By Dallas Realtor, Bill Cherry

Our 44th Year Selling Texas

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 My daddy, W.W. Cherry, was a thinker.  And interestingly, once he had reasoned something out, he was comfortable with his conclusion, and he was no longer afraid of the unknown.  That method was one he followed and taught to all who would listen. 

Most of us never seem to be able to teach our minds to not automatically race toward a negative, albeit, fatal conclusion when we are unable to assure ourselves what answer the passage of time will provide.

That one frailty makes us miserable when we don't have to be.

Claire called me last week.  Charlie passed away last year, and for the first time she's been left to make most decisions by herself.  And she's very scared.  Fortunately if she picks the "My decision is to continue the status quo," as her answer, her financial and comfort risks are as close to zero as even Warren Buffett could formulate.

But she's still afraid.  She's afraid because people are reenforcing her fear.  The political candidates are talking about how bad things are now and how their plan will correct them.  The newspapers and magazines and the Internet and the commentators on the radio and TV news and talk shows blab more and more, and that reinforced her uneasiness.

So I said to her, "Claire, do you remember Daddy?"  Of course she did, she told me.  She worked for him from the day she graduated from high school until he retired.

"What would he tell you?" 

She started a nervous laugh, "He'd tell me that I haven't lost money or made money until I actually sell."

"That's right," I said, "And he'd also ask you how many people do you know who have their homes for sale right now, and you'd say what?"

"One," she said in a somewhat weak voice.

"And do they or you have to sell now if you don't want to?

One more weak voice reply, "No."

"Well, you and your friend are like a huge majority of the homeowners throughout the United States.  You've been living in your home for a number of years, you like where you live, and there's no reason that you have to move now."

Let me assure you that like they are for Claire and her friend, the chances are there is no real estate crisis for you or anyone you know, and there probably won't be. 

The status quo remains your answer just like it is for Claire.  Before Robert Young played the part of Jim Anderson, I had already learned that Father knows best.

GOD Blesses!

Copyright 2008 - William S. Cherry