on 5 January 2004 : 21:55, Liz sez:
on 5 January 2004 : 21:58, James sez:
on 5 January 2004 : 22:09, justin sez:
No pictures of her, but she left me with a photo, on her brochure. She encourages people to buy and sell their home, with her standing between property and money. I told her it was unusual for someone in her line of work to travel door to door. She replied that she wanted to come to understand the neighborhood.
It all seemed appropriate, actually. Until we were discussing some neighbors who have fallen on some hard times after the death of the grandmother owning the house. The daughter and grandson might not be able to stay, I've heard. This door to door real estate agent made some rather pointed inquiries into their situation. And I wondered, was she planning to insinuate herself in the family dealings? She only stands to benefit when property changes hands. And as we talked, I realized, property often changes hands when people die, divorce or split up. And when they want to have kids, we agreed. So she's an agent of change. A door to door agent of residential change.
on 6 January 2004 : 23:17, C(h)ristine sez:
That's an interesting way to look at it, Justin. (First, I was going to ask what the heck you were doing letting a total stranger into your house, let alone providing a tour! They could have been scoping your place out!)
I see her more as a vulture -- picking out vulnerable neighbors! Is she a genuine real estate agent? That's an unusual approach, at least for the genteel Oakland/Berkeley/Albany real estate market.
Or I could be totally off.
on 7 January 2004 : 19:53, Damanda sez:
I have door to door real estate people coming over uninvited all the time. I call them harbingers of gentrification... i bought my house on the cheap in my neighborhood two years ago and it has tripled in price since these folk have been convincing long term latino and asian homeowners (often these homes have been owned for generations) to sell their properties and skip town. i think they're skipping town and moving into the inland empire and the suburbs since the former ghettos and barrios are being eliminated and renters and long time residents are no longer able to afford housing....just about anywhere.
on 6 March 2004 : 10:11, Halifax Real Estate sez:
Let me introduce myself, I work as a Halifax Real Estate Agent in Nova Scotia, Canada and I was told that blogs were discussions on specific topics which made me interested in searching specifically for a real estate blog. So being new to the computer, I did a search in the search engines on a "professional real estate blog" and I found your professional web blog. It is a very interesting way to see what trends and technology are happening in the real estate market in other parts of the world besides Halifax. I am considering a blog for myself if I can understand the technology of operating a blog and from what I see I am somewhat hesitant right now even though it was interesting reading.
Respectfully yours
James B. , a Halifax Real Estate Agent