Greetings from Scott & Sam,
You'd better make an offer if you’re going to buy that place she said, or somebody else will get it. My mouth dropped but I knew that my inescapable logic had finally hit pay dirt. I had been talking about retirement for some time now you see -- well not actually retiring but talking about talking about retiring. Sam was just starting to warm up to the idea and I had been pressing for some time so we decided to take a long weekend in the motor home to contemplate the idea.
As we headed out of town we passed a little old house on Franklin Street that was for sale. I had noticed it before, but this time it just seemed to jump out at me. I think it was the sticker across the sign that said “Commercial” so I said to Princess “we should buy that place and start our own real estate office." She sweetly assured me that I had lost my mind and that we were going away to make retirement plans. Now we were headed nowhere in particular and I figured I had a lot of convincing to do so I just pointed the rig south.
The conversation on the road to Salem was mostly consumed with me running scenarios up the flag pole why a new business and retiring had the remotest thing to do with each other. She wasn’t buying the connection and told me to perish the thought. By the time we got to Eugene things had gotten pretty quiet in the passenger seat. There are a lot of benefits I insisted as I craftily tied together our exit plan from real estate to starting a new business from zero.
As the mileposts flew by I continued to assault this non sequitur from as many angles as I could think of and just when I thought this trip was going to end up in San Francisco it seemed like Sam was convinced or just was too tired to continue the discussion. (This is often how life decisions are made in the Mikel family.) We camped in Florence Oregon at Honeyman State Park http://www.oregonstateparks.org/images/pdf/honeyman_full.pdf and by morning she was figuring out where she wanted to put her desk. The rest is-- as they say-- history.
Well, we named the place Scott Mikel & Associates, catchy don’t ya think? www.agentmikel.com
We opened in June with Carrie and Lori our two Buyers Assistants (and Skwish the Mini Cooper of course) and since have added Heather our Office Manager and Tina a wonderful agent we worked with at Prudential. We plan an eventual “build out” of 11 people in this office. It has been a total blast, and Princess has never been happier though a bit leery of long weekends in the motor home.
In the mean time Toni (daughter) decided that she was not to be outdone by dad and opened her own real estate business in Portland. Something about the fruit not falling too far from the tree? (Dad is beaming of course.)
In the mean time Toni (daughter) decided that she was not to be outdone by dad and opened her own real estate business in Portland. Something about the fruit not falling too far from the tree? (Dad is beaming of course.)
Aside from starting a real new real estate business, and finishing the remodel on the house, things in the Mikel family have been quiet as usual this year.
I did find out one thing about Sam. It takes 186 miles to get from no to yes on the larger life decisions. With the new plan we should retire somewhere around 2019.
Have a Merry Christmas; come by and see us sometime -- the coffee is always on at 1516 Franklin St.
We thank our customers and friends for their overwhelming support as God continues to watch over his stupid children.
Love and Peace,
Scott & Sam
1 comment:
Great Letter Scott...
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