09/04/2026
Thought I would share a story. Yesterday while at my office a person walks in. Office manager calls me up front. This man is standing up front he sticks his hand out to shake mine and states his name. The name sounds familiar but I don’t recognize him. He says Rick you helped me buy my home 17 years ago. I still couldn’t remember, then he tells me the address of the home. I told him yes I remember the transaction but I still didn’t remember him. He said you probably don’t recognize me because you never met me. He said he was living in Hawaii the whole time during the transaction and I had only met his daughter. He had flown her in to meet me and view the home prior to purchase. He said I had taken pictures for him, described the home and neighborhood before his daughter came to view it for him. After she viewed it confirming everything I told him he purchased it sight unseen. He said he was so appreciative of my honesty telling him the good and the bad. I remember after closing mailing the keys to his daughter and he moved later. He said it was the best home purchase he had ever made. He went on the say the value of his home in Paris has increased more than his home in Hawaii did. He said the reason he stopped in is because his mother in her 80s lives in California and he wanted me to handle her home sale in CA then find her a home in Paris. I am working now to get her home placed on the market in CA with our broker network process. It should sell soon, so now I am her eyes looking for her a home in the $500,000 range near or in Paris.
It made me feel really good that he after 17 years of having a good experience that he wanted me to help his mother all the way across the United States. Exactly why I love this business! Helping people!!