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How A Cowgirl Saved A Terrible Awful Day

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Century 21 Sherlock Homes

 

I was having a terrible awful day on Wednesday.  People were going out of their way to torture me.  I think some of them even took a bus to get to me.  Two deals died in a New York minute.  A buyer on a co-op backed out and the seller of the co-op had an accepted on a house and down they came like a house of cards.

Another buyer due to close two weeks ago now wants $20,000 (that's right folks) off the price of the house because she thinks prices have gone down.  I wanted to share with her what I think but no one will let me.  Enough said it was a stinky day.  While I was in the bank my phone rang.  It was a cowgirl.

It was Tammy Pearce and I know she is a cowgirl, she wears spurs.  Well slap my chaps if she doesn't have the most bubbly voice.  She made my day.  We chatted for about twenty minutes and we talked about family and deals and trick or treating and she just made me laugh.  She changed my mood.  You couldn't stay morose and stay on the phone with her.

I am just amazed at how different things are in different parts of the country.  She is horrified that in NY we live one on top of another literally (apartment buildings) and I was flabbergasted that she takes the kids trick or treating in an honest to God hay ride.  We can walk and hit 40 houses in an hour but we were both excited to take the kids trick or treating.  Different but the same.

Thanks Tammy, thanks for taking the time to call, thanks for lifting up my spirits.

 

 

 

Posted by

Liz Wallace

Broker Century 21 Sherlock Homes

www.century21sherlockhomes.com

cell: 516-225-0960

office: 516-764-2601

Serving the South Shore of Long Island, We Take The Mystery Out of Buying and Selling Homes.

Comments (13)

Kathy Judy
Tri-Cities Real Estate retired - Ontario, OR

Thanks goodness you had your cowgirl call, you did have a bad day!

Oct 13, 2011 10:49 AM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Yeehaw! Glad Tammy was able to boost your mood and get you in a different mind frame. Happy trails Liz!

Oct 13, 2011 11:04 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Cowgirls Rock!  Fun story Liz!  Hey wanna see my cowgirl picture - I used to use it in marketing a long time ago. I sell horse properties - bet you didn't know that!  I'll see if I still have it.  Right back at cha all......:)  Yee Haw!

 

Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM
Rob D. Shepherd
RETIRED - Florence, OR
RETIRED

We all need an uplifting person to talk to now and then. I'm glad you found one that day!

Oct 13, 2011 12:43 PM
Marge Piwowarski
Phoenix AZ Horse Property - Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix AZ Horse Property, LLC

Liz,  Friends get us through it all don't they?  The best mood-altering substances in the world are great friends!

 

Oct 13, 2011 12:55 PM
JoAnn Moore
The Mortgage Market of Delaware - Georgetown, DE
Home Loans in Delaware

Isn't that amazing Tammy called when she did? She surely turned your day around.

Oct 13, 2011 01:09 PM
Liz Wallace
Century 21 Sherlock Homes - Rockville Centre, NY
Broker C21 Sherlock Homes, Rockville Centre, LI, N

Thank you all, people show up just when you need them, how do they know.

Oct 13, 2011 01:34 PM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

Liz ~ I loved your line, "well slap my chaps"!  I have never heard that one before.  I'm glad she was able to change the direction your day was going.

Oct 13, 2011 01:51 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Liz, Liz, Liz....................only you can write about a bad day and make me laugh...........you're the one always showing up at the right time, and you don't even know it.  So glad Tammy could boost your mood, she's a pretty cool person from everything I've read on her blog.

Oct 13, 2011 02:25 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Liz,

So glad that Tammy called you right at that moment..  I'm a country girl... we live on 160 acres.  Idabel with 6500 people in the town is more than I want to live in the middle of.  You would NEVER look at 40 houses in a week here... for one thing there's not that many for sale..  :)

Oct 13, 2011 03:10 PM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Hey Liz - isn't this one of the BEST things about AR?  Great friends who can bring up our moods in a NY minute so to speak!  :)  Hope you have a great weekend.

Oct 14, 2011 01:21 AM
Tammy Pearce
Haute Realty 214-994-6474 - Dallas, TX
Tammy Pearce

Hey Liz, thanks for the great story!  Your "slap my chaps" line made me laugh too!  I'm glad to put a bright spot in a tough day :)  If it wasn't for laughter we would all be crying.  Have a more-than-awesome week!

Oct 16, 2011 04:30 AM
Gwynn Carpenter
Gwynn Teal Carpenter-Broker: Home and Hearth Realty (Austin) - Austin, TX
: Broker, Home & Hearth Realty (512)467-6191

Liz:  When we least expect it the universe will show you the way....yours came in the shape of a COWGIRL!  Yeehii....laughter is the best medicine (maybe she was a Shaman as well).  Glad your mood was changed by a few words from another - what one person takes away, another one gives.

Oct 20, 2011 06:29 AM