Chicago and Southern Illinois Real Estate Happenings

 What a time I am havin at the real estate office....I get to make phone calls and catch up on buyers and sellers.... there is just ONE small problem....

hehehehehe :-D

The computer I am at is in a different room from where the phones are that are working. (The office has undergone an expansion and the computer room was moved, but the phones are not in the room yet.)

Every time I have to update a file I jot down the phone number and then walk to the room where the phones are to make the call.

Is this dedication or what?

Would you be doing this if you HAD to????

Or would you wait till your cell phone bill was paid and everything was all nice and convienient again?

I gotta tell you...I am havin the time of my life...PLUS I got to copy a Millionaire Real Estate workbook

and take it home with me to boot!!

Every storm has it good side... you just have to find it and do something positive with it.

I am glad to be a central Florida real estate agent ......and I am grateful to God for the honor of it.

 This is the type of car I am supposed to get from Enterpise Rental...not too shabby, hmm? They (Allstate Insurance) are paying for it AND they are paying for the comprehensive insurance for the rental to the tune of an extra $12.99 per day also.

They are comming to pick me up at my house, which is an awesome thing too.......

I am so glad God is with me through this ordeal.

 Normally I would have yelled at the driver who caused this and fussed and fumed about this whole thing... but since I met Him when I was 18, things have changed in my heart.

My wife is proud of me too.......

Going though this is a welcome thing just to her my wife say how proud she is of me in handling this the way I have.

I have God to thank and my Savior Jesus Christ....to see part of what I went through to meet him, go to my other blog on myspace.

Gee ........I could go to some nice listing appointments with this car, hmm?

Time to start calling expireds, hmm?

I want to thank the community of over 6,000 AR members for their support and comments:

• Kristal for her kind thoughts
• Bryant for his brotherly care about my emotional well being
• Other agents for their advice and concern.

You GUYS and GIRLS are AWESOME!!!! :-D

I am so blessed by God to be in central Florida real estate as an agent.

 This is what happened to me after having a great interview to make up for my lost overtime hours at Del-Air; I was at Long John Silvers today. Just 25 hours per week is all I need. That will give me about $150.00 per week and make up for the lost income from the other job.

I was driving home and doing the speed limit and a lady turned left in front of me and a bunch of cars that were all around me......

Guess who hit her?????

My front end is damaged but the hood is not as crumpled as the pictrure of this car.

Since the car is more than likely a total loss I am hoping for a better used car out of the deal.

I am grateful no one was hurt and everybody is doing fine. I was able to drive my car home at a speed of about 20 MPH... The tires were protesting badly, but I needed to get the car home. I live about 1/2 mile away from where the accident occured.

Bad things happen to everyone......

Case in point.......

What am I going to do about it??

You mean........ what HAVE I DONE ABOUT IT??????

• Went to my insurance companies website and filed a claim. (GO GIECO!!!)
• Talked to an insurance customer service agent and verified everything.
• Filed a claim with the offending drivers auto insurance company.
• Tried to get a rental car reimbersment from the offending drivers insurance.
• Made sure they call me back tommorrow morning so I can hopefully talk them into letting me get a car to rent to GO TO WORK tommorrow.
• Prayed and forgave the girl for turning the way she did.

I will update you all as to what happens....... I know there will be a LOT of comments about this (at least I HOPE there is) and I thank you in advance for your prayers and support.

I am still glad I am a central Florida real estate agent

 Ever feel like this fella here?

 Did you see his name?

 Do ya think he might just bite

 you if you get too close?

 Think of this as a picture of a

 new real estate agent; he/she

 is bright and has passed the real

 estate class and the state test

 to show competency in real estate  law and practices.

BUT, do you see inside: this agent is more like this

if they are going to get along in this business:

A new, "uneducated as to the common sense of this business"

little cute kitty on the outside, but full

of Vimm and Vigor on the inside!!

Ever wish you could bottle that and let them give you some of their "juice"?

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Try helping them succeed ~~~ let them do some open houses for you; take them on a

listing appointment or two...... be a Mentor......

You never know, the appreciation might just give you some of their "juice"......

Ever wondered how architects do it?

How do they draw such wonderful buildings and then after about 6-8 months (depending on the size and amount of options it has) a new home is either available for sale or has already been bought before hand.

Well, it takes schooling (we get it...), it takes applying what they have learned to the drawing (we do that too...real estate ethics and an honor code).

And after a while the architect has to go BACK to school because things change and things are learned in the field (we do that two ~~ every 2 years for Florida real estate )

I had an architect for a room mate once.... he got hired out to companies at $50.00 per hour back in 1984...THAT is a LOT of money for an architect. He drew the blueprints for the company he worked for in Syracuse N.Y. He also drew their home office plans, using state of the art knowledge he had back then.

Windows were angled at a certain banking and the roof overshot the ceiling by a couple of feet...the result was no direct sunlight came into the building...EVER......The building did not look odd either..... the windows were treated with tempered and sunlight reflecting glass...the electrical costs to heat and cool the entire building were much less than if these things were not done....

ARE YOU DOING WHAT OTHER REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE NOT DOING.....???

HOW GOOD IS YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE?

ARE YOU LOYAL, QUICK TO COMMUNICATE, ON TIME FOR APPOINTMENTS?

DID YOU DO A PROPER CMA? DID YOU HELP TO STAGE A HOME THAT NEEDED A FINE TOUCH?

Lets keep on top of our game...... and we will stay there..........

I am making progress in my relationship with my wife.

I am seeing the light...... I was so "DIM" before this....

Being single for quite a while I was used to just my

way of doing things.....

  As I work in attics and look to the future.... I see some

great things taking place in my life....

and I am greatful.......  

I have a wife that is sticking by me as I learn (or is she training me) to live with someone else who is NOT a room mate.  

How greatful I am that a good wife is so much better than anything...work, my real estate career, money, or material things..... 

Truely a good wife is worth more than rubies!!!!!

Such is Gods wisdom that men can find out this wonderful truth......for themselves......

 My wife has freinds and the husband is a Pastor of a church in Alabama. They are starting a new church in the Orlando area and I will be helping them with first renting a building and after the church gets to a respectable size, helping them find land and/or a building to buy.

If any of you in the central Florida area knows ofa sizable building for up to $2500/ month rent that has good parking and is near the Casselberry, Maitland, Altamonte Springs area please do not hesitate to give me an e-mail.

I am looking forward to helping this Man of God and his wife get situated in the central Florida area.

The MLS is woefully inadequate for this situation for some reason...

PLEASE Send me an e-mail if you know of a nice building that this fledgling church could rent.

It has never ceased to amaze me what technology can do......

How many times I have tried to just get by

with posting without pictures and then to

see this pop up...I am amazed!!

It is like a new breath of fresh air in my life.

So invigorating and vital.....

I was at the point of just settling for 2nd

place in my county and city...and right

around 10th place in Florida. I had been at the point of just settling till I saw a blog for writely .

I know I might not get to number one in

Florida (the point totals are astronomical

the higher I get), but now I can enjoy trying

to get there. Orlando Florida Real Estate is

something I enjoy doing.

 So, I am here to stay...hehehehehehehe!

The best way to keep those leads thinking of you as the "GO TO" person for real estate is to stay in contact one way or the other.....regularly:

• Postcards on birthdays, anniversaries, etc...
• e-mails about current real estate trends in the local area
• Newsletters monthly or quarterly
• Phone calls to catch up and see how they are doing
• If they are buyers, MLS e-mails from your MLS showing listings meeting their buying criteria
• Drop by if the relationship has progressed to that point --- call first.....

If anyone can add to this list please do......everyone learns when we all participate...