Let me first tell you that I am not one that cries. I did on the day my kids were born and that was about the end of the times I can remember crying. But, let me tell you yesterday a client of mine made me tear up.
The situation was she was behind on her payments on her home after losing her job and needed help. She had her electric, water & gas had all shut off. One of her friends said, “you need to call my friend Todd and he can help you.”
I did some investigation and found out she had over $200,000 in equity in her home. I told her that if she took that equity and bought a duplex she could pay cash and get $700 a month and not have to worry about a job until she found the one that worked for her. I helped her sell it and buy a duplex that will do exactly that. Well, she showed up at the office and her and my principle broker came into my office 4 days after the sale of her property and I’m thinking to myself, “What is wrong, I just talked to her yesterday and she was doing great.”
Just a little background for you that haven’t read some of my other blogs, I was a DJ for 18 years and have a large music collection of over 12,000 albums and loads of other music memorabilia.
This is where I became speechless and a tear came to my eye. As a ex-DJ, getting me to become speechless is pretty hard. She came up to me and gave me a hug and said “Todd, I want to thank you for letting me sleep for the first time in months, and I was having a sale and wanted to give you a thank you gift to show you how much I appreciate what you did for me and how much I truly believe that you were there to help me” This is when she gave me a 1915 Victor-Victrola IX with the optional stand. As a collector of music and music memorabilia, it was just an amazing gift that I will never forget and will always be in my living room to remind me why I do what I do.
Todd Clark – broker
Kastings & Associates
(503)524-9494
Todd@IFoundYourNewHome.com
www.IFoundYourNewHome.com