There isn’t really anything more gratifying than sitting at the closing table watching the sellers that you have helped accomplish their goal sign the final documents and move on to the next chapter of their life.  It is a nice feeling to know that you have helped someone achieve their desired end result and you know you really helped someone.  Those are the days that remind me why I work such crazy hours, endure endless phone calls and emails and give up much of my weekends to work.  I have to admit though some of my best seller experiences are when I am not only the agent but the seller as well.  My husband and I buy houses (usually bank repo’s) and do the rehab oursevles, then I list them and usually sell them as well.  I have to tell you that after months of giving up our “free time” to work on the current project house and seeing the progress from a run-down, filthy eyesore to a home that I would move my family into is one of the most satisfying things I know I’ll do in my life.  When I get lucky enough to work with the buyers of one of our houses it is even better!  I have had two great buyers that have left great impressions on me, but one of the best is the gentleman that contacted me thinking there were no homes he could afford on his fixed income.  I explained to him that his fixed income could allow him to live comfortably in this area and that I had a particular house in mind that I would like to show him.  He was thrilled at the prospect of potentially owning his own home again.  You see he lost everything to hurricane Katrina and at the age of 45 was living in his sisters basement in southern Michigan.  When he came to see the house, he fell in love and truly appreciated all of the hard work we had done.  Just before closing I took my 9 year old son to town and we bought him a cart load of items that would allow him to set-up house again.  We bought pans, kitchen utensils, saran wrap, napkins, cleaning supplies, laundry hampers and more.  This man was so grateful for the gesture we had made and both of us couldn’t have been happier with the arrangement.  These houses become my “babies” if you will and I love it when I am lucky enough to meet the new owner and even luckier when I know they were meant to be the next owner.  Some of them, like this man who survived Hurricane Katrina I’ll never forget!