411: Transitioning from International to Local Pet Care with Kelly Hayes-Raitt

When making big decisions, it's important to gather new information and seek out novel experiences in order to fully understand the situation before moving forward. In this episode, Kelly Hayes-Raitt, known as the HouseSit Diva, shares her experience of using international travel house and pet sitting to find a new place to live. By experimenting across different cultures and lifestyles, Kelly emphasizes the importance of embracing each step as an opportunity to grow and learn. She also discusses how she transitioned from being a free house and pet sitter to offering a paid service in her new hometown, and how this change has affected client expectations. Whether you're planning a business shift or a major life change, new experiences can teach you a lot!

Main topics

• Should you still do travel house sitting?
• Finding a new home
• Shifting from free services to paid
• Growing a business in a foreign country

Main takeaway: Big changes take a lot of time and new information!

About our guest:

Kelly Hayes-Raitt admits she sleeps around. Usually with animals.

As a full-time housesitter and traveler for the past decade, she's learned a thing or two about housesitting and shares her knowledge and experience in her popular book How to Become a Housesitter: Insider Tips from the HouseSit Divaavailable in soft cover or Kindle at Amazon (http://amzn.to/2hlj7UP) or ebook on her web site (www.HouseSitDiva.com).

Before nomading, Kelly reported live from Iraq during the early weeks of the U.S.-led invasion. Her journalism has won several literary awards and has been widely published in anthologies.

Lately, she's turned her energy toward helping other writers get their books jumpstarted. Her coaching clients call her "inspiring," and students in her workshops rave about her unique teaching techniques. Learn more about working one-on-one with Kelly at www.JumpStartMyBook.org.

Links:

www.housesitmatch.com

housesitmexico.com

trustedhousesitters.com

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Episode 016: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/kelly-is-back

Episode 020: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/020-new-starts-with-the-house-sit-diva

Episode 027: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/026-fostering-relationships

Episode 035: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/035-housesitting-in-the-time-of-coronavirus

Episode 091: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/091-coping-with-the-unexpected-with-the-house-sit-diva

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