This week I attended a workshop for Realtors and while most everyone was dressed appropriately for an afternoon workshop, one person stood out…lace racer back tank, short black skirt with zippers up each side and 5 inch red platform stilettos…Really?  It looked great on her and would be a great ensemble to wear out with friends at night, but in a professional setting?  So…I really want to know, am I too much of a traditionalist for today’s society?  Dressing appropriately for a work setting or meeting with clients is very important to me, I work very hard to put together a professional, classic look at all times…maybe I over think it?  As an avid fan of What Not To Wear (Tuesday nights, 10:00 p.m. on TLC), I strive to look appropriate for any occassion, but am I taking it too far?  I would love to hear your thoughts…post on this page, email me at vlrrealestate@gmail.com or visit my website to send me an email…looking forward to hearing from you!

I have been working with a great young couple to purchase their new home…we found the right home, in the neighborhood they love and have an accepted offer!  This is a unique situation for the Seller, this is their parents home, one passed away and the other has moved to an assisted living facility…unfortunately, the Seller lives out of town and decided to turn the utilities off to the house! 

Because the Seller wanted to move as quickly as possible, we scheduled the Home Inspection for today…but they haven’t gotten the utilities back on yet!  Now my client has been inconvenienced by having to reschedule at the last minute, time off from work has to be adjusted and Amendments made to the Purchase Agreement for time to respond to the Inspection stipulations in the document. 

So Buyers out there…if you have made an offer on a vacant home and the utilities have been turned off, your agent should work with the Seller’s agent to make certain they are back on BEFORE you schedule your Home Inspection! (I was assured they would be and stopped by the house 45 minutes before to verify and discovered they were not!)

Sellers…before you turn those utilities off, consider the consequences to your potential sale…a situation like this could delay closing by a minimum of a week!

Check out my website for more info on Buying/Selling a home!!

As a Realtor (shameless plug, check out my site at http://vickilreed.yourkwagent.com/), I spend a large portion of my waking hours on the road and frequently call my friends and tell them interesting things I see during the course of my day which can take me from Beech Grove to Zionsville on to Fishers then downtown before finally going home!  I have decided that the rest of the world should enjoy these tidbits too, so join us on a road trip that I hope you enjoy reading about as much as I enjoy my job as a Realtor…Living in Indy…