Monday, July 26, 2010

The Power of Service

I have a dear set of homebuyers whom just purchased a house with me as their buyers agent this last week of June. It was a pleasure to help this couple relocate from Connecticut to Maryland. They had lived here many decades ago and left to move north to be closer to family. With time passing, they decided to come back to the area they once called home. This wasn't a huge home they purchased, nor was it an expensive home and often they wondered why I was spending "so much time" with them and helping them outside of my "realtor" duties. Well sometimes we get caught up in the "business of being business people" and it helps to take a step back and really see what your client needs. It meant a lot to me that they depended on my being there, asking advice, lending a needed helping hand, or simply wait for their moving truck pull up the the house when they couldn't be there. Looking back, what they considered to be "unselfish" acts of kindness on my part, were really indeed selfish: I treated them like I would my own parents, serving them made me feel great and in that sense, I was selfish. When my own parents relocated to Florida I wasn't able to be there for them. Serving my buyers allowed me to make peace with myself for that.Thank you Harriet and Norton for being so very special. It was a pleasure to be your agent.





Vicki K. Reyes GRI, Realtor

Remax Town Center

301-452-0157

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