I enjoy meeting people and showing properties in Arizona retirement communities. I hear the cutest stories and learn of peoples lifestyles. Today I was showing properties to a couple who are moving to Sun City West from Bellevue Washington. As we traveled from one home to another they told me a story that’s still on my mind tonight.
It was 1958 and my client was newly employed and newly married. He and his new bride had a large wedding that yielded a little more than $1,000 in gift money. His pockets were burning to spend the money on his bride.
About the same time a door-to-door salesperson stopped by their little apartment. The salesperson was selling stock in a new company. In those days door-to-door sales people was common, ie the “Fuller Brush-man”.
The stock cost 45 cents a share; the salesperson spent almost three hours at my clients little abode trying to convince them to buy the stock. My clients decided to sleep on the decision, making the final assessment the next day. The next morning, my client decided to buy his wife a bedroom furniture set made of maple and sure to last them a long time. She was thrilled.
Their decision was predicated on the fact that he did not think that transistor radios would become popular. His oriental bride was from Tokyo and she had never heard of the company. They both felt that the stock purchase would be too much of a gamble. They still have the bedroom furniture set today, it reminds them of their decision not to purchase Sony stock.
Sometimes we need to take a small gamble in life. My clients said that they’ve always wondered how their lives would have changed if they purchased only $500 in shares and saved the rest. Today I showed them properties in Sun City West, only properties that would only accommodate their bedroom furniture. My clients laughed about their Sony stock experience.
Living and working in retirement communities provide me with a vast array of life experiences. Life is good.
Leolinda Bowers TM
Associate Broker
Ken Meade Realty
Cell (602) 403-6865
Business (623) 937-5701
http://leolinda.com/
If you are thinking of buying or selling a home in any Phoenix Arizona retirement community, consider hiring me as your Realtor®. I am the 2011, 2010 and 2009 Top Producing Agent in Ken Meade Realty. In 2011, I successful closed 71 transactions. As a year-round Sun City Grand resident and full-time Associate Broker Realtor®, I am familiar with Phoeniz AZ retirement communities Sun City Grand, Sun City West, Corte Bella, Arizona Traditions, Sun Village, Pebble Creek and Trilogy at Vistancia.
Leolinda, we take many decisions in life that would be perfect with 20/20 hindsight! It does matter what decision we take and when.-
Hello Leolina:
So many of the clients we get to deal with have a full life of experiences and most are pretty interesting.
Leolinda, the "ifs" of our lives we passed on, so unknowingly. I bet it was fun to hear this story. The best thing about real estate - the stories - we get to learn so much.
Oh my. I am sure everyone has done that. Can you imagine if we had all bought Microsoft at the beginning.
I have met very interesting people over the course of my radio show. I am always learning from other people.
Linda,
It's a great story. ...and I used to sell Fuller Brush door to door... :)
Mike in Tucson