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Real estate agents love to hate Zillow. We grapple with those preposterous numbers, knowing very well this stuff is not exactly rocket science. For Sally or Joe Public, Zillow represents a tangible piece of what they think their house may be worth. Though I don't think human appraisers will be ou...
03/23/2009
Okay, I confess. I don't "officially" have my first listing, but that doesn't mean I can't prepare as if I DO! In truth, I'm meeting a potential client in a few days, so it's never too soon to prepare, right?  With that, I wanted to share some recent articles I've discovered the last few days whi...
12/10/2008
For those who have and/or experiencing loving someone with dementia, this is for you. After 9 months of living in assisted living, hubby and I decided it was time for his dad to make a visit to his home-- the home he lived in for years before moving to assisted living last year, that is. An extra...
11/30/2008
OK, I'll admit it: I'm a coward. Scared senseless. Of what, spiders, you ask? How dare you.  I'm the queen of spiders in my household. "Kids, stand back. Mom is here!" Well, then, perhaps fear of heights? I mean, a lotta people are afraid of that. Well, while I didn't exactly walk to the edge of ...
11/17/2008
Sometimes a sales pitch is just that--a sales pitch. Clark*, a twentysomething salesman, had shown me some lovely knife sets at the C.A.R. Expo I'd recently attended.  Although I wasn't in need of any at the time and told him I would not be purchasing, I thought they'd make great closing gifts fo...
11/10/2008
When visiting my local Senior Center this morning, I ran into a woman who wanted to chat a bit. Waiting for morning bingo to begin, she asked me if I was still in school. (I admit her question made me think, either she thinks I look young enough to be a student, or those glasses of hers need upda...
10/24/2008
After all the trial and tribulations of classes, brokers, training, classes, blogging, marketing, more classes, I'm now a bona fide Realtor. Yep, I sold a house.  Escrow closed. I even got a check and everything.  So much I learned, so much to learn. Here's a few reminiscent thoughts after my fir...
09/28/2008
                                                                 Ever dream about your job?  Rest assured, it's pretty common. When I waitressed a billion years ago, I had consistent nightmares of trying to serve everyone at the same time, usually moving in slow motion. The weirdest recurrence in...
07/21/2008
I love real estate. Though I'm still new and haven't made a dime as of yet, the possibilities for my business and enthusiasm continues to grow at a fairly rapid pace. I'm reading tons on various websites, prancing over to my office several days per week, with the intention of becoming the best an...
07/06/2008
Had a rather interesting meeting in my office today. My brokers (I have 2) have decided to start having "dialog classes" every other week. Both are involved in the "By Referral Only" program and have put into practice many of the tools given to them by the company.  While this blog isn't exactly ...
06/26/2008
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