Michael & Belinda Jackson

If you are a buyer that is in a place where you can buy, qualified and ready to purchase, Don't wait !! 11 more days to be in contract. Why would you wait and miss the tax credit? There are plenty of GREAT deals still to be had ! Yes we agree your not buying a tax credit, your buying a home so it has to be the right home, not just any home. Even if you think that you won't find that "right" home in time, start looking, you just never know when you'll see the right one . We have all the lists, know the areas, know the deals, call today !!!!

We all know how many hours we need to put into this business to be successful right? I thought we did, but seeing wording like this on MLS from listings agents makes me wonder. "Seller ( this is a nice way of saying listing agent right?) kindly requests that all offers be presented to the xyz listing agent via email, fax or hand delivery, between 8am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday". So the question is... Will this work? Will no weekends really work in the real estate business? Please let me know if we are just crazy working 6+ days a week???

Have you ever had those weeks when you just want it to end? As agents we have our phones on 7 days a week ( yeah I know we try to take 1 or 2 days off a week but we still check voice mail & e-mail right !!) and our blackberry's are on just to look at e-mail even on those days off just to make sure we don't miss the " BIG ONE". After 1000's of e-mails and phone calls this week, I am SO ready to have a day off. We need to rest, relax and breath sometimes, totally away from our business. Sunday is that day for us. Everything can wait just one day right? A Sunday nap is sounding so...... good right now ! Have a GREAT weekend.

That is the case if you are directionally challenged like I am ! Belinda is the master navigator for our team and has a good sense of direction. Me.. Not so much. So.. yesterday I went alone on a showing ( my first mistake) and the showing was in an area that has 100's of dirt roads and major mountains all around. No big deal, I'm a guy I can handle this right? WRONG. I take off, map in hand and away I go. I start following the map, street by street, onto the dirt roads,still good, make a wrong turn, then another, then a tee in the road, I go left, maybe should have gone right, who knows at this point. Now I'm late for the appointment where I was meeting my buyer, I have no idea where I'm at, no street signs, on some dirt road out in the middle of no where. I call Belinda when I finally get to cell coverage and say... Honey I'm totally lost, have no idea where I am at. After a LONG.. o.k. I tell her to call the client and say sorry he won't make it. Then she tells me to just go back the way I came, OMG, I can't because I made about 7 turns and have no idea where I am. All I can see is mountains everywhere, wild horses and that's it. I'm 2 hours from dark so I tell her, no problem I'll figure it out. After 2 hours taking every dirt road and traveling 30-50 miles I end up over a mountain pass in a totally different town. Thank goodness for my Subaru SUV or I would not have made it through that terrain for sure. My number one lesson... Never, I mean Never go on a showing appointment without my wife ( The Boss), EVER AGAIN !!

After showing our buyer a GREAT new listing today, I wonder how long it will take the buyer to know, IT'S A GREAT DEAL !! The home is listed in that price range and area where it will not be on the market 2 days before it receives multiple offers. I know that to be a 100% true, but I also know I can only advise my client of the facts and let them decide when they are ready. Sometimes you wish you could just say- " This is it, trust me !" But we know it may not be "The One" for this buyer. It's just hard when you know !!!