Cleveland Real Estate News

(This is kind of a journaling about my day on Tuesday. Sometimes I think the most common question I get after ‘how is the market now?’ is ‘just what is it that you do all day ?’ LOL. Maybe this can help flesh out that question)

It could have been  the rejuvenation I felt after having almost three full days off in a row…..I don’t even want to think about how long it has been since that happened. Regardless, I felt as if I accomplished a lot today. Even though I skipped my regularly scheduled Tuesday morning office meeting (I know, my bad lol). 

First, I checked out a few homes. Previewed two not on a brokers open but vacant (these were in West Park). Then I went to see a home at an actual Brokers Open on W. 42nd Street (Orchard Park). One of the Eco friendly homes built with an added enticement of very, very low fuel bills each month.  In case you’re interested, lunch was served -stromboli from Gypsy Beans. A little chicken, some mushrooms that gave it a nutty taste…all in all very, very tasty which is not surprising since Niki at Gypsy is one hell of a chef).

Then I headed to the office to make phone calls. Left messages for a few seller clients to see if they could update me on some of the projects we are working on.  I called one client in Fries & Schuele to let them know we have two showings tomorrow. Then I went through my planner to check up with a few buyers to see when they wanted to look at homes. 

I received a call earlier this morning from a gentleman who was inquiring about three different town house complexes, two on the west side and one on the east side. I made some calls for him and then got back with the information he wanted.  Now it was about two o’clock. I got on line to do some comp work - I have a woman who is out of town (California) and has a house to sell here. I have an appointment to go see it but needed to do some background work;  how many homes have sold around her home, for what price, what  were the amenities (bedrooms, sq. footage, etc), how many other homes are listed at the moment in that area and for what price.  And of course I checked the tax records to make sure she was listed as the owner (yes, this has actually been an ‘oops’ a time or two).  Now it was 2:15 pm.  She is not going to be happy with the sale prices over the past year and since she now lives in California, it might be an even bigger shock. I’ll see what transpires after I look at the home up close and personal.

I checked my emails again, had a response from a client who has an investment property listed with me. She provided details about leases and rents so I could be ready to present the information to any buyer clients.  I typed it into more of a spreadsheet form and printed it off. I called an architect building a few homes to get more details on his project.

Now it was almost 3PM.  I called a few people who had for sale by owner  listings.  Some were in areas where I have buyer clients looking to purchase, so I asked a few questions to see if I could better determine if my clients might want to see the homes.  I also spoke to a few other for sale by owner clients to see if I could be of any help.

Now it was a bit after 3PM and I wanted to cruise a neighborhood. (No, not that way!) I headed off to the Clifton Baltic area to see if there were any homes not listed for sale that might appeal to my client anyway.  This may sound odd but in reality, sometimes people don’t list because they think it’s not a good market time to list. But my buyer has specific needs and if I can find a house, even if it’s not listed, I’ll call or knock on the door and beg LOL.  I came up with about ten homes.

I came back to the office and looked each of the ten  homes up on line to find out more details about square footage (important to my client) etc. I’m going to pursue four out of the ten.

Now it was 4:30 pm and I went back to checking emails, made a few more calls. Then checked the computer listing service to see what new listings or price changes had ocurred today. It took about an hour for all of this to happen. I made appointments for home showings.  And before I knew it, it was 5:45 pm.  I had an appointment at six. I closed up shop at the office.

My appointment was wonderful, especially since it was at The Market Avenue Wine Bar  (yes, sometimes it pays to be me :-)  We got the skinny on the latest news. Talkies coffee shop had their last day over the weekend. The M A Wine Bar is moving to that location. They are hoping the work to prep the new space is done by the end of September so they can move in.  They will be fully operational at their current location in the interim, at least until the end of the month.

The evening was wonderful, my Wine Bar companion was delightful and informative and we pretty much covered a multitude of topics  about the neighborhood and houses etc. I think we left fairly close to 9 PM. As I was driving home I was taking in the evening; the weather was to die for, no?  Every day is different, especially if it’s a day when I’m showing homes or working on issues involving a home closing (like an inspection or title and mortgage details that need to be addressed). What’s really cool about my job is, sometimes I can hang at Edgewater Beach and make client calls with the best view in the world.  I get to go to all the neighborhoods and see what new businesses have opened, what homes are for sale. As for today, it was all good. Peace Out - 3C

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