Sue Gabriel's (sgabriel) Blog

North Olmsted, OH Real Estate Housing Market Activity ~ 4th Quarter 2009 I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! For me, December began with vacationing in Florida with my dear friend and mentor Jennifer Allan, and ended with celebrating the 8th year in my house! New Year's Eve took on a whole n...

If you're going to Brand yourself, make sure YOU'RE in the message!!   My Mom and I were having breakfast the other morning, and she was asking about my recent sale. I told her about my buyers, and how excited they were when I called Monday night to tell them, "You've got the house!" She then sai...

Before becoming a REALTOR®, I searched my heart (and the internet) to see if it was "ok" to be somewhat shy and still be a great real estate agent. I googled: "introverted real estate agent". That search lead me to the "Sell With Soul" book & philosophy...and my life was changed forever!! Not on...

My new client, Sam, wants to buy his dream property out in the country ~ a little farm close enough so his wife doesn't have to drive a long distance to work, but far enough out so he can have a large garden, 1 cow, 2 pigs and a couple dozen chickens. He'll retire in a few years, and wants to "ke...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This has certainly been a challenging year economically for many people, but houses continue to sell in North Olmsted, OH! As you can see from the two charts below, the average SOLD price has increased from October to November:   Coupled with an incre...

  Hope everyone had a wonderful October, with more treats than tricks! Life has been good in the Gabriel household. Kitties are fighting less (yay!), we've had one birthday and 2 more coming this week. My son turned 17 last month, and got his driver's license. I held my breath when he made his fi...

My son plays JV football Saturday mornings for the North Olmsted Eagles, but the JV team suits up and goes to the varsity games Friday night...to support the team, as well as being available to play if needed. Every Friday after school, several of the guys walk to the neighborhood McDonald's for...

A little update...Ellie is still with us. The little furrball has wormed her way into my heart, and I could never part with her. Apparently, nor could Tigger: Without further ado, here is the housing market update for North Olmsted, OH for the month of September 2009: I'm very pleased with the ac...

As promised in an earlier post, I'll update the North Olmsted housing market every month. In the meantime, I decided to take a look at what the summer of 2009 looked like here in my home town. Who's buying what? Houses, condos, lower priced homes, high-end properties? North Olmsted actually doesn...

North Olmsted, OH Real Estate Housing Market Activity ~ August 2009 If you have been following my weekly housing updates for North Olmsted, you may have been asking yourself, "What happened to the past 2 weeks???" Well, life happened. The kids went back to school (one in college, one a junior in ...