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A Christmas Vacation for a Sacramento Real Estate Agent

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

I say this a lot because it is true -- to get a sudden flush of business, all a Sacramento real estate agent has to do is go on vacation. Just got off the phone with a seller who needs to list her home today, so I will do it.

Some people take vacations, and they turn off the cell and never look at their computer. I don't know who those people are. Maybe they work at the Department of Motor Vehicles, but here in Sacramento, real estate agents are almost always eager to talk about selling real estate. I know I am, because real estate is my passion. It doesn't mean I don't take a little down time for myself and my husband because we incorporate balance in our lives. It might not be somebody else's idea of balance, but it works for me.

Read more about the history of my quirky holiday traditions: One Way to Handle Christmas in my personal blog.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of RE/MAX Gold. Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice; it could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.

Comments(5)

Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Elizabeth, Down time and balance is essential for a happy life, IMHO. In the business of real estate ... we need it even more!  No paid holidays, vacations, health or other benefits.  We must manage our off time and also manage to take care of client needs.

Dec 16, 2013 02:52 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I absolutely need a little "me" time, but that doesn't mean I can't take a couple of times out of an otherwise vacation day and check my messages, return phone calls and check my emails.  It's essential to be "in touch".

Dec 16, 2013 04:07 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I think I'll be in that same take a vacation at Christmas mindset in about a decade.  All this tradition is exhausting.  

Dec 16, 2013 11:21 AM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

The only time you'll find my phone off is on a Sunday I turn it off for 15 minutes.  Otherwise it is on. 

Dec 16, 2013 07:05 PM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

Just forget a business plan...make vacation plans..it is a boon to business every time !

Dec 16, 2013 07:46 PM