Judith Abbott's (judithabbott) Blog

  Moonlight Foot Spa is a Chinese Foot Massage storefront business located in a very narrow little store front in the complex at the intersection of Basswood and Beach in north Ft Worth. The shop has traditional foot reflexology charts posted in the window. In daylight, it isn't easy to see if th...

I am sure that when AR people began planning Rain Camp for Dallas this year, they didn't plan on Mother Nature's participation in making it rain.  She sure did show up, just in time to give our out-of-state visitors a true measure of how much fun we can have out here in Texas making it rain. I ha...

There is a contra dance event in Dallas in the spring called When In Doubt Swing.  What is Contra Dancing?  It is a form of dancing in the folk-dance traditions, kind of a cross between square dancing and English country line dancing.  Think Jane Austen meets Barn Dance.  It is usually done to li...

There is a cute new group where the apparent purpose is to post pictures of the staging challenges we are routinely presented as agents.  Go take a look.  http://activerain.com/groups/DigorDitch  The Group title makes me think of some of the things that happen on Joan River's program, Fashion Pol...

When it comes to Real Estate Commissions, all Real Estate Deals are BIG DEALS!  People have so many misconceptions about how real estate agents work.  That an Agent would have a minimum price for a deal is a good example of a common misconception.  There are no "small deals".  Every deal is a big...

Rain Camp Dallas 2011 took place in The Tower at City Place.  The Tower at City Place is the building that Southland Corporation built in the 1980s to be their corporate headquarters.  Southland is the parent company for the 7-11 stores .  Southland got its start in an icehouse in Oak Cliff in th...

Sitting at the Updesk, taking calls from people who have seen a yard sign, it is common for people to say "Can you show me the house right now?"  For me, the answer is that as much as I would like to be accommodating, the answer is almost always "no".  Part of being self employed is that I plan o...

I don't "sell" houses.  I don't have to.  Buyers pick the houses they want.  90% of the time, it is obvious when they have walked into that house.   Their face, their body language, everything about them says "this is IT!!!". I am there to help them make a decision to move forward with the purcha...

I just hate it when people say "...but I'm NOT a salesperson!!!!!".  People say that and then they make The Face,  the same facial expression people get right after a Great Dane fills the room with dog-made methane.  These people act as if they are smelling Eau de Dog-poo.  When people try and di...

Having preached, preached, preached about NOT taking over priced listings.....guess what I am going to do on Monday.  You got it.  I am going to take an over-priced listing.   I got a phone call this afternoon from the owner of a condo around the corner from me.  She is a lovely woman in her late...