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Christmas Time in Katy Texas - An Old Fashioned Christmas Festival - December’s Season of Celebrations & Sharing

On Saturday December 17, 2011 an Old Fashioned Christmas Festival is being sponsored by Katy Market Days. The Festival will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. on Avenue B in Old Town Katy. Ave B is essentially where a majority of the store are located in Old Katy. This event will feature Santa Claus and real snow arriving at right around noon time. In addition, as one can image there will be delicious food available for purchase and excellent local entertainment. Local business will be open with numerous potential gift ideas for Christmas shoppers. The event is free to attend but all are requested to bring donations of canned goods which will be given to the Food Bank at Katy Christian Ministries (KCM). This is obviously the giving part of this festival. I have previously written blogs about KCM and their food bank. The KCM food bank will feed in excess of 20,000 people during the year 2011.

Katy Market days were established in 2001 and has been a growing endeavor ever since then. Katy Market Days is held on the third Saturday of every month between 2 ND Street and Avenue B. Most of the local vendors with shops in Old Katy participate in the monthly Katy Market Days event. Each month during the year the merchants pick a new theme. I also have written previous blogs about Katy Market days.

Are you an active agent? Do you take pride in what you do? Do you pass out your business cards to everyone you come into contact with? Do you have a website? Do you use car magnets? Do you farm? Are you out there actively marketing yourself and your services? If you answered no to some of these questions, then you may be an Undercover Agent!

I am proud of what I do and how I service my community. I love the feeling of passing over the keys to first time home buyers and love jumping up and down with them and celebrating. I am ecstatic when I am able to help investors achieve their goals and realize some profitable returns. I'm glad and relieved when I'm able to help a family in need avoid foreclosure and get their home sold.

I'm sure most of you would empathize with all of these examples. Yet, the general public can liken us to used car salespeople! I'm on a mission to change this perception and show them what a valuable resource we are. I know it's hard for most buyers and sellers to really understand this because they just see the commission spilling from their pockets. They really have no idea of the extent of our work; all of the follow-up we are required to do to keep closings on track. I have had so many last minute phone calls from lenders that have come up with this or that and because I acted quickly, kept the deal from derailing. They don't see the stress we have to hold on our shoulders sometimes so that they can rest easy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining and wouldn't choose to do anything else. I'm proud to say I'm a Broker and I'm very lucky to live and practice in the Houston Real Estate market. Pass it on!