Happy Fall Season! Just dont fall.

Hey guys! First of all thank you all for a great summer! Today I passed out the majority of my pumpkins to my clients. I LOVE doing this. It is so fun to pass out pumpkins and see the smiles over something so simple. I finish my task tomorrow and then I will have a great and relaxing weekend. This brings me to MY "fall"!

I am holding an open house on Sunday (12008 Wellingham Ct in Pine Valley) and I was putting up my open house signs and directional signs this morning. As I was stomping the sign into the dirt my foot slipped and I fell on my knee and into the sign. As I was falling, I grabbed the sign to keep my balance and it came out of the ground and fell on top of me as I continued to crash on the ground and roll on my back. All of this on one of the most busiest roads in the city, Coldwater. I was SO embarrassed! I stood up as fast as I could, smiled at the lady stopped at the stop sign, got in my car and bolted. I am pretty sure there is a facebook status somewhere commenting on my misfortune. I can only imagine how hilarious it was to see me out there! If I was a driver and saw that, I would tweet it for sure! I went into the office and told our assistant what I did and I think I made her day!

Be safe out there and if you see a guy limping that looks like a Realtor, It's probably me.

What a month!

So I have always loved my job. I love meeting new people and educating them on the market and making their real estate experience fun and enjoyable. More than not there is always something that happens in a transaction that might be considered a crisis but in the end it seems to work out for the most part.

However, this month has been one of the most interesting and bizarre times in my whole career!

I have represented a very inconsiderate, or unlucky, or fraudulent buyer. (probably fraudulent but I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt)

One buyer asked me to show them houses, praised my real estate knowledge, and even had me write an offer for them. (That was ultimately rejected) Then yesterday I got an email from them saying they bought a house and used the listing agent to get a better deal.

Side note: You do not get a better deal by using the listing agent to buy a property. However, the listing agent gets a better commission.

I have had a Realtor's client call me to tell me they don't understand the contract their Realtor just submitted for them to purchase my clients house. I mean, if you don't understand a real estate contract you should probably say something to the Realtor that is representing you before they submit it and it gets accepted.

Now, the absolute most bizarre thing happened today. I found a rider (a sign that attaches to a sign) on one of my listings with a "text for info" number on it. I do not use this service and I did not attach this to my listing sign. I mean, it was bolted and secured tight onto my sign! Out of curiosity I text the number for more info. The text I get back says;

13 bedroom 13 bath
$549,900
Tacoma WA

I would love to get my sellers $549,900 for there 2 acre lake lot (ski from 1-4) but that just isn't gonna happen. Oh, and it's in Indiana. Not Washington.

I called the number and spoke to the agent and asked her if she had any idea how her rider ended up bolted to my sign. She was just as dumbfounded as I was! I mean, really? Does this stuff happen to other agents? I would really like to know!

Lots of stuff can happen in 9 months!

So my last post was in September of last year! I admit, I am a slacker. Although I only have two followers, (Thanks Allison and Cooper!) my posts do get shown on facebook and I am currently up to 338 friends!

So, just to recap the events after my September post.

Kent turned 30
Renovated a 160 year old house
Had Thanksgiving at our house again this year
Went on a cruise
It snowed
Saw my entire family on Christmas
Happy new year!
I sold my mustang on criagslist
It snowed again
Tax credit got extended
Landscaped the back yard
We had our 3rd annual Memorial day party
Helped the following people buy and/or sell homes
David and Hanah Dawson
Ashley and Zack Hobbs
Michele Dumford
Courtney Brammer
Kyle Pfister
Jake and Gretchen O'Neill
David Galligher
Michele Topp
Phil and Allison Wagler
Linda Grimm
Jessica and Tyne McClendon
Kent Gross
Jim and Tara Glenn

Ok so that pretty much catches you all up. I promise I will blog some more very soon! I have a lot of exciting things happening right now in my life and I will share them as they progress.