{"id":2640,"date":"2008-02-22T05:33:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2008-02-22T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T15:02:04","slug":"working-with-virgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2640\/working-with-virgins\/","title":{"rendered":"Working With Virgins"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like working with experienced buyers, somewhere in their fifties, savvy, know what they want, know they can get it. I like working with investors because investors don\u2019t cry, they\u2019re rational, straightforward, wham bam, that\u2019s it, buy it.<\/p>\n

I like<\/em> working with experienced home buyers and investors, but I love<\/em> working with first time buyers. There\u2019s something about the mixture of fear and excitement that\u2019s exhilarating J. The dream in their eyes rekindles mine. It\u2019s a special joy of achieving something big, something life changing.<\/p>\n

There are many cynics who would read this and snipe about subprime and foreclosures, anything to tarnish what the jaded and hip-ironists see as illusion. May I never become jaded.<\/p>\n

Of course there\u2019s a huge difference in the check at closing between a waterfront home on the island and a starter home, but the satisfaction is greater with the starter home, and whatever high-end niche I may lean towards, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever quit working with first time buyers.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a sense of satisfaction in doing a good job and most times work is work and the satisfaction comes from doing it well; however, there\u2019s a spiritual aspect to work that makes it more than a job. \u201cSpiritual\u201d is a loaded word and sounds pretentious in the context of real estate.<\/p>\n

To me, spiritual, in the context of work, means that part of experience that transcends the banal actions of accomplishing a job, or the routine, logical actions of work \u2013 it\u2019s the combination of physical action, mental\u00a0 application, emotional connection and something greater that includes the participation of others. The \u201csomething greater\u201d is the spiritual part.<\/p>\n

When buying a home becomes more than buying a home, as it is with many first time buyers, it creates in me a sense of participating in \u201csomething greater\u201d. The buyers are planning their life, thinking about the future, the creation of \u201chome\u201d, the pride of ownership, and the excitement is contagious.<\/p>\n

They are also open to new knowledge, asking questions, absorbing the experience, connected to the experience, alive with the idea of having something that\u2019s their own and full of creative ideas of how Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like working with experienced buyers, somewhere in their fifties, savvy, know what they want, know they can get it. I like working with investors because investors don\u2019t cry, they\u2019re rational, straightforward, wham bam, that\u2019s it, buy it. I like working with experienced home buyers and investors, but I love working with first time buyers. 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