Pay it forward - and quit complaining.....

Recently a nice guy named Rudy stopped by my office late on a Friday afternoon, introduced himself & told me he needed to sell his house quickly. The usual reasons came to mind (job transfer, divorce, foreclosure, etc.) but he said it was because he's in the army was being shipped out to Afghanistan for a year....! He wanted to get his wife & two small children set up in an easier to maintain rental since he wouldn't be around.

A few minutes before he walked in I was lamenting about a deal gone bad & my daughter watching too much TV. Obviously his departure put my issues into perspective!

For years I've sent out a 'Free Mum & Pumpkin' to my mailing list. This time I decided to include all the Vets in my area - approximately 1500! I'll let you know how the story turns out....

Dave Miller, CRS, GRI

'The Real Estate Guy'

75 East Madison Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628

201-385-8100 x 14 Cell: 201-264-3980

Dave@DaveMillerRealEstate.com

www.DaveMillerRealEstate.com

 

 
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12 Comments on Pay it forward - Thank you Vets!

OCT
17
2010
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Great idea. I'm sure that they will appreciate it. Some places like Lowes and Home Depot will give active duty and retirees a 10% discount IF they show their ID card to the cashier. Any token of appreciation helps to affirm our decision to serve our country. 

12:16am • #2
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That's mighty generous.  I wrote a blog about "Paying It Forward" the other day.  I just love these stories. :D Gail

12:23am • #3
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Dave:

What a great story--it certainly does put a lot of things in perspective for me,  Also, such a good idea about extending your the mum and sugar pumpkin offer to your local vets.  I am sure they will appreciate it. 

12:31am • #4
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Dave,

What a wonderful gesture for our vets.

You've just made a deposit to your account at the Bank of Kharma!

12:56am • #5
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Dave - These vets definitely deserve our appreciation for their service to us and our country.  How special of you to show your appreciation.  Love the postcard!

1:52am • #6
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Ted, Veterans get $250 off their local property taxes in NJ (senior citizens get $500 off).  I can look up this catigory in our MLS under 'deduction type'.... so that's my mailing list/lablels...

7:22am • #7
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I love the idea of supporting vets in any way we can.  I think that was an awesome idea.  Just one question - what is a sugar pumpkin?

9:33pm • #8
OCT
18
2010
OCT
21
2010

I have no idea what a sugar pumpkin is, but I’ll happily take one if I can get that mum!

6:06am • #10
OCT
29
2010

Dave, This is such a cool idea, please let us know how it turns out.

7:15pm • #11
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Elizabeth, It's turning out very cool/great!  Lot's of letters of appreciation... I'm working on the sequel blog to show you...

10:31pm • #12


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