09/04/2026
This week on Adventures in Real Estate…
There’s a whole lot more to this job than opening doors.
Everybody sees the showings, the closings, the sold signs and the “must be nice” stuff. What you don’t see is everything happening behind the scenes to get a transaction across the finish line.
This week, I needed same-day certified documents from the courthouse for a closing. ( bet you didn't know that was a thing ) Courier couldn’t get there, everyone else was tied up, so off to the Milaca courthouse I went.
Through security, got the documents handled, had a few conversations with random people--( apparently I’m incapable of going anywhere without talking to everybody )… came back outside and found one small problem.
I left the lights on the Ducati.
Dead. 😂
Called one of my clients and friends in Milaca, he pointed me toward a local shop, they came out and jumped the bike, I followed them back, got them paid and hauled ass back to closing.
Walked in with the certified documents with THREE MINUTES TO SPARE.
Then there’s Barbara Miller at Guaranteed Rate NMLS 329237, GR NMLS 2611 . A couple days earlier, we were working on getting a first-time buyer ready to purchase their home. They work 6 AM to 6 PM and needed tax documents delivered. Instead of waiting until the weekend and hoping everything got where it needed to be on time, Barb grabbed them and delivered them herself. ( she doesn't have a ridiculously fast scooter though 😁 )
That’s the stuff nobody sees.
This is the stuff we do, every day.
Shoutout to Chapman's Auto Repair and Cody Heckt , lifesavers!!!