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It's wedding season. Having written last week about our quick trip to Minneapolis, I suddenly received notifications, text messages, and video links from long lost friends sharing their own kids' nuptials. (Lovely.) Makes perfect sense; my peers and I are now at the age where our grown children are beginning to create their own families, and so they should . . . .
In fact, I'm babysitting my son's pit bull this week while he's off in the South of France attending a high school friend's wedding. It's a fabulous destination affair with folks flying in from all over the world - c'est magnifique! Ahhh, to be young and in love (for better or for worse). The phrase "for better or for worse," has been turning over in my mind lately as my profession wrestles with new rules regarding the practice of real estate brought on by the DOJ's class action lawsuit alleging antitrust violations. (For the record, commissions have always been negotiable.)
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Last weekend, Cliff and I attended a wedding in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our dear friends' son and his fiancee walked down the aisle, reaffirming once more young love's commitment to partnership, unity, and hope (for better or for worse).
Unfortunately, it was a quick trip for the two of us as work was looming large, so we boarded the 6:00 am flight on Friday morning and returned early Sunday; in and out in less than 48 hours. Knowing nothing about Minneapolis, or Minnesota for that matter (the land of 10,000 lakes?), I expected the trip to be fairly perfunctory. It wasn't. "We're doing an article on the top 10 Agents in the Bay Area," the text said, "We'd love to include you in our article." (How nice.)
This sounded mildly flattering until the next text arrived a few days later saying "We haven't heard from you and we have limited availability . . . " (Hmmm, the tone had definitely changed.) May 12th marks Mother's Day this year and as one of six siblings, I definitely gained a whole new level of respect for my mom once I became a mother to my own two boys (now young men). How my mom managed six children on my father's modest salary as a traveling salesman is a mystery to us all, but she did . . . .
With the ongoing turmoil in the California insurance industry, some companies have started requiring a “4-point inspection" prior to issuing a binder. Going forward, these inspections may be mandatory when applying for insurance OR when renewing existing policies. (Ouch!).
Given that much of our local housing stock is 100 years of age (at least), these inspections will be shaking things up more than just a bit, so take heed; insurance companies have become the bullies on the block and they're not playing around . . . . |
AuthorJulie Gardner, has been writing The Perspective for 19 years and has published more than 850 humorous but always informative, essays on life and real estate. 
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