Change is hard but exciting for everyone.

We are creatures of habit. We all find the “the usual” comforting and dependable but it seems that change is happening all around us and it appears to be moving faster as time goes on. Yes my children, grandchildren and the clothes in my closet all seem to be getting older in front of my eyes.

The real estate business in general is experiencing the same kind and speed of change. When we started in Residential Real Estate 25 years ago there were no computers, no fax machines, one data port and only 2 agents out of 67 had a cellular (car) phone. We used MLS Books and the telephone to search for properties and to check on availability. We hand wrote our offers on one page-fill in the blanks contracts and we presented our own offers to the sellers at their home with the listing agent present. My how the times have changed.

We just finished relocating our Brokerage “Avalar San Diego” to a more Corporate Location in the City of La Mesa in the suburbs of San Diego that embraces a more virtual office and eliminates the agent’s desk space and the bull pen feel. When we ask 2 of our most professional and productive agents their major concerns with the upcoming relocating they both stated that as long as we were available for consultation, there was a work station with a computer, a conference room to meet clients and a high speed scanner they were happy. We now have all of the above plus 5 conference rooms to use. Our foot print is smaller but our vision is greater.

We now are a 95% paperless brokerage with the adaption of Winforms/Zip contracts and contract documents, High Quality Digital Cameras, High speed scanner to email, Relay transaction coordination & a remote transaction coordinator. Our agents, loan originators and our loan modification professionals all work virtual and have greater contact and availabilty to their clients & management through the use of laptops, cell phones, test messaging and smart phones than ever before.

We are excited as owners of a real estate brokerage in San Diego and we look forward to the next round of changes in lending, changes in regulations, changes in real estate related laws, changes and improvements in technologies and the changes in the mindsets of our clients.

This all reminds me of the fortune Cookie Saying “You will live in interesting times”. and “and this too shall pass”

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