This month, the ActiveRain challenge is about thankfulness, which is of course quite timely since it's November, the month of Thanksgiving. Our host, Lynn B. Friedman CRS Atlanta, GA 404-617-6375 has indicated we can share someone's thankfulness FOR us, or our thankfulness for someone else. Specifically, someone who may have been helpful in our real estate role.
I met the first person that popped into my head at the very start of my real estate journey. It was at one of my courses that were preparing me to become a real estate agent. This one particular day, an attorney was coming in to speak to us about an attorney's role in real estate.
So when we got to that part of the class, the attorney who was speaking to us (let's call him Jim), started sharing his thoughts with us. Unlike many of the other speakers who were somewhat dull, Jim was lively, entertaining and made me laugh. But he was also full of useful bits of knowledge regarding how things really worked. And then as his presentation was winding down, someone asked him a question...
"Are you a butt kicker at closing? Do you give the other side hell?"
And his answer made me want him as MY attorney. He shook his head and said..
"At closing? No, never. By closing everything should already be identified and resolved. Closing is just intended for signing papers and transferring ownership."
And why did that make such an impact? Because that's exactly how I thought the process should work. But after seeing and hearing of many disastrous closings with attorneys arguing at the closing table, I realized how rare his statement was.
So what then?
Well, I used him for multiple personal real estate transactions, and wound up referring him to many of my clients along the way. And he was always true to his word. Everything got resolved prior to closing and there were never any surprises. I continued to work with him until we moved out of state. Why? Because he was an rare find and was truly a man of his word. Thank you "Jim."
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