Archive for the 'Waking Up . . . Almost' Category
When Right Side Up is Inside Out - Saving a Pasadena Escrow with Seller Financing
October 22nd, 2008 categories: Seller Financing, Waking Up . . . Almost
Answer: “Well, because I can.”
Question: “Why do you write totally random quirky posts sometimes? Don’t you want us to think that you’re a respectable professional?”
It is intuitively understood by most people that anyone who goes by ‘Note Queen’ is likely to be eccentric at times. I don’t actually think anyone is surprised at this point. Besides, as one of my teenagers likes to say, “Mom . . . nobody cares.”
So, I got a call over the weekend from husband & wife sellers who had an escrow that was falling apart. They asked if I would please step in to put it back together. It’s hard to think of being asked to do anything that sounds like more fun.
The sellers arranged a meeting with their listing agent, the selling agent, the buyers (and a token boyfriend, I think) and myself, and we all sorted it out to create a great solution for all concerned.
The buyer is getting to buy, the seller is getting to sell, and both agents are going to get their commissions after all. (Because the escrow is not quite closed, I’ll leave the details of the deal for a future post.)
So I’m feeling pretty cool and sophisticated and relevant at this point.
I follow the listing agent back to his office to help him put the seller financing addendum together and do some minor strategizing about how to move things forward expediently. While I’m standing at his computer, working on Winforms, he comes up behind me and says, “Hey, I think there’s a moth on your back,” and he goes to gently grab what turns out to be the tag on my shirt.
And then I realized aloud, “Oh my God! I put my shirt on inside out!” We both had a good laugh. Folks, there are few better ways to impress your peers.
Just another bit of wisdom from the Note Queen. (Please consider donating to the: Help Dress the Note Queen Foundation).
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Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Debt . . .
October 17th, 2008 categories: Inspirational Notes, Waking Up . . . Almost
[Disclaimer: while a Note Queen often creates real estate notes, she apparently creates other notes from time to time . . . love notes, thank you notes, inspirational notes, mental notes, even musical notes. The administrators of this site take no responsibility for these creative aberrations, leaving the reader wholly responsible for deciding how much, if any, to discount this note.]
Doesn’t it seem like the whole world is going through a mid-life crisis?
My own personal mid-life crisis started five years ago. I quit my job as a nurse (with a comfortable 6-figure income), and just launched out into the wide wide world, wondering what I wanted to be when I grew up. The move was part genius, part retard . . .
I don’t recommend that you try this at home. It’s definitely not for sissies, which is why I really shouldn’t have done it that way. I tend to whine about minor headaches and hangnails, and use pain of any kind as an excuse to wine.
I fell flat on my face, forced to acknowledge what seemed like abject financial failure for the first time in my life. And I didn’t know how to separate my sense of self worth from my net worth, which sent me into a literal state of panic within the first year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ego Strokes - We All Succomb Sometimes . . .
September 25th, 2008 categories: Waking Up . . . Almost
When you’re having a bit of a melt down, like a mini personal subprime meltdown, emails like this really make a difference in your day:
Hi, Dawn.
Sure love reading your website. I come here for real estate “encouragement” but get so much more. Your humor, the around-town tidbits and community profiles. And then there are your creative real estate techniques! All with good humor and the human touch. You apparently love what you do and it shows! Quite inspiring!
Just wanted to let you know.
Armando
Thanks, Armando . . . maybe I’ll turn this site into a blog again some day 
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