Barbara Korabel's (bkorabel) Blog

Tried to blog once and thought I'd never go back. Meet me in person and you'd say you could never picture me as a shy individual. Just as you savor a tender cut of meat that keeps you coming back for more I guess I wanted to see if I just went to the wrong place to eat.  Bless that bundle of ener...

My Dear Tax Assessor - Are you kidding????  I just got my tax assessment information for this year and I'm going to get another pair of glasses because I couldn't be reading this correctly. My assessed value rose from $425,000 to $460,000. I'd like to know what foreign papers this assessor is rea...

I just got my tax assessment information for this year and I'm going to get another pair of glasses because I couldn't be reading this correctly. My assessed value rose from $425,000 to $460,000. I'd like to know what foreign papers this assessor is reading? I just refinanced my home and the bank...

What's happened to respect for people's professions? I guess it must have been replaced by technology. When I first started to sell real estate a few of my close friends had asked me why I wanted to be a member of a profession that was consistently made fun of. They joked that I might as well hav...

This past Friday I received my fifteen minutes of fame and it really felt good, No, it felt G R E A T! I was at the Ulster County Realtors Recognition Lunch and had received a few awards for my work as Chairman of the Education Committee and I was happy with that. Nothing could have prepared me f...

 Fellow Realtors: I am the chair of the Education Committee of a local Real Estate Board in New York and presented the following proposal to the executive committee who approved it and now it needs a final vote from the broker owners of the board. The problem is that even though I have pleaded my...

How many times, or should I say how long does it take to learn when to spot a first time homebuyer who gets up the courage to make an offer then backs out when it comes to signing the contract? And what would you call a realtor who has the same person do it to them twice?I'm not only kicking myse...