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It Might Have Been Otherwise
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 7/4/20 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 7/4/20

It Might Have Been Otherwise

I have only to look outside my front door to see what might have been otherwise.

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3 Things Homeowners Regret Forgetting
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 6/6/20 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 6/6/20

3 Things Homeowners Regret Forgetting

Speaking of P words, Plenty are the worries that can Plague a homeowner.

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Never Mind My Pliers. Just Open Wide.
Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 4/18/20 Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness, Real Estate Concierge Cynthia Cummins 4/18/20

Never Mind My Pliers. Just Open Wide.

All you screenwriters out there: Please consider letting your next powerful, sassy and beautiful heroine have a career as a real estate agent.

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"The Nicest Word"
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 4/4/20 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 4/4/20

"The Nicest Word"

"In other houses there were people, there must be lights, but they were too far away to seem real."

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Now Is Always The Right Time To Buy
Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 2/29/20 Advice for Buyers, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 2/29/20

Now Is Always The Right Time To Buy

Today it’s Coronavirus. Tomorrow it could be double-digit interest rates. And earthquakes and climate change are always on the menu.

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The Elephant That’s Wagging the Dog
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 2/1/20 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 2/1/20

The Elephant That’s Wagging the Dog

Don’t let your white elephant wag the dog.

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Who You Gonna Call?
Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 1/18/20 Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 1/18/20

Who You Gonna Call?

Who you gonna call when you need to vent?

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Let's Be Free (Of Stuff)!
Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 10/19/19 Humor, Meaning, Mindfulness Cynthia Cummins 10/19/19

Let's Be Free (Of Stuff)!

Yes, you can be free. And so can I. And so I shall begin. Right now.

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Buying or Renting? Six or a Half Dozen?
Meaning, Mindfulness 10/5/19 Meaning, Mindfulness 10/5/19

Buying or Renting? Six or a Half Dozen?

With a rental, if the building starts leaning 18 inches to the left, you can walk away.

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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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