{"id":2697,"date":"2008-03-03T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T17:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2008-03-03T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T17:12:52","slug":"the-perfect-real-estate-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2697\/the-perfect-real-estate-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Real Estate Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least for me and how I envision my future. A lady from Arlington, Va called me last week. She didn’t say “Can I go look at some houses next week when I’m in Savannah?” — No, she had read my business blog and understood I recommend we do first things first. She asked to meet me in the\u00a0lobby of the hotel where she’s staying so we can discuss a game plan.<\/p>\n

She has a home to sell (attention all Arlington Va agents<\/strong>!), and when she sells it, she wants to move to Savannah. We sat in the lobby and\u00a0over coffee and bagels discussed her vision of what she wants. She described what she’s dreaming of and\u00a0I described areas in vivid detail and we went back and forth until we\u00a0narrowed it down to a couple of areas.<\/p>\n

It turns out our esthetic tastes are quite similar, so it made the conversation flow easily. She asked what the negatives are moving to Savannah and\u00a0I told her without violating any laws. She decribed her life to me, how she had worked in several different fields, how she’d been a nurturing mother (still is, I’m sure) and a wife, and how now it’s just her — retired but still wanting to be active, how part of her dream is to\u00a0become active in the historic preservation efforts in Savannah, that she would like a little cottage, airy and light, preferably near water, but close to town — she described how she\u00a0loves diversity, doesn’t want to sound like a northerner, but doesn’t want to live in a place with a single, limited mindset — how she likes cosmopolitan eclectism. I understood her.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0the personalization and context that I’m not sure machines will ever understand, it’s the human contact of real estate that I love, and it’s the service I want to\u00a0provide — to take this lady’s story and to be an active part of it as it goes into another chapter, to help her accomplish a goal to personalize her lifestyle plans in a home she can feel\u00a0a part of, that reflects her personality and sense of life.<\/p>\n

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At least for me and how I envision my future. A lady from Arlington, Va called me last week. She didn’t say “Can I go look at some houses next week when I’m in Savannah?” — No, she had read my business blog and understood I recommend we do first things first. 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