Janet Naisbitt-Bagley

Hopefully, none of our Cedar City, UT, real estate short sales have come to the point that is mentioned in a recent news article! The article was titled, "Banks Going After Short Sale Owners." Has anyone heard of this actually happening to your sellers? I do short sales, but I tell them to make sure their bank is not going to come after them for a deficiency and to check accountant for tax problems and lawyer for legal problems. Anyone had any problems?

I got a phone call awhile back saying that I could earn lots of money by clicking just 15 minutes a day. I said no and that it sounded illegal to me! I was told it was not illegal and very lucrative! I still said no. I have been wondering ever since if someone could be clicking on mine! If so, I am paying for making someone else rich, but it is doing me no good at all.

I keep paying my $220 per month because I'm afraid to do anything that might limit the buyers in this market where buyers are so limited already!

Then I read in one of today's blogs that our competition may even go on-line and click on us until we're no longer on the page! Could we really treat each other so poorly?

I'd love to hear what you think! Would someone really be so thoughtless as to do that?

By the way, thank you for the suggestions on how not to work all night! They were great! I appreciate the help!

Janet Naisbitt-Bagley, ERA Realty Center, Cedar City, Utah, naisbitt@infowest.com, www.homesincedarcity.com

What am I doing here at this time of night? Today Donna Christensen, an excellent REALTOR in our ERA office, asked me if all I do is work. I answered, "That's pretty much all I do!" I really do want a life, but I don't know how to find it in the real estate world.

My dad was a real estate broker in Bountiful, Utah. He gave me some good advice which is, "Give good hard, honest service, and you'll do just fine!" The advice he gave me that I wish I could figure out how not to follow is, "You have to eat, dream, sleep and breath real estate in order to be successful!" That is literally what I do! I try to do everything I can to make everyone happy. I love real estate, but I'd like to put some balance in my life!

HELP! Has anyone figured out the secret to having a life beyond real estate? If so I'd love some input. I've even taken classes on what to do, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Have a fantastic day!

I just received the Utah Association of REALTORS 2009 2nd quarter market statistics--quarterly comparison. Wow! We are doing well in Iron County! For single family homes, we sold 94 in 1st quarter and 133 in 2nd quarter which means we have an increase of 41.49%! That's something to shout about! For condos and townhomes, we sold 25 last quarter and 35 this quarter which is a 40% increase in real estate sales mostly in Cedar City, Utah, but also in outlying areas in the entire county!

I can't wait to see 3rd quarter statistics because our market seems to be bustling with buyer activity. How about your area? Are you also seeing an increase in offers, multiple offers and closed sales? I hope the trend in the country is to move! That means buy and sell homes all the time like in a market boom! Do you think a market like that is well on it's way? Foreclosures or no foreclosures, people are buying real estate, and that's can't be anything but good!

I have just been reading some of the blog comments from you fine real estate agents on Active Rain! Some of them made me want to confirm that when all is said and done, the most important part of every transaction is honesty from the buyer, seller and real estate agents. Without it, we might as well find a new place to work!

I would say that "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," would apply to all concerned here. We need to start caring for each other in this world starting now. What do you think?