Is your home really an Affordable Home?

It is important that many of us understand what our role is in selling real estate. I think that success is determined not by your sales volume but by the many people you help accomplish their dream of home ownership because, happy buyers generate more referrals. As a Realtor, I realize that you can’t make all clients happy. Some clients are simply there to test your willingness to continue in this profession and others are there to remind you why you are in this profession in the first place. I must say, I love helping people and yes, some may frown on it and chastise some Realtors who actual enjoy making a living out of what they do, but nonetheless I love helping people. For this same reason I decided to go in this business so I can help struggling families find an affordable home. So I ask for what reasons are you in the business?

What is an affordable home you might say, well I consider an affordable home, a place where someone look forward to going home after work, a place where your bills do not supersede your ability to enjoy life. A place where relationships are foster between a husband, a wife and their children because they can enjoy time spent instead of worrying about an overdrawn bank account and buying groceries. An affordable home is a home where lawn maintenance, gardening and cleaning the sidewalk gives you joy in the pride of home ownership. An affordable home is a place where memories are built for a lifetime because you are not reluctant to open your mail on evenings because of fear of foreclosure. An affordable home is not hiding the car in the garage because of fear of repossession.

I consider an affordable a right of passage, where you see your children become prominent leaders in life and never having to worry about moving because of bad schools. Affordable homes are many things but I know what it is not, it is not bankruptcy, foreclosure, credit card debts and excessive car payments. Because when buying an affordable home from me, I teach my clients that spending more than you can afford is not the healthiest way to enjoy life but it is rather a recipe for disaster. I teach you that an affordable home is a home with sweat equity, where tax credits are given, bills are paid on time and lavish spending is not true happiness. You see when buyers don't buy homes they can afford, they are bond by the sufferings of society.

It is true that buying a home doesn’t eliminate all of our problems but I am here to say that buying an "affordable home" helps to reduce many.