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Amazing Days in Palm Harbor Real Estate … and Beijing, too
August 15th, 2008 categories: Get Ridiculously Happy
If you dislike gushy, touchy-feely, inspirational talk, you’ll HATE this post. If you want to hear about a typical day of a Palm Harbor real estate agent then you’ll REALLY HATE this post. Will you read it anyway?
I’ll confess, being a Palm Harbor real estate agent in this market is sometimes hard. We’re blessed to be helping some folks facing Dunedin and Palm Harbor foreclosures, via Short Sales, and some of them amidst this turmoil in their lives can be a bit heavy to deal with. And they may get sick of my “positive speak” about believing, visualizing and going after their dreams, but hey guys and gals - I can’t stop. I’ve been a train wreck more than once, and thanks to a culmination of things, including vision and faith, that’s ancient history now. Now it’s all about helping you - with your real estate needs - and in any other little way we can hopefully make a difference.
This morning I showed this Dunedin Short Sale to a fellow who was, and let me try to be 
polite here, I guess having a very bad day and was pretty hostile. I’ll call him Charlie to protect the innocent (sorry, Charlie). I tried to put the incident past me but Charlie kept creeping into my mind throughout the day. I kept wondering why Charlie was so upset and why I had that experience.
Then it was off to write an offer on a great Palm Harbor home in East Lake for Sasha and Kim. We’ve got some hurdles to overcome to get to the closing table, but I believe we’ll get there. Next I was off to meet with one of our wonderful Palm Harbor short sale client friends, just to meet with him briefly to put his mind at ease and remind him of the end goal, as it seems that the bank’s collection people were starting to get the best of him. Then it was a usual afternoon of scheduling showings, returning calls and the like.
One call I didn’t expect was from Charlie! Charlie was mellow. A different fellow. We got to talking and he shared why he’s stressed out. And low and behold, I can completely understand why he would be, and better yet, it’s something I can easily help him with. We can be a team, Charlie and I. Charlie’s thinking about it tonight and he’s going to get back to me. He saw our business card today and logged on to the Pinellas Peach. He likes the fact that Matt and I seem to have this “real estate groove thing going on” and he thinks The Peach is “tasty”! This morning I told myself I’d be fine if I never saw Charlie ever again. Tonight, I am really looking forward to hearing from Charlie again, and, to quote him, even if he doesn’t want to buy the damned house. I’ll readily admit, I’ve now got this soft spot for Charlie.
Tonight, we watched history unfold with our 5-year old son as Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly by .01 of a second for his 7th Gold Medal this Olympics, tying Mark Spitz’s record for the number of wins at a single Olympics. When interviewed by NBC after the race, Phelps was asked something to the tune of “you probably didn’t really think that something like this could have been possible?” and then again “you didn’t really believe you’d win this many Golds, did you?”. His answer (paraphrased here because I can’t Google it) says it all: “Yeah, in my dreams I actually did believe it was possible. I saw all of this happening”.
Well, there you go. That’s why our motto at Suncoast Partners is that “In Life and Real Estate, Everything’s Possible“. We see it happening. Every day.
If you’ve read this far, I bet you do, too?
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What is RSS and Why Should I Care?
June 6th, 2008 categories: Get Ridiculously Happy
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Eat a Peach and the birth of the Pinellas Peach
May 24th, 2008 categories: Get Ridiculously Happy
Why did we name our Real Estate Blog The Pinellas Peach? Honestly, we’re still confused about it, but it does have it’s roots somewhere with the old Allman Brothers album - Eat A Peach.
My mom started her musical writing career in San Francisco when I was just out of diapers. She spent many years at Rolling Stone Magazine frolicking in rock and roll, and later was a publicist for Fantasy Records in Berkeley - the record label that originally released the Eat a Peach album. So, it’s all my mother’s fault - for planting the love of music and writing - and surrounding me with self-proclaimed Peach Heads and other hippie nuts. I somehow managed to remain sane, escaped the exentricities of the west coast, and landed in beautiful Palm Harbor, FL.
What does any of this have to do with Tampa Bay Real Estate? Absolutely Nothing, but Read the rest of this entry »
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Happy Valentine’s Day !
February 14th, 2008 categories: Get Ridiculously Happy
Yesterday we got a home under contract for some out of state clients. We were absolutely ecstatic to be able to make this happen on the evening before Valentine’s day. This home is a great 3/2 Palm Harbor home, but let it suffice to say that we had some challenges to overcome in selling it.
Today, on this Valentine’s Day in our Palm Harbor home, we started the day with our son eating heart-shaped eggs and heart-shaped toast. You couldn’t have dragged me to Emily’s Family Restuarant if you tried. I’m reminded of the importance of slowing down just a bit, if only to call a loved one you haven’t talked to in awhile to say that you love them. Perhaps even to set a date to set sail to Caladessi Island to hunt for sea shells.
And the best surprise of all, today we officially added TWO families to our list of ridiculouslly happy clients and friends for life. Or at least I’m guessing they are - because we received some great Valentine treats. First, check out this fabulous box of See’s chocolate truffles that arrived via UPS from Chuck & Sheila in Colorado (they are the couple who’s house we sold yesterday). Thank you Chuck & Sheila! YUM!
We also received a hand-delivered special photo Valentine of baby Wyatt today from his mother, Kellie. We handed Wyatt & Kellie the keys to their new Palm Harbor, FL home just a few weeks ago, and we helped them land their first home for $45,000 under current market value! Beleive it or not, it wasn’t even a Pinellas Short sale. Thanks for the Valentine, Kellie!
If you’d like help buying or selling your next home, we’re happy to help you assess your situation and come up with a game plan that will get results. Chocolates aren’t necessary.
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