4 bed home for sale in Wood River Il for $93,000!

Check out this 4 bed home in Wood River for under $100k!  2 living rooms, attached garage, huge fenced in yard. Contact me for details!

4 bed/3 bath home just hit the market in Alton Illinois! $170,000.

I just listed this totally awesome 4 bed/3 bath home over in Alton. If you are a fan of great kitchens, you need to see this one. 

Being a Realtor sometimes has nothing to do with work....

I have really been paying more attention to the people I come into contact with as of late. Or maybe I should say, the DIFFERENT KINDS of people. 

Sometimes life has an interesting way of putting things into perspective.  My job can be stressful, and sometimes when things aren't going well, it seems like life could stop for the whole universe if the details don't get hammered out.  

Now don't get me wrong, my job has a lot on the line for my clients AND myself.  With that said, it's easy to lose perspective on things, whether it be buying a house, stubbing a toe, or maybe something worse.  

Today, I had a phone call with a work colleague .  I was going to start the conversation by ranting about a couple of deals I am working on that are giving me fits, and how I have been stressing about them for several days. 

But before I could start my speech, I was told that my friend's younger sister had passed away in her mid-20's a few days prior. 

I immediately forgot whatever it was I was going to say, and listened to him tell me the backstory.  

After hanging up the phone, I forgot about my own troubles for a while. I mean, they eventually came back within a couple hours, but they didn't affect me as much.   

Perspective is an interesting thing. Sometimes our moments of  individual perspective are someone else's moments of their world falling apart.  

Whatever you do....keep it together.

Sometimes, my job is stressful.  There are a lot of moving parts and people lives can be affected if things don't go well. It's something that I take personally, even if it's not my clients that are affected.

I have always been told that I am a people pleaser....but I don't see it as that.  I think of myself more as a person that just wants to see everyone around me be happy, and if I can help contribute to that...well, seems like a logical choice.

Buying a house is never simple. It's almost always like riding a rollercoaster, and in the end, you might puke and you might not...it all depends on how well you can handle the ride.