Home > Blogs > Liz and Bill Spear > BLiz Biz: Warren County Ohio Area Real Estate

Sometimes You Just Need to Push Away The Keyboard

By Liz and Bill Spear

Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

November 12, 2011 05:50 AM

Sometimes You Just Need to Push Away The Keyboard

Our regulars have probably noticed we're "out of sync" this week. Posting times running late and no double postings any day this week. We could blame it on the time change...yeah, that's the ticket.... but honestly that's got nothing to do with it.

Is it for lack of ideas? Nope, that's generally not a problem either, we've got plenty of those. A lot of it just comes down to time challenges and where this week we decided to place our efforts. Writing that 2nd post just didn't quite make it to the top of the list. Maintaining a balance between blogging, work and a personal life isn't always a piece of cake is it?

There are posts on our To Do List that are heavy consumer interest type things that will get done in the near future, but those posts are often time intensive to write. A typical patio home community post for us needs about two hours of dedicated time, and many other ideas aren't 10 minutes at the keyboard and hit Submit type posts either.

But don't think we've just been kicking back and neglecting our real estate business either. Despite the "slow" time of the year, it's still been busy. Another prelist, another home to put on the market next weekend. Another prelist appointment that was most likely an exercise in futility, but that happens. And a long visit with a past buyer to see what they'd done with the home since our last visit. Mix in a visit to a 55+ community and a chat with the builder's rep to make sure we've got the latest and thinking this is another prime posting opportunity once we pull the stats to support it.

And some nights, you just get to the point where another blog post just isn't there to be had. Start pulling MLS data and filling in a table while struggling to stay alert and suddenly the average price for a home is now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz??? What just happened there?? Okay, maybe it's time to push away from the keyboard! :)

We'll be back later with another consumer friendly post!

Keep on Blogging,

Liz and Bill aka BLiz

Re-Blog

Featured

Comments(64)

Comment

Show All Comments

Sort:

Frank Rubi

Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA

FrankRubiRealEstate.com

I took off for an extend amount of time from blogging post. I still read and comment. It seems to have help me. Business still came in from old post.

Nov 13, 2011 10:49 PM

Mark Delgado

houses for rent, Solano County & Glen Cove - Benicia, CA

Benicia and Vallejo, Property Management, rental h

Even at my most prolific I don't maintain the pace that you regularly keep. This week we've moved our office so there have been days I was so busy that I didn't even log into AR!

Nov 13, 2011 11:47 PM

Donald Reich

Madison Specs - New Rochelle, NY

Cost Segregation Specialist

It's good to take a break. You don't want to turn into a robot, doing the same thing every day!

Nov 13, 2011 11:50 PM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Frank, That's the great thing about blogging. Once those posts are out there, they don't stop working for us.

Mark, That's a pretty good reason for being away. An office move is pretty time consuming.

Donald, I don't mind doing the same thing every day if it's something I enjoy. The nice thing about blogging is the variety in topics keeps it fresh.

Nov 14, 2011 12:00 AM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Bliz, sometimes it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. Although, it is nice to be busy.

Nov 14, 2011 12:46 AM

Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV

Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA

Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

I'm with you, Bliz. It has been crazy around these parts lately. It typically slows here around this time of year, but I'm more busy than ever. So, I do what I can, and I don't worry about the rest. Now, if I could just get better at pushing away from the dinner table.

Nov 14, 2011 12:48 AM

Randy Harden MBA

CENTURY 21 Wieder Realty - Pompano Beach, FL

www.RERandy.com

DOES NOT COMPUTER, DOES NOT COMPUTE! I am so guilty of keyboard/internet addiciton it's laughable. I always want to do my computer based work first and then I let all the other paperwork fall by the wayside, so I appreciate your advice.

Nov 14, 2011 12:49 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Michael, I've come to realize I'll NEVER get everything on my to do list done. Just try to make sure the criticals do get taken care of.

Mike, It's a good problem to have! We've had more activity than expected, and we'll gladly take it :)

Randy, If you're like me, the computer work is a LOT more fun than some of the other stuff. Blogging and Active Rain reading/commenting is way more enjoyable than some of the other daily activities!

Nov 14, 2011 01:00 AM

Barbara Altieri

Better Homes and Gardens RE Shore and Country Properties - Shelton, CT

REALTOR-Fairfield County CT Homes/Condos For Sale

This post is very timely for me. I had to push it away several times in the last week. Just too much other personal stuff going on which had cut into my discretionary time significantly. I think the time change messed me up as well.

Nov 14, 2011 01:19 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Barbara, The time change does throw the mental cycle a little off kilter for a bit :) We do what we can, when we can, and sometimes that just has to be enough.

Nov 14, 2011 01:31 AM

Amanda Christiansen

Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN

Christiansen Group Realty

BLiz: I recently moved my office from the main area of our home to the upstairs. I have found myself more connected with my wife and spending less time online. I love it!!

Nov 14, 2011 03:03 AM

Anthony Daniels

Coldwell Banker - San Francisco, CA

SF Bay Area REO Specialist

Balance is the key to a healthy career and lifestyle.

Good post, thanks for sharing it.

Nov 14, 2011 03:40 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

J, I run into that sometimes with Liz. Office is in one of the spare bedrooms. Repeat every 5 minutes from Living Room: Are you done yet? Are you done yet? Are you done YET? :) Bill

Anthony, Keeping it level in this business can be a challenge :)

Nov 14, 2011 03:59 AM

Jerry Morse

The Morse Company - Janesville, WI

BBA,GRI

My wife tells me I should be backing away from my keyboard a lot of the time!

Nov 14, 2011 06:41 AM

Bud & Beth McKinney

RE/MAX UNITED - Cary, NC

Cary/Raleigh/Apex NC - The Team That Cares, RE/MAX United

I have been told this many times, that is when I pull out my ipad for that does not have an Actual keyboard on it haha. In all seriousness though, the stress of the late nights really isnt good. You think you are doing the right thing by getting work down, but at the same time you are losing valuable sleep time. I have been trying to push away the keyboard, and my ipad, and my iphone, and pager, and what ever other electronics I have.

Nov 14, 2011 07:27 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jerry, It's easy to lose track of time in the Rain :)

Bud & Beth, It's easy to get sucked into trying to get JUST ONE MORE THING done every evening.....but you're right, there is a price for it.

Nov 14, 2011 07:32 AM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Liz and Bill - gotta love those zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and more zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz lines they are better than &*(&() where did my post go

Nov 14, 2011 07:48 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Kathy, Good thing I was working in an Excel spreadsheet! :) Haven't had any trouble with lost post, always craft them in Scribefire first, so the AR blog editor is just for adding links and photos, so minimal loss if it goes Poof on me.

Nov 14, 2011 10:00 AM

Sandy Acevedo

951-290-8588 - Chino Hills, CA

RE/MAX Masters, Inland Empire Homes for Sale

I cannot believe that you can even do two posts a day. Is that one each or only one of you? Sounds incredible!

Nov 14, 2011 02:25 PM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Sandy, That's the target, but some days that 2nd doesn't happen. Depends on idea generation and time both. Still have some of the long ones to do, but had more pressing items this evening than a 2nd post :) Once the routine gets established, it's not too bad to maintain the posting schedule.

Nov 14, 2011 02:35 PM