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ooooooo - You REALLY should hire a mover . . .

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Pareto Realty TN #251071

For years, I have advocated my clients use of professional movers when it comes time to move into the new house. There are many reasons including the obvious truth that letting the pros do it will free the client up to tend to the more significant details at such a stressful time.

Movers can also help the client meet the deadlines (as long as the movers themselves show up on time) . . . they've got the right equipment and can generally get most of the beloved belongings into the new house intact and unscathed.

There's another slightly less apparent reason to hire movers . . .

Your physical well-being!

I can honestly say that I believe more than HALF of the clients I have seen move themselves have injured themselves in some way during the move . . .

Broken ankle slipping off the truck ramp . . .

Broken wrist falling off the truck . . .

Hernia . . .

Damage to back from heavy lifting . . .

Sundry cuts and bruises . . .

Damaged egos, strained muscles, strained relationships, Fatigue, tension etc.

My scripts are pretty good when I'm advising Clients to hire the professionals.

In June of this year, I failed to counsel myself appropriately as Deb and I moved some furniture home to Tennessee from a family house in Virginia. We rented a truck and "Macho Me" was certain this would be a peice of cake. My miscalculation was that I had NO clue what we were moving . . . and for sure, we did not have enough man-power for the job.

The truly painful reality hit me as I was pulling @ a 300 pound clothes dresser up a flight of stairs with Uncle Wayne pushing from below . . . 1/2 way up the stairs, I pulled and he did NOT push . . . The dresser got away from me for a moment . . . I lunged forward with an heroic effort to save it from falling . . . I grabbed the handle of the 2 wheeler and yanked it back and sat down on the stairs and dug my heels in . . . As I was sitting down, I heard a tremendous POP and felt a sharp pain in my right shoulder . . . I had pulled my arm out of joint at the shoulder . . . OUCH!

Silly me . . .

Being the proud and stoic MAN that I am, I did not admit to the pain "I'm alright - I'm alright!"

I lived with the pain until this week when I finally decided to see a doctor. He believes I tore the cartilage in my shoulder and sent me for an MRI today. WOW! I do NOT recommend an MRI on a shoulder. This was NOT a fun procedure as they had to arthroscopic inject a dye into my shoulder first.

My point?

This shoulder injury has debilitated me now for 3 months . . . and looks like I'll need surgery and rehab to fully recover . . .

All because I was too stupid to listen to my own counsel :-)

So . . . Let your clients know that a good mover is worth every penny . . . NO amount of money is worth the risk of a long term injury . . . Unless, of course, your client happens to BE a professional mover.

Best,

b

Barry Owen

Career Development Coach

Principal Broker

Keller Williams Realty - Nashville, TN - Green Hills - The FLAGSHIP!

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Comments (6)

Vicki Styons
RoomBenders - Columbia, SC

 Barry,

I generally think that moving things myself is a savings but you have put a new spin on that thought. I can certainly see that employing movers can actually be a huge savings emotionally, physically as well as financially.  Thanks for the reminder that we need to use our good sense and follow our own advice.

Sep 19, 2008 03:14 PM
Sharon Parisi
United Real Estate Dallas - Dallas, TX
Dallas Homes

Barry, this was well written with humor.  We should all take our own advice once in a while!

Sep 19, 2008 03:24 PM
Wayne B. Pruner
Oregon First - Tigard, OR
Tigard Oregon Homes for Sale, Realtor, GRI

Are you one of those "Do as I say and not as I do" guys?

Sep 19, 2008 03:56 PM
Barry Owen
Pareto Realty - Nashville, TN

Tigard,

Apparently I am . . . the sad thruth about this one is that I'll likely do it again :-)

'Cause I'm just as hard-headed . . .

Best,

 

b

Sep 20, 2008 12:45 AM
Jeannette Kohlhaas
Keller Williams Jacksonville Realty - Jacksonville, FL
www.MoveFREEwithMe.com

Barry,

SOrry about the shoulder!? ahhh!?! Hope it's not affecting your blogging!

That's why we teach classes....the more we teach others...the more we (should) listen to ourselves!

Jeannette Kohlhaas- Keller Williams Realty JAX- (904) 735-8666

Sep 21, 2008 01:54 PM
Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

Hi Barry... sorry to hear about your shoulder mishap.  It always hurts more when the "I told you so" comes from yourself!  Hang in there and feel better.

Sep 21, 2008 05:53 PM