I am a Philadelphia Realtor Snob

          I am a Philadelphia Realtor Snob

I, Mark Wade, a Prudential Fox and Roach Realtor here in Center City Philadelphia am a real estate snob.

I haven't really hidden that fact over the years as well. I kinda' think that I'm pretty groovy, actually.  I have lived here in condos in Philly for just over twenty years, and I have been a Society Hill realtor for over eighteen years (I say that because my office is physically in the Society Hill area section of town). I have never owned a lawnmower, a driveway, or a weed whacker. Sneering at those who do own such items has become a favorite pastime of mine over the years.

My boss at Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors taught me that I was a snob years ago. I was aghast. Certainly not I, I exclaimed.  Then it hit me. I sometime tease those who own more than two cars, have more than three bedrooms, and drive more than four miles to go to the local grocery store.  I often times believe my superior knowledge of the best streets to use while showing a few Rittenhouse Square condominiums, somehow legitimizes my coolness. I know when to avoid Locust Street, and when not to try to make my way around 13^th and Lombard Streets. Heck, I even go for days without seeing my car (at least when I parked it in a garage over near Old City).  I have no time for massive amounts of traffic (urban Philadelphia surprisingly has little traffic as compared to say the Mainline area in the suburbs), and would never be caught on the Schuylkill expressway if it meant all the gummy bears in the world!

Though at times, I must admit that I am a bit envious of our suburban friends. That couch in their living room...the one that is the size of my Luxus?! I would love such a lounge destination. That thing you pull your car into, that is attached to their homes- the area that also holds the rakes, snow blowers, and the trashcans? I would love one of those! There are very few Philadelphia condos with such a "roofed" luxury. And don't even get me started about the size of the shopping carts they get to use when they go grocery shopping. They are huge! And did you know they sell lawn chairs and big rent videos at their grocery stores out on the outskirts of life? They do! Not in my Philadelphia realtor life. My grocery hand basket never holds enough, and I am sure there is not a lawn chair for sale within 15 miles of where I am sitting.

Mark Wade     CenterCityCondos.com     www.Blog.CenterCityCondos.com