Why I do it

As Realtors, we accompany our clients lots of places. But nothing is more important than going with a buyer to their closing.

If you have closed on a home, then you know that a closing can be deadly boring. It's called "passing papers" because you spend about an hour passing papers back and forth.

Unfortunately when you attend enough closings, they become commonplace, and as a realtor you may tend to consider it "just another day at the office".

Until one closing made me see it in a whole other light.

My buyers were a great young couple that were buying their first home. I had spent considerable time with them, looking at homes, going through the home inspection and financing process. As we sat at the closing table, they silently signed all of the paperwork, completed everything that was asked of them, until the pile of papers grew smaller and smaller. And then we were done.

The man and woman sat back and stared deeply at each other. She had tears in her eyes and quietly said "We have a house...."

I realized this wasn't just and excited to be a part of it.

The dream of owning a home is still a wonderful dream that can come true.