse dinners.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0bm43l", "text": "Almost always buy a \u201cnice\u201d bottle of bourbon, around $50 or so and take my fianc\u00e9 out to dinner.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0cojpk", "text": "Take my parents out to dinner because I couldn't have done it without them. \n\nThen go out for drinks with my buddies.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0cvq83", "text": "For net commissions less than 20K: after you've allocated a portion for taxes, living expenses, a nice dinner with family or friends, and resolving any high-cost debt, put the 1/2 of remaining $$ into a HYSA or money market to build your own golden parachute and 1/2 into a Roth IRA or RE directed IRA. \n\nFor net commissions 20-70k: after allocating the tax portion, make money moves. Look to your mentors for investment opportunities and partnerships. If the timing isn't right in the market or cash isn't adequate for your goal product, diversify with a stock portfolio that has a LMA option on it. Build your portfolio and become your own lender. \n\nThe goal should be to use your market experience to eventually play the game for yourself. Your own investments seeding future investment is the MFing celebration.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0d8hrt", "text": "We just got some wine from a local vineyard.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0dwmuk", "text": "Focus on the next deal...", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]