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Up and down - up and down - The roller coaster ride

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Managing Real Estate Broker with Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA 73708

That's what the past two months have been!  Up and down, up and down, a real roller coaster ride working through deals, working with clients, sellers, buyers, and even the dang weather! 

Whew... my stomach has been up and down right along with the ride...

Some deals make it (that's the up); some deals don't (definitely the downs); I only know that I have hung on very tight through all of them and eventually even the down ones have an up to them!  

My blogging has been up and downas well... couldn't blog; blogged like mad; no time to blog; 

 up and down and up and down....

Belfair real estate ups and downs The weather - first it is raining, then it is sunny, then it is snowing, then it is hailing; it's 18 in the morning and 55 in the afternoon. Up and down and up and down... 

The real estate market goes up and down, and up and down; on the way up a roller coaster slowly creeps up and reaches the top (just like our real estate market); and then what seems like the snap of a finger, it comes rushing down the other side dropping all our stomachs out and giving us a hair raising experience....hmmmm... 

up and down up and down....

When will the ride stop or stay on the straight and narrow?  I hope never because then life would be ever so boring and no thrill at all. Even with the maddening ups and downs, it is the best ride ever!

Especially when it starts to creep up the UP side again. The anticipation is maddening (and you know it will come) to get to the top and you know the coming down will be fear, fright, nauseous tummies but we will creep back up to the top again...be it ever so slooooowwwllyy...

 Pretty darn close to how "LIFE" is! We just have to hang on, enjoy the ride and be prepared for the "down."

 

Are we starting to creep back up the UP in our local Allyn,Belfair and Hood Canal real estate market? We just have to wait for the ride to return to the top, it may creep a little slower as we gain altitude -but eventually we will surely make it.real estate ups and downs

What goes up must come down!

Now that we have seen the down, maybe we will all remember to be a little better prepared for the ride down..even though as much as we don't want it too, reality is that at some point it does go down... 

And remember to always use the safety bar -especially on the way down!

GOING UP! 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(13)

Dinah Lee Griffey
Windermere Peninsula Properties - Allyn, WA
Managing Broker Windermere Peninsula Properties

It is time to be on the way up again! It is also good to keep a realistic persprective though-Dinah Lee

Mar 14, 2009 01:28 PM
Maria Salvaggio
Century 21 North Shore - Lynnfield, MA
MA North Shore REAL ESTATE

I know the feeling. It sure is a roller coaster ride for everyone involved. Thank you for sharing

Mar 14, 2009 01:38 PM
Sharon Fleming
Real Living Realty Unlimited - Port St Lucie, FL
Realtor, Port St Lucie-Florida

Life has its ups and downs, just like the real world around us!  It will get better, eventually!

Mar 14, 2009 01:45 PM
Linda Breeding
Keller Williams Realty - Pinehurst, NC

Love the blog - it could almost be written as a little book! Seriously. That seems the way life is right now, up and down, up and down.

Mar 14, 2009 01:59 PM
Valerie Spaulding
Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA - Belfair, WA
Allyn-Belfair-Hood Canal-Local Expertise!

Dinah - not just up in real estate but everything and it's our positive motion too that will help it go up. Thanks for stopping in!

Maria - It does feel like a roller coaster ride at times, days where out stomachs are soured out and then quickly twisted in the other direction! Thanks for stopping by!

Sharon - Yep - it goes up and down just like that roller coaster. I'm figuring though we have to be on the way up now - ever so slowly turning that bend and slighlt up hill! Thanks for stopping in!

Linda - Couldn't think of anything in particular to blog about but knew that this was what it felt like! Thanks for stopping!

Mar 14, 2009 04:53 PM
Greg Nino
RE/MAX Compass - Houston, TX
Houston, Texas

Glad to hear that you are "busy" the alternative could be much worse, right?

Mar 14, 2009 06:03 PM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Valerie...

I enjoyed reading this post.

Featured in the group "Whacked!!!"

Mar 15, 2009 02:23 AM
Valerie Spaulding
Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA - Belfair, WA
Allyn-Belfair-Hood Canal-Local Expertise!

Greg- Oh I LOVE being busy - even with the UPS and DOWNS!  Hanks for stopping by!

Mar 15, 2009 03:03 AM
Valerie Spaulding
Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA - Belfair, WA
Allyn-Belfair-Hood Canal-Local Expertise!

Richard - Thank you-It fit with the way things seem to be going the last few months!  Thanks for stopping in!

Mar 15, 2009 03:04 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Valerie: Thanks for the truism. I believe we're about ready to be on a good up. Several realtors I know are opetimistic and working it again. Last year was the big down; now we can start heading up again!

Mar 15, 2009 08:09 AM
Valerie Spaulding
Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA - Belfair, WA
Allyn-Belfair-Hood Canal-Local Expertise!

Paul- the last months have been mostly on the up and I am looking forward to it even though I know with the ups comes some downs! But lets keep those to a minimum. I have definetely seen an increase in activity in the last month and my personal sales were higher the first 3 quarters of this year than last - so that has to say something in itself as well! 

Mar 15, 2009 08:12 AM
Scott M. Stulich
Signature Realty Group, LLC. - Dundalk Sparrows Point, MD
"REALTY becomes REALITY"

I do believe that we are in an up swing in this market. You make your business grow......Dream big and you go big........

Mar 18, 2009 06:54 AM
Valerie Spaulding
Windermere Peninsula Properties~Allyn~Belfair~WA - Belfair, WA
Allyn-Belfair-Hood Canal-Local Expertise!

Scott - so true - we reap what we sow!  Thanks for stopping by!

Mar 19, 2009 02:37 AM