What the heck am I doing here?

This is the time of year when we tend to think about those things for which we're grateful.I have a lot to be grateful for.  As my wonderful late father-in-law used to say: "any day above ground is a good day", and in spite of many of my youthful decisions, I still find myself above ground.I stil...

NAR... that dang settlement took over our lives for a while... and then it calmed down and got quiet.And there we were having to make our buyers sign buyer's agreements before we could take them across the thresholds of any properties, and whilst it was truly a pain in the butt-tocks, it wasn't t...

The call came in from my new listing this morning. "We looked at your property this morning, and we wanted to know if you currently have any offers?""Yes, in fact we are already in multiple offers.  We are asking for 'highest and best' by 5:00 Saturday evening, and will be making our decision by ...

In a recent listing, a buyer was asking me if there was hardwood flooring under the luxurious wool carpeting in the home.  I told them that it was an estate sale and we didn't really know, but given the age of the home it was likely as home of this era were typically built with oak flooring, but ...

Please stop complaining about him and just listen.   My perspective:   I get it, you hated him 10 years ago, 4 years ago, and you still hate him now. I've seen a lot of hate thrown his way, but this guy is a consistent winner and an overachiever. Call it jealously or envy, some people just can't...

For those who know me, I am not a huge fan of Open Houses.Statistically, they rarely sell the house that you're sitting, but sellers really like us to do them because it's one of the few real estate tools they're familiar with so they like to see us use them.So my recent listing (a 3br condo), ev...

For you to be here today required two parents.  Four grandparents, eight great grandparents, sixteen great-great grandparents.  In fact if you go back only ten generations (which might be less than 200 years) that means 4,096 of your ancestors for you to be here reading this today.That's 4,096 pe...

Sad, but true.  It seems that nobody really wants regular non-electric pianos today.Today I supervised as "Junk Relief" came to pick up and junk a baby grand piano that is being left behind by my seller.  The seller no longer wants it, and does not want to pay to move it, and the buyer of her pro...

After a closing, I usually ask my clients to visit the "usual suspects" of online websites and leave me a glowing testimonial if they feel comfortable doing so.  Most of the time they say "Of course, happy to", but only a small percentage actually follow-through.I recently received an email from ...

Two jobs diverged in a tired careerOne that was known and one that was notAnd sorry, was I that I needed to switchBut job number one was waning and tiredAnd my back was beginning to twitchI took the one less travelled byAnd that made all the difference. Okay, so this is my entry into Patricia Fea...