Going Above and Beyond (Part III- From Call to Contract)

Currently, my buyer is in contract for a Mililani Condo and it is from a direct hit from an ActiveRain post that I received this wonderful client. My client contacted me after reading my ActiveRain post *Across the Ocean to Paradise: Military Relocations Hawaii* on the internet.

I created this series so you can follow along with this transaction because this is my FIRST transaction that WILL close that was a direct hit from ActiveRain. Exciting? Yes! I moreso want to stress the importance of how ActiveRain has helped many with leads and getting contacts from potential clients.

Photo to right: Mariner's Ridge looking down to Hawaii Kai and the ocean.

 If you would like to read the other posts before continuing with the rest of the story please click on the links below:

• From Call to Contract: Doing My Homework (Part I)
• Be Proactive: Know Your Lender (Part II- From Call to Contract)

Going 'above and beyond' is a given in my real estate business because more often than not, I will have a client who needs additional help beyond the "scope of a real estate agent". (whatever that means) In other words, there are just things that I do for my clients that maybe some others may think are not necessary. Well, I think differently....obviously.

On a couple of other occasions I have taken clients to this particular Loan Officer's home office because they were new to the island or they had not been to East Oahu which is on the opposite side of the island from where our office in Mililani is centrally located. Well, Tuesday was the day to meet with the Loan Officer and go through the VA Loan paperwork, signing some docs for submitting to the underwriter and so forth.

It was actually a fun time too because I had not been to this side of the island for awhile as well. On the way up Mariner's Ridge in the Hawaii Kai area I stopped a couple of times on the side and hopped out to take pictures for this particular post :)  I explained it was for the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and of course she didn't mind one bit. Like I said before, she found me through my post and ActiveRain and she knows it is for professional purposes of writing for my business.

After my client was done with the meeting at the Mortgage Broker's office and finished with all that paperwork (it was about two hours) we headed back home.

You know, I can always make certain parts of my job worthwhile and fun. They say, you have to like your job for it to feel worthwhile, right?

In this case it was a nice drive, an appreciative client and beautiful scenery in our land of Aloha!

Photo to the right: Coming back down Mariner's Ridge....wow! Look at that view of the ocean!