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At What Point Do HomeOwners Just Not Care?

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Real Estate Appraiser with PahRoo Appraisal & Consultancy

At one point this past week, amidst the barrage of new housing data reports, I found myself asking: does it matter?  And then it dawned on me, I might not be the only one asking that question. 

A quick survey of a couple others in Chicago and the general response went something like this: it's not good right now, it doesn't seem to be getting better in the near-term and I hope it doesn't get worse.

Yep, that's pretty a exciting response, no it's not...I think the word is blasé. yeah, that's about right!

Much like that middle stretch of a road trip, when someone asks 'are we there yet' and you'ren not even close to the destination.

Granted for all of us in the profession of Real Estate, being indifferent to the housing market is not a way to operate a business, but some days, well some days, you just don't always feel like putting on the happy face to go out and deal with the deluge coming at you.  But then again, if we all ran our lives by how we felt that day, we'd likely be a major emotional mess with little progress or even no success. 

So, time to put on the happy face and go see how we can make a positive difference for a client who otherwise has given up hope.

Michael Hobbs, PahRoo Appraisal & Consultancy

Comments (4)

Team Honeycutt
Allen Tate - Concord, NC

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.  I sm sure that a lot of people are in the same situation.

Oct 15, 2011 02:41 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Michael, so often these days... no matter what way we look, all we see are grumpy faces.  We need to concentrate on many of the good things that are happening in the market... and there really ARE some pretty good things out there.  Too bad the national media still has their blinders on.

Oct 15, 2011 02:41 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

By the way, Michael, I see you are a relative Newbie with Active Rain... four months of blogging.  But another thing I see... is that you have been consistent.  You are averaging about one post per day.

That is fabulous !  Some say that content is King.  That may be... but consistency is Queen.  Getting folks in the habit of seeing you day-in and day-out... really helps to establish you in the eyes of your readers.  keep up the good work.

I have just subscribed to your blog, Michael.  I invite you to subscribe to mine.  :)

Oct 15, 2011 02:45 AM
Michael Hobbs
PahRoo Appraisal & Consultancy - Chicago, IL
SRA, LEED GA, RAA

Indeed there are....in the world of real estate appraisal, it is all to common to hear this lament from client.

Karen, I completely agree.  Even as my sub-set of the industry has nearly collapsed over the past 3.5 years, I've chosen every single day to get up, show up, speak up and grow up.  Our firm continues to grow because I refuse to focus on how bad it is, instead identifying where are there challenges and how can we be part of the solution and not contributing to the problem. 

Yes, Karen, i'm still in my honeymoon year.  I appreciate the feedback.  Thank you!

Michael

Oct 15, 2011 06:50 AM