Showing posts with label get your home sold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label get your home sold. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Taking it to the next level

What does the title of this blog really mean?  For every person out there it can represent a different set of ideas depending on what your current situation is.  Deciding what is important to you, prioritizing this endeavor, adding it into your schedule and following the plan.  Whew!  That’s a lot for anyone like me with what I am sure is Adult onset ADD…I fly from one thing to the next and I want to be perfect with each new task.  

When I was young I participated in gymnastics, ballet, tap, piano, flute, Brownies (young Girl Scouts), Pathfinders, modeling and I feel sure I am leaving something out.  I do not do a single one of those things now, nor did I do them for any great length of time.  I received a degree in Theater but do not act anymore…I also earned my degree in nursing and became an RN, yet I no longer practice that either. 
The absolute one thing in my life that I have done the longest (other than being a daughter, sister, wife and mother—in that order) is sell real estate.  I absolutely love it!  I left my job as a full time RN at Spartanburg Regional Hospital System to start selling real estate in 2002 and I have never looked back.  It has not been an easy road and with the market roller coaster that we have been on for the last several years, it has become even tougher.  

This career in real estate has afforded me with so many things that I am thankful for.  While I do have to work evenings and weekends on occasion, those times are less and less now as I am better at managing my time.  I always put my family activities in my schedule first and for that I am so grateful.  I enjoy the challenge of figuring out each of my client’s needs, which sometimes they are even unaware of.  I truly get the sense that I am appreciated and that warms my heart.

I have taken this real estate career to the next level and I am so comfortable now with what I do.  Things are always bound to change though.  People change, the industry changes and most noticeable lately are the technology changes happening in my great real estate industry. I am determined to take this platform to the next level.  I am engaged on so many levels right now and I am starting to figure out which is the right path for me.  How I choose to bring my real estate business to the next level is to go back to what has worked best for me in the past. 

Relationships are what I have the most pleasure building, not deals and that is where I am going to focus my energy.  To all of my past clients, I hope you know how appreciative I am that you will always be a part of my sphere of influence.  And finally, to all the clients I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet, I am so excited to see where we can go as our paths take the same road together for a while.  I look forward to the many miles I have left to travel with you all. 

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”- John F. Kennedy

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Why you should list your home NOW

This morning on the news they announced that foreclosures are down 14%.  That would be great if it was the whole true picture, but the reality is that foreclosures being put on the market by the banks in the past couple of months were halted because they had serious paperwork issues.  This directly relates to the decreased number of new foreclosure listings and the market will begin to see an influx of more foreclosures in the next couple of months as the paperwork problems are straightened out. This will be coupled with the traditional sellers who like to list their homes in the Spring.  The bottom line as I see it?  Sellers need to beat the next wave of foreclosure properties that will be listed by getting their home on the market now.  April and May tend to have a higher number of new listings because people want to strategically control their move for the summer months but this increases their competition and can ultimately decrease their negotiation capabilities.  There will always be people that choose the Spring to sell- so if you are planning on selling why not get a head start and list in the pre- Spring?  As mortgage interest rates continue to tick up many first time home buyers are committing to make their purchase now rather than later.  Call me if you or someone you know if ready to get their home 864-205-SOLD!!!