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Love The House You Buy

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 311291

 No question, buying a house is an emotional decision. Even if you find everything, you think you want – the right neighborhood, the right school, the correct number of bedrooms, the right look, the fireplace, the gardens, the garage, the workshop, the first-floor office,  even the lower level art studio.

But it still may not be suitable.

It's a bit like dating. Yes, the guy looked right, was tall enough, had a good sense of humor, good education, your friends liked him, but something was missing.

That is something we call chemistry. The same is true with the house - you 'gotta' fall in love! 

I've seen agents wholly frustrated when the buyer is not satisfied. After all, they have found properties with everything on their wish list. Maybe this is where that offensive comment came from "Buyers are liars."

 

We know when the house is right, and a place fits. We can look at the buyer's face, 'listen' to that chemistry and understand.

It may not be exactly what they described, but it is exactly what they want.

It is the perfect house for them, and they are in love.

If you would you like to find that perfect home

Call Margaret Rome

 

Margaret Rome

 

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Margaret Rome
HomeRome Realty
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Baltimore, Maryland


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Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

I love the swans to death… or life rather! Love and light and all the very best! I am thoroughly amused! :

Mar 04, 2022 10:50 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Laura, So glad you love the swans. 

Mar 05, 2022 06:16 AM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Hi Margaret - serious buyers certainly appreciate a thoughtful agent like you.  This is really more than a transaction.  You are like the match maker.

Mar 05, 2022 03:54 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Grant, Being a matchmaker is very rewarding and much deeper than just a transaction. 

Mar 05, 2022 08:22 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Good morning Margaret. Have to agree that in your market area finding the perfect home begins with a call to Margaret Rome. Enjoy your day.

Mar 05, 2022 04:58 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Thank you, Wayne. It is a challenge to find that perfect home.

Mar 05, 2022 08:24 PM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

And sometimes buyers "click" with a house that doesn't have everything they thought they wanted. They just "Feel It!"

Mar 05, 2022 05:00 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Kat, And it is wonderful when we see that "click."

Mar 05, 2022 08:26 PM
Bill Salvatore - East Valley
Arizona Elite Properties - Chandler, AZ
Realtor - 602-999-0952 / em: golfArizona@cox.net

Thanks for the post and heres to a wonderful, and restful weekend. bill

Mar 05, 2022 05:30 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Margaret - and sometimes some actually know it when they see it!  And when that match is made, fireworks might occur.  Or it seems that way.  

Mar 05, 2022 05:57 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Michael Jacobs, We have seen fireworks, clicks, and thrills when it actually happens.

Mar 05, 2022 08:28 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Margaret I know what you mean, and it is hard to put into words, but there is that moment you know this is the one.

Mar 05, 2022 07:16 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

George Souto,  It happens "...there is that moment you know this is the one."

Mar 05, 2022 08:31 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

We have purchased homes we didn't love, at first due to the current condition, but there was a spark/connection. Agree, you should feel something. I realize real estate shouldn't be emotional, and yet... :) 

Mar 05, 2022 07:33 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

It depends on knowing your buyer. Some buy "bricks and sticks," go for the best value without any emotional attachment. To them, it's just a house.


For others, the house is much more meaningful, more personal, fills the security needs, and gives that pride of ownership.


And without all that emotion...RE would not be the same.

Mar 05, 2022 08:43 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Margaret,

We are in the category of we will know when we see it...and even in commercial real estate emotion often ruled.  A

Mar 05, 2022 09:57 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Of course, you both are in that category of knowing when it's the right one! 

Mar 05, 2022 08:46 PM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Margaret and thanks for this great information to share with us here in the Rain.  Make it a great day!

 

Mar 05, 2022 11:39 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Thanks, Bill.

Mar 05, 2022 08:55 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Margaret- I try to picture us eating breakfast and dinner in the home. For some reason that's what clicks for me. 

Mar 05, 2022 11:53 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Kathy,  Your picturing makes a good visual.

Mar 05, 2022 08:48 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

A buyer may think they know what they want and will look at homes. When available. When they walk through the door of The right house, they know it immediately

Mar 05, 2022 12:47 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

So true Ed Silva, It is also good to have a trusted agent who knows you, can read you, and then direct you to specific homes.

Mar 05, 2022 08:54 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

You do really have a woman because it becomes a part of you because you’re living there every single  day

Mar 05, 2022 10:44 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

And you, Laura, help so many people make that house a home.

Mar 06, 2022 05:40 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

I have twice bought a home that didn't have things on my wish list.  Yet, after years of living in each, came to love them completely. Sometimes, a house will simply reach out and hug you while viewing.  That is the way it was with me!  

Mar 05, 2022 11:18 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

CONGRATULATIONS Margaret, on having this blog FEATURED in the Old Farts Club group!  

Mar 05, 2022 11:19 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Myrl Jeffcoat, I like the way you put this:

'Sometimes, a house will reach out and hug you while viewing.'

  I want my clients in homes that do that!

Mar 06, 2022 05:44 PM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Hi Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, some buyers fall in love with the very first home they see, others may see twenty before they find "the one".  Our job is to listen carefully and find out about our clients' interests and what they're looking for in their homes.


Mar 07, 2022 02:02 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Beth, Good explanation of what we do. "Our job is to listen carefully and find out about our clients' interests and what they're looking for in their homes

Mar 08, 2022 03:06 PM
Aura Alex
Seattle, WA
Retired Real Estate Pro

I agree with you that buying for homeownership is about "loving it."  I am still actively looking for investment properties, and I have to wear different hats when buying and selling investment properties. I was told not to "love it" but "like it" and look beyond the "frog" and find ways to turn it into a "prince" for the next buyer. 

Thank you for your thoughtful post, Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 !

Mar 08, 2022 02:33 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Aura Alex, Purchasing, as an investor, has to be quite different than falling in love with your personal home. You still need to like it but it also has to make financial sense. 

Mar 08, 2022 03:12 PM
Aura Alex

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 I get a kick out of the "dreamer buyers" who would tell me they loved the house because it had little things such as granite tops and breakfast nooks, large windows, etc. 

Mar 08, 2022 03:22 PM