Good Day Friends and Welcome Home! I am so happy spring has finally arrived and the snow is gone aren’t you?  I see the trees blooming and the air has all those great spring smells (ok the allergies don’t like them all) but isn’t it great?!!  I am looking foward raking and gardening and general spring clean up around the yard with my family.  What are you looking foward to in the coming weeks ahead?

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on my Tuesdays in Templeton facebook page and also the corresponding blog and meeting with business owners, people from around town, asking questions about our history and hearing some great stories.  I have many more people to meet and questions to ask, but I am on my way and very excited about developing these relationships with our local historians, businesses and neighbors.

Relationship building takes time and is so rewarding and eventually you come to call them friends.  Isn’t it great when you go to your local coffee shop and you don’t have to tell them what you want~they just know? Isn’t it nice when when you go to the local bank and you are a name and not a number?  I bet you can think of other places you like to go to because you feel great when they greet you and care for your needs.  I am certain those relationships did not come over night~it takes time to build that kind of rapport and trust. I am so happy when I can walk into my coffee shop and they know exactly what I need and I start my morning off right! How about when I go the bank and they help me with not just my bank deposit but refer other services I am looking for and I trust in that.  These things have come to mean alot to me because of my job as a Realtor and how I want my clients to feel when they choose me to help them find or sell their home. How I want to develop that relationship over time and not in just a few minute phone conversation with such a large investment.

I believe that building a realtionship with your Realtor should be a process and not a rushed one I might add.  Perhaps you came to that Realtor via a referral from a friend, family member or one of the businesses you frequent which is wonderful, but you are making the largest purchase you may ever make in your lifetime shouldn’t you get to know this person?  Perhaps you were browsing the paper or internet and just decided to call that real estate office?  Are you going to appointments/showings and you just talked to this person on the phone for a few minutes?  Do they really know what you may want or need in that perhaps brief conversation?  Do you understand the process of homebuying and what team you are putting together?

Have you taken the time to see if you like this Realtor and do they fit well with your personality and yes I feel this is important. As an example, if you like to talk things out and need more explanations to reach decisions and your Realtor is quick and to the point, that may not feel right for you and in turn can be intimidating.  Does your Realtor’s schedule fit with yours? What tools do they have to assist you?  Can you know these things in a brief conversation?

I could go on and on, but my point is that you have taken the time to build relationships with others I mentioned above so don’t you owe it to yourself to get to know your Realtor and your Realtor know you?  If you are thinking of selling or buying anytime in the future near or far, seek that person out now and begin to build that rapport to be comfortable with their knowledge, have the tools needed to be in place, help build your homebuying or selling team and when the time is right you both will be prepared and ready to go. In addition to that, you will have a solid relationship with your Realtor you can count on!

Your Realtor can be a resource for you in many ways as we come in contact with so many people and businesses~referrals are our way of life.  Begin building that relationship today, contact a Realtor