Our Shopping Trip

I’ve mentioned how I hate to fly.  But this was a more than usual exciting trip.  Every time I fly it is usually for something fun and exciting such as a vacation or having a fun visit with my family in California or an exciting trip for a real estate seminar, etc.  Flying to Arizona to search for Scottsdale condos for sale was really something special.

The reason this trip was originally scheduled was because my husband had a gig with his musician friend at Maggiano’s in Scottsdale for New Year’s Eve.  So he did need to have a little rehearsal time. 

He was a little put-off that I had scheduled property showings for our day of arrival.  This meant that we got picked up at the airport by our friend, brought back to his home to unload our suitcases and jump in the car to meet our REALTOR.  Even I was hoping we could pull off the timing.

We met our agent at a coffee shop and had to purchase something quick for us to eat.  She was waiting for us and let us pick up some food and we sat down for a while to go over our day’s showings.  She presented us with a very nice notebook showing all of the listings we would be seeing during our visit and information on the area and how real estate works in Arizona.  I was very impressed and mentioned that this is probably done because they are a popular destination area for out-of-towners.  She said she prepares this book for every one of her clients, local or from out-of-town (or country). 

I prepare a little folder myself with the listings I’ll be showing that day and some other stuff, but it’s nothing like what she gave us.  I still have it and have added other paperwork to it.

So we met, we talked, she explained things and we were ready to view our first place…