Are You Interested or Interesting?
June 26th, 2012 Categories: Real Estate News
A friend of mine remarked one time that people tend to be either INTERESTING or INTERESTED. Now personally, I don’t think I am very interesting.
I know my business, follow market trends, read constantly, am up to date on local and world events, can talk a blue streak about sports, love my family and friends and love selling real estate – but I just don’t know how ‘interesting’ that is. In fact, I don’t think anyone is ever going to walk away from a party saying, “I just met the most interesting guy.”
On the other hand, I am totally INTERESTED. I am interested in everything about other people – where they went to school, how they got to Northern Virginia, the ages of their children, where they live, their hopes and dreams, what they are reading, where they go on vacation, etc.. etc.
Interested or Interesting?
I talk to grocery store cashiers and bag boys, my barber (although that is a very short conversation), anyone with a dog, neighbors, strangers in the coffee shop, the fellow behind the deli counter, policemen, folks at the gym, the fellow seated next to me at a baseball game, visitors at church – well, you get the picture.
What do my clients say? As long as it’s “professional, knowledgeable, reliable, responsive, honest and totally willing to go the extra mile” – well, I’m happy to settle for not being ‘interesting’.
INTERESTED in knowing more about the real estate market in Northern Virginia and how I can help you find that perfect house?
Call me at 703.927.4554 and let’s have an INTERESTING conversation!
Michael
Real Estate with Integrity
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Ok, this may be a very stupid quesiton to a seasoned pro. Could you do a five or ten things a first time home buyer needs to do post? Or have you done something similar elsewhere on the site (I did a quick search for first time homebuyer).
The web is full of confusing and contradictory stuff and it would be nice to see a local perspective (the buying section was helpful, didn’t even know what a buying agent was).
Things some of us are clueless on or questions that we keep looking into:
-Determining affordability (the old rule of 1/3 of post-tax income seems to give us a higher price range than I would have thought)?
-Can you/do you pre-apply for lending?
-How do you factor in a tax break?
-In your opinion is it better to buy smaller and move up as needed or start with a larger place? (We have seen several friends buy a condo then to have a newborn and need a bigger place).
I will keep reading. And, maybe give you a call at some point if we get our act together figuring out what is or isn’t feasible. Thanks.
As the Broker of Record for Milestone Silver Realty Ltd. ; I am always interested in what other Real Estate practitioners have to say. Just thought I’d let you know that I came across your blog and really appreciated the content and time that you have put into it. It was very informative.I think that Dale Carnegie would be especially impressed As we all can appreciate: Real Estate is “High Paying Hard Work and Low Paying Easy Work” Thanks for posting. Keep up the fine work.
What’s up, its nice paragraph concerning media print, we all be aware of media is a enormous source of information.
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Writing blogs just to sell houses….lame.