by realtor4life | May 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Join an HOA, they said! It’ll be FUN, they said! Frankly, being in an HOA is all well and good, until it’s not. I get it! “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse,” advised 18th Century Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke. Full...
by realtor4life | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Close your eyes; Allow your mind to wander. Envision walking up to heavy, iron clad doors screaming opulence. As they pull open, sparkles of light cascade around your feet from the lobby chandelier. You eye the hostess desk, attended by a gently smiling lady who...
by realtor4life | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Forty-eight hours in the life of a Realtor. Meet potential tenant at property in Irving; Discover the current tenant locked us out and won’t answer the door. Good times. Collect necessary signatures for a contract termination and release of earnest money; Talk seller...
by realtor4life | Feb 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
No one prepares you for divorce. No one prepares you for being solely responsible for both the water bill and the wall paint color selections in-between securing carpool arrangements and dinner menus. Yet, without preparedness, it gets done. You pack the school...
by realtor4life | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, you just need an escape hatch. Kids are loud. Dogs are barking. The vacuum, or laundry, or dishes are screaming your name. And you just can’t turn the music or the zoom meeting up loud enough to ignore it. I get it! “Sometimes I feel like I have literally...
by realtor4life | Jan 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’ve been a Realtor for twenty-two years, though I laughingly tell people I’ve been in the biz since 1979 (stop doing math, folks). So much like the infamous tag line, “I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two” suggests … I have experience. A lot....
by realtor4life | Jan 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
They say kids are resilient. Frankly, I don’t know who THEY are, yet I do know that kids endure much at the hands of other people’s actions and decisions. “Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary; They teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking,...
by realtor4life | Dec 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Traditions. They seem to get the best of us at the holidays. Special meals. Sentimental Ornaments. Specific treasures. It’s a lot of work, I get it, and so much a part of the magic that makes darling little ones giggle with joy and encourages homesick young adults to...
by realtor4life | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Well, folks, we survived Halloween, Thanksgiving, and in 4 short weeks the Christmas lights will dim and NYE resolutions will be toasted. Historically, the holiday season is filled with excuses for delaying becoming a homeowner. Tops on the list: We are busy. We are...
by realtor4life | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, I lived in Colorado. Having spent most of my time growing up in North Texas, I was honestly ill prepared for the cold so my answer was to be outside as little as possible from about November to May. I even told folks that I kept Texas plates on my...