Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
They Call it Floor
It's my turn to be "floor" this afternoon. What that means is that any calls that come in or any folks who come through the door will all be directed to me. Well that's one way to get some business, and we do have a lot of eyecatching flyers in the big front window, for passersby to connect with. I am spending my floor time working in"windows", that is on my computer, building my web presence. So floor, windows, and web, I am here to serve you. Come on by and let's chat, online or for real, I want to hear from you.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Lovin' Every Minute of It!
She knew it was her true calling when the leads started pouring in and the contacts became real people. Bring it on! Energized by the possibilities, awed by the immediacy of the new technology and stoked by her very, very, very helpful co-workers and mentors, she felt like she'd come home. Which of course indeed she had.
Meeting with a potential first time home buyer, she presented the First time Homebuyer Tax Credit plan, as well as a few financing options and encouragement to take this life changing step now while the market was in the buyers favor.
Her first time making this presentation, and she knew that it was most important to impart to this client the hope for a bright future in a home of her own. To be an allowed and even to be a necessary part of this amazing transition would be a blessing for her, so when her homebuyer remarked that it seemed as if she'd been in the real estate business forever it touched her heart in a strong way.
In a sense she had been in the business for a long, long time with her legacy from her mother, and she knew that the responsibilty to stand behind all she said was tremendous. As an agent of change and a servant of the Lord all she wanted was to be the best at both of these callings. Looking up she thanked God and winked at Mom. I'm doing it, ma, I'm doing it!
Meeting with a potential first time home buyer, she presented the First time Homebuyer Tax Credit plan, as well as a few financing options and encouragement to take this life changing step now while the market was in the buyers favor.
Her first time making this presentation, and she knew that it was most important to impart to this client the hope for a bright future in a home of her own. To be an allowed and even to be a necessary part of this amazing transition would be a blessing for her, so when her homebuyer remarked that it seemed as if she'd been in the real estate business forever it touched her heart in a strong way.
In a sense she had been in the business for a long, long time with her legacy from her mother, and she knew that the responsibilty to stand behind all she said was tremendous. As an agent of change and a servant of the Lord all she wanted was to be the best at both of these callings. Looking up she thanked God and winked at Mom. I'm doing it, ma, I'm doing it!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I'm a Realtor now Mom!
However long ago twenty was for her, that's how long her career in real estate has been delayed. She won't pretend it was just yesterday, in fact more than three decades have flown by, in what seemed to be the blink of the all seeing eye. When she was a numbskulled twenty-nothing her ma thought she should join Mom's stable of realtors in suburban New Jersey and use Mama's charm and influence to skyrocket her way to wealth as one of the home office's agents. Being not only a numbskull, but a defiant one at that, she chose to cast that opportunity away in favor of romance and of adventure. She did go to school and get her real estate license, but that's as far as she went with that offer of earthly empire.
She wanted to live back to the land, the free and freaky life of the seventies hippie and nothing more. Communes, tipis, schoolbusses, yurts you name it and she found it and she lived it. Two and a half decades of her life were dedicated to seeking the most difficult, the most self-deprived and the most challenging situations she could possibly engage in personally and still survive, and then surviving them. Did she learn anything along the way? Of course. Life is not always easy, but there are ways to make it harder, if you want to.
Having gotten through all of her wandering and sometimes wonderful years has provided her with a unique perspective which she applies to everyday living. She calls it faith, tempered with a vast array of human experience. Skills, practical and old fashioned became the measure of a person's worth in her world. Patience and not money was often the coin of the realm as she waited and watched and learned all she could about lifestyles so different than the typical suburban norm.
Even now, patience is her guiding star, seeking what is good and what is sustainable, rather than the easy gratification of the moment. As a realtor, this patience and search for true value shapes her decisions, and she shares her experience of life through her daily transactions. And although her Mom has been gone for a few years, she knows Ma would be proud that after all these years she can finally say, "I'm a realtor now Mom!"
She wanted to live back to the land, the free and freaky life of the seventies hippie and nothing more. Communes, tipis, schoolbusses, yurts you name it and she found it and she lived it. Two and a half decades of her life were dedicated to seeking the most difficult, the most self-deprived and the most challenging situations she could possibly engage in personally and still survive, and then surviving them. Did she learn anything along the way? Of course. Life is not always easy, but there are ways to make it harder, if you want to.
Having gotten through all of her wandering and sometimes wonderful years has provided her with a unique perspective which she applies to everyday living. She calls it faith, tempered with a vast array of human experience. Skills, practical and old fashioned became the measure of a person's worth in her world. Patience and not money was often the coin of the realm as she waited and watched and learned all she could about lifestyles so different than the typical suburban norm.
Even now, patience is her guiding star, seeking what is good and what is sustainable, rather than the easy gratification of the moment. As a realtor, this patience and search for true value shapes her decisions, and she shares her experience of life through her daily transactions. And although her Mom has been gone for a few years, she knows Ma would be proud that after all these years she can finally say, "I'm a realtor now Mom!"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
