Humbling Moments in Real Estate

Dear Friends,

People often ask me if there are any risks or downsides to using intuition. My favorite reply is,
"Yes, one. Forgetting to ask your inuition and pushing ahead just on your opinions." Everyone who uses intuition stumbes across this issue sooner or later. In my case, it was sooner.

In my first house, my intuition guided me to the perfect house. (see previous post for example) But once inside the house, I forgot to ask my intuition a crucial question: To replace those awful shag carpets, what color carpet should I put down instead? Since I forgot to ask my intuition, I went ahead on my strong opinions about color, putting down rose mauv and teal blue carpets in the bedrooms.

Can you believe this? I wasn't even thinking about resale! And my intuition couldn't help me since I hadn't been thoughtful enough to ask. Well, I got a good price and a good profit at resale witout having to replace the carpets again, but I could have done better if I had thought to put down neutral carpets.

Learn from my mistake. Put your opinions aside and ask your intuition, your inner real estate partner. Remember to ask your intuition!

Wishing you happy profitable real estate deals,

Dr. Linne Bourget
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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A.,Ph.D
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