Heidi Powell - Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #127

As a new realtor, Heidi didn’t know how to keep calm when things
got a little stinky at closing time. Now, with 10 years under her
belt and her own office, she’s learned that real estate isn’t all
glamour and cocktails at the signing table. Not even close. Tune
in to hear Heidi’s crazy story about stinky carcasses (yes, you
read that correctly), her client on the 6 o’clock news, and how
another agent’s calm demeanor saved her from a total meltdown.


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Time Stamped Show Notes:


00:50 – Heidi’s background



01:00 – She got into real estate in 2008, is a broker/owner
of her own office which is a part of the Next Home Dynamic
franchise, which she recently opened

01:30 – They serve Freeport, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and
her 10-year anniversary will be on her 50th birthday where she’ll
celebrate in Charleston



03:00 – Heidi’s CSIRE story



03:10 – There’s no HDTV-type glamour in real estate, 9 out of
10 people leave the business in the first year

03:30 – She listed a doublewide for sale on a family farm;
there was that house, a big beautiful farmhouse, and another
property that was sold 10-15 years’ prior on a farm

04:00 – They’re about to close and 2 days prior the seller
calls her and asks if she saw the news

04:30 – Turns out the man who owns the other property on the
other side of the farm had a dump truck, dump, and large pile of
deer carcasses rotting in his driveway

05:15 – It was a mile and a half away from the property she
was selling, but the stench was still terrible; the seller had
called the news to tell the story

06:00 – The next day the state came out, cleaned it up, and
fired/arrested the guy; he had been living just a few feet from
the carcasses

07:00 – Real estate isn’t all glamour, and this story shows
it

07:45 – When she called the other agent, she was calm and
just said, “We’ll get through it”

08:30 – On the way home from closing, she ran into a deer and
it shit all over her windshield



08:50 – Keeping calm when things get rough and the benefits
of old and new realtors



09:05 – Things will resolve themselves, or their magnitude
will lessen; new realtors get flighty but need to learn through
experience

10:10 – You need a mentor; you need someone to call when
crazy things happen so you can get some perspective

10:35 – It’s ok to hire new realtors, just ask if they have a
mentor or broker; new realtors are excited, energized, and are
eager to please

11:50 – Old-timers can get a little lazy and lack excitement

12:15 – Contact Heidi at Heidi@nexthomedynamic.com or visit
their website at nexthomedynamic.com



3 Key Points
“It’s ok, it’s cool, we’ll figure it out.” It takes experience
to learn how to remain calm in tough situations. New realtors can
be great to work with, just be sure they have a broker or mentor to
lean on.  

Credits


Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Melissa Valder