Two forward, one back

We had a great introduction of our new company, MagnumOne Realty at the Fall Carnival for Mikie’s school. We raffled off a holiday inflatable yard decoration and gave out trick ‘r treat bags to the kids. Had lots of questions about the new company and overall a very positive response. The Carnival was a huge success, even though we had to move it from Friday last week to Monday because of rain. I think everyone had a good time and we raised some money for the school Parent Teachers Club. I think we may have picked up a listing too!

This morning as I was preparing to head out the door to meet with a prospective new agent for our team, I received a very flattering invitation to speak at the next meeting of the Sacramento chapter of American Women in Radio and Television who want to learn more about the “State of Real Estate.” That is pretty exciting, and yes a bit scary, as I don’t have any experience speaking before large groups and like most people hate the idea!

So that appears to be two nice forward steps for my business, when I learned one of our short sale transaction we have worked so hard on the past two months is in serious trouble. For several reasons we had to go back to the lender and ask them to discount their payoff even more than they had previously approved. According to our contact there, it is not looking good but there has been no final decision. Some parts of this business are much harder than they should be!