Posted by Dorit Katz on December 6, 2009 at 1:51pm
I have found myself amongst a very small group of agents in my area. I'm sure that many of you are in the same position.If someone would have told me that being an agent would mean that I would have a traveling stove, I would have said, "Huh?" Well, I now officially feel like a mobile Home Depot/Lowes. It all started by making sure I had a flashlight, scissors, and tape measure in my car. Then as the years went on, I collected wire and heavy duty tape. Over the last year, I have started making sure that I grabbed some simple supplies from my home before I left to an asset. Until one day my husband needed the hammer and it was nowhere to be found (and I was nowhere either).My last asset was so overgrown that I needed a machete to expose the oil fill pipe for the oil company before I could get the place winterized, I now carry a machete. I needed window frames painted to cover peeling paint before the appraiser showed up in a day. I now carry all purpose paint and brush. I think the best is when I needed to find a cheap stove because somehow, the homeowners seem to always take their stove, and the lenders require one. I now have a traveling stove with another agent. It gets shifted from one place to another, sort of like using one credit card to pay off another.My arsenal now includes - machete, shears, scissors, metal wire, string, packing tape, duct tape, paper towels. toilet paper, nails, hammer, outlet covers, screwdrivers (phillips and flathead), screws, tape measure, no trespassing signs, lightbulbs, paint, brushes, sandpaper, and utility knife. I'm sure that there is more I could be carrying and that I will slowly add more to my arsenal.Soon I'll get to the point that when my husband tells me that he needs to go Home Depot, I'll just tell him to check my car.
Haahahhaha! I thought it was just me! I have all of the tools mentioned, plus plastic gloves and a little wrench and bucket to bleed oil lines.....I do have the stove too....LOL and I thought I was just going crazy!
LOL, I just share your post with my wife, and we are laughing so much, because you just described my car. but I also never go to a house without my maglite. My business partnet and I used to have two stoves one gas and one electric, but we found a place that sell used appliances for $100 and now that is our settlement gift to our buyers, we are actually starting to get a 5% discount at the used appliance store.
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