Thursday, September 29, 2011
Real Estate Repairs: A hundred less things to worry about!
Real Estate Repairs: A hundred less things to worry about!: I have been working in the construction field for a very long time. I love it. It is my passion. After building and remodeling for years, I ...
Business is up, Blogging is down.
I cannot believe Summer is over and Fall is upon us. I cannot believe we are as busy as we have ever been! Ever! Even after Hugo busy. I cannot believe I have not posted on this blog since the Spring.
Obviously this new way of reaching those near and dear to me has taken a backseat. I have so much to say about a business I love, yet no time to say it. My typical day is 12 hours long. I tell people I have finally reached a point in my life where I can work half days.....seven am to seven pm. Those 12 hours each day are filled up by helping people with the hundred things that can go wrong with their houses.
We pride ourselves on great service and it is demanding at times, but we have never held up a closing because we couldn't get a job finished on time.
I fully understand what realtors go through as they try and get to the closing. It is a mine field. It is no cake walk. Once a contract is signed, the clock starts ticking and your team goes to work. The appraiser, home inspector, CL-100 inspector, closing attorney, lender, surveyor, insurance agent, and contractor all provide their respective service to assist in selling the house. There are deadlines for each aspect and one missed deadline can cause the house of cards to tumble. I get it. I have been doing this for ten years. I have put in my 10,000 hours, to steal a phrase from Malcolm Gladwell in the book Outliers. (If you haven't read it, drop everything and get it. It is fascinating if you like a well crafted story of success.)
So, I haven't taken up blogging like I thought I would back in the spring, but I have helped get a hundred houses sold. And hey, that's another hundred less things to worry about!
Obviously this new way of reaching those near and dear to me has taken a backseat. I have so much to say about a business I love, yet no time to say it. My typical day is 12 hours long. I tell people I have finally reached a point in my life where I can work half days.....seven am to seven pm. Those 12 hours each day are filled up by helping people with the hundred things that can go wrong with their houses.
We pride ourselves on great service and it is demanding at times, but we have never held up a closing because we couldn't get a job finished on time.
I fully understand what realtors go through as they try and get to the closing. It is a mine field. It is no cake walk. Once a contract is signed, the clock starts ticking and your team goes to work. The appraiser, home inspector, CL-100 inspector, closing attorney, lender, surveyor, insurance agent, and contractor all provide their respective service to assist in selling the house. There are deadlines for each aspect and one missed deadline can cause the house of cards to tumble. I get it. I have been doing this for ten years. I have put in my 10,000 hours, to steal a phrase from Malcolm Gladwell in the book Outliers. (If you haven't read it, drop everything and get it. It is fascinating if you like a well crafted story of success.)
So, I haven't taken up blogging like I thought I would back in the spring, but I have helped get a hundred houses sold. And hey, that's another hundred less things to worry about!
Monday, May 9, 2011
A hundred less things to worry about!
I have been working in the construction field for a very long time. I love it. It is my passion. After building and remodeling for years, I fell into a niche about eleven years ago that changed my life and my business. What I do in a nutshell is take care of Real Estate Agents.
Every property sale is a house of cards waiting to fall. The buyers might not get approved for their loan, the inspection report may have items the sellers won't agree to and that the buyers insist on having done, and the CL-100 may find a mother-lode of termites. Most of the pre-closing worries seem to revolve around the inspection and the resulting negotiations.We fix inspection and CL-100 issues prior to closing and I have navigated this narrow rocky pass thousands of times in the last ten years and have learned how to be a friend, trusted advisor, guru, and deal saver to many a Real Estate Agent and their clients.
Houses become more and more complex every day. As technology advances, it blitzes across all areas of the home. Staying up to date is a must, or you will get left behind. There are literally a hundred things that can go wrong with a house. My company, Real Estate Repairs, gives you A Hundred Less Things To Worry About.
In the days, weeks, months, and years, I want to look into these Hundred things that can go wrong and shed light on how to prevent them from happening, and also what to do to make things right again.
Stay posted, you might hear a rant on the lack of proper kick out flashing, my love and hate relationship with the big box stores, and why do-it-yourselfer's need to pass a basic skills test before they can purchase any home-improvement item. Until next time, put down the hammer, step away from the saw and call a professional.
Every property sale is a house of cards waiting to fall. The buyers might not get approved for their loan, the inspection report may have items the sellers won't agree to and that the buyers insist on having done, and the CL-100 may find a mother-lode of termites. Most of the pre-closing worries seem to revolve around the inspection and the resulting negotiations.We fix inspection and CL-100 issues prior to closing and I have navigated this narrow rocky pass thousands of times in the last ten years and have learned how to be a friend, trusted advisor, guru, and deal saver to many a Real Estate Agent and their clients.
Houses become more and more complex every day. As technology advances, it blitzes across all areas of the home. Staying up to date is a must, or you will get left behind. There are literally a hundred things that can go wrong with a house. My company, Real Estate Repairs, gives you A Hundred Less Things To Worry About.
In the days, weeks, months, and years, I want to look into these Hundred things that can go wrong and shed light on how to prevent them from happening, and also what to do to make things right again.
Stay posted, you might hear a rant on the lack of proper kick out flashing, my love and hate relationship with the big box stores, and why do-it-yourselfer's need to pass a basic skills test before they can purchase any home-improvement item. Until next time, put down the hammer, step away from the saw and call a professional.
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