Classified ads and cold calling a broker

Wednesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 1.  Wow, it's May already!  Time flies doesn't it?  It seems to go by faster the older you get...I wonder, is that because we are less in the moment when we are adults and more in the moment when we are young.  I think so.  When we're kids, an afternoon can seem to last forever in retrospect and when we're adults, sometimes we feel like we don't have enough time in a day.  I definitely think that it's because of being present.  As kids, we do what we do and pay full attention to that one thing.  A lesson is there somewhere!

Anyway, the last two days have been great and busy, hence the double blog entry.  Yesterday, I received my first call for a classified ad I placed in the newspaper.  The ad is for renting my house.  I figure that if none of the other real estate deals are happening, I can at least try to rent my house and see if I can get the rent to pay for all of the expenses, and let the equity build as time passes.  The person who called was interested, but ended up wanting something within walking distance to downtown.  My house is definitely driving distance but not walking for sure.  Oh well, I hope that I get someone to bite on the offer.  We'll see!

Today my new experience was calling a broker about a piece of property.  What was different about this was that it was the first time I called someone from seeing a for sale sign.  It turns out that the property is already under contract, but the broker has a lot of other properties in the Ann Arbor that are coming to market but not yet out.  So I get a chance to evaluate them before everyone else does.  That gives me a little advantage.  So I did something different and definitely got unexpected benefit out of it!  Cool!  It might lead to something, might not, but at worst I have another contact in the business who might help out later on.  You never know....

All right, have a good night or good day, all.  I wish you peace and stillness and laughs.  Enjoy life and pay attention to all the little things!  Talk to you tomorrow...