People
Last week turned out to be a crazy week, I feel like it is even running into this week but I will tell you the best thing about it was the PEOPLE. The best thing about my job, my career, is the people.
This week I am going to write about last weeks people. The people that are in my life because of real estate and probably would not be if I never started this journey.
My first entry in this series of entries is going to be about a couple that was referred to me by their grandson. An amazing couple who loves horses, loves life and are people that I would like to be- I looked to them and will look to them as a couple that I think bring lots of great things to other people.
We started our "real estate" journey together about 2 years ago when they were thinking about downsizing from their Florida home that has lots to maintain including land and horses. We looked at several homes and in the long run we decided it would better for them to stay put and take care of their home in Florida and their horses. I think they are the oldest horses in the world, I am sure due to being so loved by their caretakers.
They then came to me to help them sell a property that was supposed to be an investment. We ended up having it listed for 14 months before we got an offer that we felt like we could move forward with. At closing last week for several different reasons it ended up being a frustrating situation for both my seller and myself. I felt so much empathy for them and the situation they were in it made me emotional. I walked away thinking that they felt like I had not represented them in the correct way, I had confidence in my professional representation but that did not matter because I felt I had lost the confidence of a client and a person that I respected.
Well it turns out, because they are such awesome people, that they called me later that day to Thank me for all of my hard work and offered me a bonus- a monetary bonus- the best kind. It actually made me more emotional then at the closing when everything was so frustrating. They did not blame me for the situation but thanked me for working hard during the entire process.
The bottom line is that this life, this job, this career, this day, this week is about the people. Where would be with out them? Where would we be with out the interaction with other people? I will tell you that I think the coolest thing about meeting other people is learning how to act-HOW TO BE- and how not to be to other people.
I learned last week that I want to be more like Arden and Linda. I want to be morally like them, I want to be more like them in my marriage, I want to be more like them in my career and in interacting with my friends and family. I feel blessed that they were a client and now people that I will keep in touch with.
This week I am going to write about last weeks people. The people that are in my life because of real estate and probably would not be if I never started this journey.
My first entry in this series of entries is going to be about a couple that was referred to me by their grandson. An amazing couple who loves horses, loves life and are people that I would like to be- I looked to them and will look to them as a couple that I think bring lots of great things to other people.
We started our "real estate" journey together about 2 years ago when they were thinking about downsizing from their Florida home that has lots to maintain including land and horses. We looked at several homes and in the long run we decided it would better for them to stay put and take care of their home in Florida and their horses. I think they are the oldest horses in the world, I am sure due to being so loved by their caretakers.
They then came to me to help them sell a property that was supposed to be an investment. We ended up having it listed for 14 months before we got an offer that we felt like we could move forward with. At closing last week for several different reasons it ended up being a frustrating situation for both my seller and myself. I felt so much empathy for them and the situation they were in it made me emotional. I walked away thinking that they felt like I had not represented them in the correct way, I had confidence in my professional representation but that did not matter because I felt I had lost the confidence of a client and a person that I respected.
Well it turns out, because they are such awesome people, that they called me later that day to Thank me for all of my hard work and offered me a bonus- a monetary bonus- the best kind. It actually made me more emotional then at the closing when everything was so frustrating. They did not blame me for the situation but thanked me for working hard during the entire process.
The bottom line is that this life, this job, this career, this day, this week is about the people. Where would be with out them? Where would we be with out the interaction with other people? I will tell you that I think the coolest thing about meeting other people is learning how to act-HOW TO BE- and how not to be to other people.
I learned last week that I want to be more like Arden and Linda. I want to be morally like them, I want to be more like them in my marriage, I want to be more like them in my career and in interacting with my friends and family. I feel blessed that they were a client and now people that I will keep in touch with.
posted by Caroline Cinamon at
8:19 PM
1 Comments:
I have no doubt you worked hard and were the fabulous agent I know you to be. I should know ... :)
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