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  • Paying A Price For Not Being In Control

    Bird About To Take Off in Biscayne Bay
    Bird About To Take Off in Biscayne Bay

    I just got a follow up email from a super nice Realtor that showed my listing. She was peeved because the “client” decided not to use her anymore because the “client’s” mother just decided to get her real estate license. The worse thing about it is that this realtor has been showing houses to these people for 14 months.  As a realtor for 25 years, I am used to this. Sometimes you work for months trusting that people will remain loyal and then bam they go off with someone else.

    The lesson learned as a realtor is to get an exclusive buyer’s agency when working with a buyer. In my case last week, it was a matter of respect for another fellow realtor. My clients wanted to remain loyal. One of the reasons I am hesitant to work full time in real estate again is the yo-yo syndrome.  In this Miami market  of short sales and foreclosures, anything can go haywire after working hundreds of hours on a deal. (more…)

  • Where Is Home?

    Home Sweet HomeI just came back from seeing the movie Julie & Julia. It was very inspiring for me for two reasons: I used to love to cook gourmet food & I love to write. The movie is about the true story of two women, Julia Child and a young married woman who just turned 30 who starts blogging about her passion, food.

    When I was about 18 years old, I started reading recipes from Gourmet Magazine. I would read about 50 recipis and visualize them in my mind. I would then pick out one that I would imagine would taste the best and try it out. I started with desserts. Later, I moved on to full meals and even buffets. I even did the whole buffet for my own baby shower 16 years ago. (more…)

  • Adjusting To My New Identity

    Sunris in Miami Beach
    Sunrise in Miami Beach

    The last few posts  have been titled: Letting Go Of My New Identity, Embracing My New Identity and now this one, Adjusting To My New Identity. But in reality, it’s not that I have a new identity. I have always been me, Blanca Stella Mejia.

    Because I have worked  mainly in one profession, it was excrutiatingly hard to let it go. My profession was more than just being a realtor. I owned my own business,  operated as the broker, and ran all the marketing, sales and administration. There were times that I had agents and assistants in  my office as well. Besides that, I handled projects that most Realtors don’t do.(See my resume for more details.)  That is what comes with the territory of being an entrepreneur.  (more…)