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RE Glossary: Just the D’s
Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 9/21/19 Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 9/21/19

RE Glossary: Just the D’s

Everybody signs these papers. Hardly anyone reads them.

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Who's Your Biggest Fan?
Advice for Buyers, Advice for Sellers, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 8/17/19 Advice for Buyers, Advice for Sellers, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 8/17/19

Who's Your Biggest Fan?

"Your psychotherapist will (hopefully) listen for 50 minutes once a week. But the list of folks who’ll put up with your prattling stops there. Except for your Realtor."

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Home Sellers’ Blindspots
Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 8/3/19 Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 8/3/19

Home Sellers’ Blindspots

You have turned lemons into lemonade…But just because you like doing dishes by hand doesn’t mean buyers are going to embrace a kitchen without a dishwasher.

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Open House Etiquette
Advice for Buyers, Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/29/19 Advice for Buyers, Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/29/19

Open House Etiquette

“Let’s just say it involved spitting and a garbage disposal.”

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Sleazy Realtors and Dumb Clichés
Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/24/19 Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/24/19

Sleazy Realtors and Dumb Clichés

We follow a stringent code of ethics. Do you?

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Bypass the Endowment Effect
Advice for Sellers, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 6/15/19 Advice for Sellers, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 6/15/19

Bypass the Endowment Effect

"Lean into anything that lands as a negative."

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Look Softly
Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 4/1/19 Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 4/1/19

Look Softly

Take a deep breath before entering any property and detach from the impulse to evaluate.

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How Did You Come Up With Kindred?
Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 2/4/19 Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 2/4/19

How Did You Come Up With Kindred?

"Kindred" kept nudging me like a border collie.

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Have Some Soup. Or Some Tea.
Meaning Cynthia Cummins 12/1/18 Meaning Cynthia Cummins 12/1/18

Have Some Soup. Or Some Tea.

After all, you probably just exhausted all of your savings and most of your energy...

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Blessings Not In Disguise
Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 11/10/18 Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge, SFRE Cynthia Cummins 11/10/18

Blessings Not In Disguise

The essential problem with off-market sales is that...somebody feels like something was unfair.

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Lessons from Fairyland: Bluebeard
Advice for Sellers, Humor Cynthia Cummins 10/27/18 Advice for Sellers, Humor Cynthia Cummins 10/27/18

Lessons from Fairyland: Bluebeard

People always want to know what’s behind a closed door.

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There's Always a Piano
Advice for Buyers, Advice for Sellers Cynthia Cummins 10/6/18 Advice for Buyers, Advice for Sellers Cynthia Cummins 10/6/18

There's Always a Piano

Whether buying or selling a home, "there’s always a piano.”

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Help! Everything's Wrong!
Advice for Sellers, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 9/8/18 Advice for Sellers, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 9/8/18

Help! Everything's Wrong!

At the finish line for readying a home for sale, little details can loom large.

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We Never Close
Meaning, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 8/25/18 Meaning, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 8/25/18

We Never Close

Just think of me as your real estate concierge.

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Right Now It's Like This
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 8/18/18 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 8/18/18

Right Now It's Like This

Right now, and right now, and right now again.

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RE Glossary: Just the C's
Cynthia Cummins 7/28/18 Cynthia Cummins 7/28/18

RE Glossary: Just the C's

My own version of a glossary of real estate terms.

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A Thousand Serious Moves
Advice for Buyers Cynthia Cummins 7/7/18 Advice for Buyers Cynthia Cummins 7/7/18

A Thousand Serious Moves

Stuff happens that makes us feel like we got the salt kicked out of us.

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Re-la-tor not Real-tor
Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/23/18 Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 6/23/18

Re-la-tor not Real-tor

I am surprised but forgiving (as I suppress a desire to either laugh or be offended) when anybody suggests I’m only in it for the money.

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Lessons from Fairyland: Rapunzel
Meaning Cynthia Cummins 6/9/18 Meaning Cynthia Cummins 6/9/18

Lessons from Fairyland: Rapunzel

Removing the only means of egress to a teen’s bedroom is​ ​the sort of move guaranteed to ruin a parent-child relationship.

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Indoors Owl: Wise or Not?
Humor Cynthia Cummins 4/28/18 Humor Cynthia Cummins 4/28/18

Indoors Owl: Wise or Not?

Owls like to dine on rats. Right?

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