Central Ohio Real Estate Market News

I’m sure people sometimes wonder what a Realtor® does all day long. Many just think all we do is open doors for buyers and then make a whole bunch of money. Yeah, right!

Well, one of the nice things about the job is that everyday is different. There are NO typical days. We may plan a “to do” list in the evening for the next day, only to have the day completely changed due to an early morning email or phone call. Getting a contract in on a listing can change everything, since contracts take priority.

Carole Cohen, Cleveland, wrote about one of her days recently.

Paula Henry, Indianapolis, ask a question about how far Realtors® drive when working with buyers or taking listings. Based on the comments, it seems that agents who work in downtown urban areas seem to drive very little distance from their home. Agents who work in more rural areas must drive far more miles.

Yesterday happened to be the type of day that I refer to as “errand travel” days. Those are the days that I plan to complete several real estate tasks and of course, with the price of gas, I plan my route accordingly. I often refer to driving from one side of southern Delaware County to the other. Well, yesterday I did that PLUS I had to go down the east side of Franklin County as well.

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My day began with a visit to the Verizon store in Lewis Center because a piece broke on my bluetooth headset. Then over to a new development off Maxtown Rd (Westerville) to check the lot location of a spec home. Then to a listing in Galena to put an Open House sign strip on the yard sign. I took the scenic route south to Gahanna (through New Albany) where I had more investigations to do for a buyer client. Then further south to Blacklick to discuss the results of the investigations with the builder’s rep. I’m trying to get a price reduction on a new-build now that the builder has reduced prices on current inventory so I need FACTS.

Received a call that a security system was malfunctioning on a listing - so north to Worthington to look into that problem. The alarm was blaring while the poor showing agent was talking to me. I felt her pain as I did that ONCE. Problem solved, so next stop is to my office in Worthington to make copies of some paperwork for the office files.

Last on the ‘to-do’ list were some personal stops, the most important was to get The Murph more HeartGard medicine at his vet in Powell before they closed at 7:00. Gotta keep the little guy healthy!

Now wasn’t that day about as exciting as watching paint dry! Oh, BTW, I put about 75 miles on the WEENR-mobile and didn’t make $1.

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