My very first day in real estate, I split my pants. Up the middle. In front of a buyer and a neighbor walking the dog. Twenty-five years later, here's what I actually wear to a luxury showing.
“After 25 years in real estate, I've learned that the sign in the yard is usually the least interesting part of the story.
One of the unexpected side effects of being a Realtor is accidental time travel. Teal bathroom carpet, popcorn ceilings, glass blocks, and entertainment centers the size of a midsize pickup truck.
It's the house where nothing is technically wrong, yet everything feels suspiciously unchanged. The dining table folds. The neon beer sign still glows. Welcome to the Frozen Bachelor Pad.
Twenty-five years of walking through houses taught me one thing: homes don't fall apart from one big disaster. They fall apart from a hundred little things nobody dealt with.
Open houses work. They have always worked. But like most things in real estate, they only work when the agent does. A field report from twenty-five years of Saturdays.
And that's just the beginning of our marketing plan. After 26 years, launching a listing involves slightly more effort than uploading a few photos and hoping for the best.
The ones I still tell at dinner.
№ 02Two sides of every contract.
№ 03Studs, drywall, and dreams.
№ 04How a house actually gets sold.
№ 05A city worth writing about.
№ 06You can't make this up.
№ 07Twenty-five years of receipts.
№ 08What the sign never shows.
The stories that get forwarded at midnight, printed at the office, and read out loud on porches.
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