You gotta wonder what goes on in the minds of the people we come across. For example, I should be on my 3rd week of hibernation had this years' real estate traffic turned out to be like last years' traffic but no, I'm still really busy with existing and new customers just itching to buy real estate in Naples, Florida.
I spent nearly the entire week with clients from Switzerland who have narrowed their sites on a particular waterfront property in the Moorings. Not to mention I tried to juggle the time I had left between a batch of both new and existing customers looking at everything from Pelican Marsh, Pelican Bay and Old Naples.
The great news, one more contract accepted last week! Whooohooo. It's been a pretty good year for me so far and it has been difficult to not get too excited. Through all of this craziness I have to share with you a couple of stories.
There's no mystery that people get to know us on the Internet and I have found that some people open introductions very carefully and precise almost as if they think they may be the first one to ever have contacted me from my blog or website. They'll start with something like, "Shannon, my name is xyz and I found your website and I've been looking at it for awhile and this probably seems weird that I'm calling you but I'd like to make an appointment for July because my family and I will be coming down....blah blah blah...
I can tell they feel awkward about calling which typically fades when I carry on like I normally do. I think they kind of get the impression that oh, ok she's done this before or ok, she doesn't think I'm crazy or something else along those lines....
Then I get the group of people from all the way on the other side. Those people who are REALLY comfortable with contacting me who have wacky but REALLY fun character. For example, I got this email a few weeks ago.
How can I tell you what my interests are so that we do not run in circles of ever decreasing diameter until, like the Gooney Bird, we disappear?
That typed above and his first name was the whole first contact I received. I thought to myself....huh? Is this for real? Maybe this is just one of those pre-spam emails you get testing to make sure it's a live email address. Do I respond? Do I delete?
I responded to that email and can I tell you, that guy was AWESOME! What a colorful character he has!
Then I get a letter in the mail today...
The envelope shows that it's from an attorney's office located out of state. My address is handwritten and looks kind of crazy...there are two stamps a two cent stamp at the top right hand corner affixed upside down and then a 41 cent stamp underneath that also affixed upside down...no postmark.
Advertisement? It's from an attorney's office...am I in trouble...nah, I haven't done anything wrong...eh...I open it up.
Inside? A fax cover sheet with a short paragraph that reads, "My wife and I are interested in property in Old Naples - We will be visiting shortly Please call me to discuss or email xyz@xyz.com Thank you
That's it. Now let me make sure I get this right...you sent a letter through snail mail...on a fax cover sheet for me to call you or email you??? Ok! I'll bite.
I called the gentleman immediately. I must say I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. Here's what he said,
Shannon, Thanks for calling. I spent probably 45 minutes writing you the most beautiful letter about what we are looking for in Naples. I copied and pasted it and then it disappeared and I was so mad, I just sent the fax cover sheet because it was the only paper I could find....by the way did you catch the flag stamp that was upside down on the envelope? I said well, yes...he continued, well that's because I was in such distress....
The conversation was such fun and I have a sneaking suspicion I will really enjoy working with both of them! Now don't get me wrong, I have really enjoyed working with the very careful and reserved buyers too but there's just something about those REALLY fun and humorous people that make the journey a little more colorful!
Best Regards,
Your Naples Smart Girl!
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