Can it be? After such a long winter, my dawg has informed me that spring is finally here!!!! Most of my clients have been putting off coming here to purchase until the cherry trees have blossomed (or so they say), because we have had such bad, rotton, stinking, no-good waaaaaaaaaaay below normal temperatures. Hey, even the fruit trees didn't want to 'bud out' because it was, well, I already said what it was like......(redundent, redundant?)
I haven't even posted in soooooo long because my fingers were too frozen to use the keyboard!!!!!
Anyhow, am back, and hopefully with a vengeance so that I can once again maybe entertain somebody... off to cut the grass, see y'all later.
Ahhhh.... that time of year again, the leaves changing, the grapes harvested, the pumkins ready to pick, sitting in the field... the first signs of frost, golfers wearing long sleeved sweaters... and my broker making noises about 2008 goal settings. So, being the productive person that I am, I 'googled' goal setting.... and was overwhelmed, so got up, grabbed a coffee and went outside for a smoke......
Not that I am putting off setting my goals, nope, not me. I just needed the coffee to clear my head. Go ahead, be brave, I dare you.... try the google yourself and see what you get. Okay, so now back to my broker. We're a relatively small office with 14 agents, so you can run, but you can't hide. I know that she'll find me, that she'll be persistent (someone once told me that 'persistence breaks down resistence", must have personally known my broker), and that I'll cave in and get to working on my goals.
So with that said, here's some advice if you want to put off goal setting:
1. Play more golf... It's fun, it's relaxing, you can drink lots of beer and pat yourself on the back for avoiding the office. Should be broke in no time.
2. Stay out of cell phone range for as long as possible and at all cost avoid answering your brokers calls, after all, you know what they want.......
3. Play more computer games, they keep you sharp, you avoid people, and the day doesn't seem near as long and tedious. After alll, it's more fun then talking to past clients asking them for referrals. Again, should be broke in no time flat. Or flat broke, whatever.....
4. Spend more time at the bar, a wonderful social atmosphere that enables you to carry out deep meaningful conversations with people that are like minded. Go ahead, what a great place to prospect, and spend all that money that you will earn off of these clients, if they remember you in the morning.
Well, those are just a few thoughts... please feel free to add more :-)
AH!!!! The great days of summer are upon us! I actually even went swimming a couple of days before Mothers Day this year! Swimming in the morning, golfing in the afternoon, and then a nice bike ride in the evening at sunset.... does life get any better then this?
The market is picking up again, so if you are looking at possibly investing in this area, for a second, or recreational home, now should be the time to start thinking about it. I've noticed a sharp increase in buyers showing up at the door, looking for properties like this, so sellers need to know that the market is there!
What a way to start the first week after Easter! I've had a listing for the last 3 months, it probably will go into foreclosure, the client has had the phone cut off, only way to contact the client was through e-mail, which was rarely answered, hopeless to try and set up showings, as client was usually drunk and obnoxious.... had to drive 30 minutes to bang on the door, as no key was ever given out because the client was afraid that the 'ex' might try to by-pass a restraining order and get in thru another realtor. Okay, so now for the good news... it's now an expired listing, and now the client wants to re-list thru me, happy with my service, etc, etc... AND wants to raise the price of the house, which just isn't feasible. I know I'm not going to do the re-list, just am wondering how to 'tactfully' let this person know that I don't want to work with this person..... ???????
Yet another client e-mail.....what are they trying to tell me? Hope you get a laugh out of this one :-)
PONDERISMS >
1. I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
2. Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
3. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
4. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
5. There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
6. Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see 'em tumble down the stairs.
7. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
8. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
9. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
10. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
11. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
12. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt."
13. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
14. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
15. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
16. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
17. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
18. What does Winnie the Pooh smell like?
19. Why are they called buildings...shouldnt they be called builts?
20. When a Schizophrenic person threatens suicide, is it considered a hostage situation?
Okay, just another test I was emailed by a client......
Test for Smart People Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. OK?
Let's find out just how clever you really are....
Ready? GO!!! (scroll down)
First Question: Y ou are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Answer:If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person? You're not very good at this, are you?
Third Question: V ery tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only.
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000 . Now add 20. Now add another 1000 Now add 10. What is the total?
NO! Of course it isn't. Her name is Mary.Read the question again!
Okay, now the bonus round: A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
Tuesday morning....Feb. 27, 2007... I should be golfing, or at least out riding the bike!!!! Instead, a snowfall warning is in effect! What happened? This is the Okanagan Valley, vineyard country, loads of sunshine... Canada's only micro-desert!
So much for bragging rights. I guess I had better call up my snowbird clients who are here from Edmonton and apologize for soooooo flipantly answering their question with my typical "Snow? In Feb? You got to be kidding" response? How does crow taste anyhow, because today I think I'll be eating it a lot.... LOL
Maybe it's those evil Winnipegers doing their 'snow-dance' sending tons of this unfamiliar white stuff our way... (be nice, I know, I'm an ex-Wickedpegger myself). Or is it you "centre-of-the-universe" Torontoians affecting the financial markets, sending not prices but temperatures plummeting in my little slice of paradise?
Oh well, that's enough to ponder for today, my brain hurts because it's frozen....have to go find my truck under this 3 inches of snow.....
"Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender."
MALE PROCEDURE: 1. Drive up to the cash machine. 2. Put down your car window. 3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN. 4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw. 5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt. 6. Put window up. 7. Drive off. *********************************************************** FEMALE PROCEDURE: Unfortunately, most of this part is the truth.!!!! 1. Drive up to cash machine. 2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card. 5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up. 6. Attempt to insert card into machine. 7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way. 10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN. 13. Enter amount of cash required. 14. Check makeup in rear view mirror. 15. Retrieve cash and receipt. 16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside. 17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet. 20. Reverse back to cash machine. 21. Retrieve card. 22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off. 25. Redial person on cell phone. 26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles. 27. Release Parking Brake.
Lee Krepps, e-Pro
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