I've spent the day doing my homework. Yesterday I was flustered and freaked out and too excited to think straight. Today I'm laser focused on houses in a certain price range, and in my preliminary searching, I've gone 50 grand on either side of that range, so I know exactly what to tell the couple I'm to meet in the afternoon. I have not been hired yet, but I have a very friendly interview to become this couple's agent. I just have to wow them with my confidence and my research. I've got those two things down, at least.
I made a list of neighborhoods and the man and I drove around trying to spot the flaws before I made any suggestions to my potential clients. I'm really glad I had him both with me and behind the wheel. There were a couple places I had mixed up in my head, and I would have set off in the wrong direction and wondered why I wasn't finding what I sought. Also, he has known every inch of the county since he was old enough to toddle away from his mother in stores (rapidly), so he was a good resource for pointing out train tracks, busy streets, and fracking sites. I'm going to look so knowledgeable tomorrow, and I'll mostly be repeating the details he showed me today. It helps to have married a Boulder native who pays attention to his home ground.
I'm as calm as I can be on the eve of the first big test of my sales skills (selling myself), knowing that while my license is indeed active, my official number is still pending. I can't sign up for the showing services and MLS websites without it. Hope for me that the big boss has some time tomorrow to help me with the last few pieces of the puzzle. That's what mentoring is all about, right?
I didn't take pictures of the actual houses I scouted out, but I saw a few that caught my eye, for better or for worse. So don't take any of these as examples of my research. It was just me in the passenger seat, wondering how to decorate tonight's blog.
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