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GRUNGY REALTOR..BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!

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Real Estate Agent with Dunnigan, Realtors, Sacramento (916) 425-9715 CalBRE # 01188158

Many of you responded to my last post about being a horrid mess while working in my front yard and having a person stop and chat. They had revealed that they were trying to decide whether to sell their house or not and I didn't have the nerve to tell them this mess of a person in front of them was a Realtor.

Many of you responded that it was OK to tell them that I was a Realtor, since we can't be in professional mode all of the time.  Well...today I was working in my daughters front yard...a mess again...and a nice woman stopped by and started chatting.  She told us she was going to sell her house and was interested in the rental next to my daughters house.  I heard all of your advice in the back of my head and boldly said, "I don't look like it, but I am a Realtor with Windermere Dunnigan Realtors.  If you need any help, I would be happy to assist you."

OK - this is where it gets a little weird.  She says "Do you know  XXXXX ?"  "Yes I did - she works in my office and is a wonderful agent!"  She responds "Do you know a Paula Zimmerman?"  It's ME!!!! Well, my maiden name!  It turns out that her sister is a woman that I worked with years ago who touted my ability to help her!  Life is strange!

Comments(7)

Patty Carroll
Vancouver, WA

Wow, it is a small world isn't it. We hope that you get her business. Stay out in the yard who knows how many clients you may get.

Jul 20, 2008 07:58 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Paula, your post made me smile!  I love it when this stuff happens!  And we can't make it up.

Jul 21, 2008 02:06 PM
Paula Swayne
Dunnigan, Realtors, Sacramento (916) 425-9715 - Sacramento, CA
Realtor-Land Park, East Sac & Curtis Park -Dunniga

Patty, Scott & Patricia-It is just too crazy to be able to make it up! I think I am getting more leads for real estate by landscaping yards than sending mailers!

Jul 21, 2008 04:49 PM
Robert Machado
HomePointe Property Management, CRMC - Sacramento, CA
CPM MPM - Property Manager and Property Management

So you must have got them as a client.  It never hurts to be helpful.

Jul 22, 2008 09:40 AM
Robert L. Brown
www.mrbrownsellsgr.com - Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic

Right place right time. People can see past the oter and can see your heart.

Jul 22, 2008 11:32 AM
Mike Jones
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Paula,

What an encouraging story!  That wasn't a coincidence; that was a Divine appointment!

Mike in Tucson

Jul 23, 2008 05:36 PM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Paula - always be ready, I talk to people also, when I am working on the yard and I will challenge you as to which of us is the grungiest. I know it is hot in Sacramento, but, at least the sweat evaporates there.

I don't keep cards in my pocket, they would turn into mush. But I always have them in my car and truck, within easy reach.

Hope you close a deal from this.

Jul 24, 2008 12:45 AM