Amy Broghamer - Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #134

Did you know that it’s impossible to feel anxiety and gratitude
at the same time? Amy Broghamer, author and realtor, does which
is why she gifted doughnuts to her local firefighters after a
bitter sale. Amy tells us the dirty details of the sale and what
she did to turn her day around afterwards. Little did she know
she’d be seeing those firefighters again so soon – at her own
home! Get ready to hear another crazy story, and see why
practicing gratitude pays off, sometimes instantly!


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Time Stamped Show Notes:


01:30 – Amy’s background; she’s been in the industry for 13
years and sells about 40 to 50 homes a year

02:00 – She works in Cincinnati and nearby Kentucky; she
wrote a book called “The Playbook for Success”

02:45 – Amy’s CSIRE story

03:00 – She was about to close on a property and the buyer’s
agent called her to ask if she’s been to the house recently

03:30 – Pictures showed garbage all over the front yard and
the buyers were mortified at the final walk-through

04:30 – The sellers had no concern about the trash, they
didn’t realize what had been done while they weren’t there and
that the buyers weren’t happy

05:40 – Her clients were upset that the buyers couldn’t see
past the trash, although a lot of the trash wouldn’t be picked up
because it was all over the yard

06:20 – She asked the sellers put themselves in the buyer’s
shoes; she recommended they hire a person to help haul away the
trash

07:15 – She brought donuts to the closing to alleviate the
stress and tension, her clients were upset at her and rejected
the donuts

08:30 – She considered eating all the donuts but took them to
the Fire Department to show her gratitude instead

10:30 – Her husband called her about an hour later to tell
her their house had caught on fire; it was a mulch fire fueled by
the landscaping lighting

12:00 – She pulled into her driveway and saw the two
firefighters she had given the donuts to an hour earlier

16:15 – How to contact Amy: Find her on Facebook or on her
website 



3 Key Points


You can’t experience anxiety and gratitude at the same time,
so you must replace anxiety with gratitude!

Watch out for mulch fires and hazardous landscape lighting!

Be grateful for your local fire department! 



Resources


Get free copy of Amy’s book here.

Get the best doughnuts here.

See the town’s best firefighters here.



Credits


Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Melissa Valder