WHERE THE HECK IS HECHT'S?
By Karen Kruschka, - "My Experience Isn't Expensive - It's PRICELESS"
(RE/MAX Executives)
The Hecht Co. had been a leading mid-Atlantic department store since 1857. In August of 2006 the company was purchased by Macy's. Each year my husband and I visit a different local mall to window shop and admire the decorations - this year we headed for Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax. Imagine our surprise when we saw two Macy's stores in the same mall. Macy's closed the Hecht's store, remodeled it an reopened it as Macy's even though there was already a Macy's in the mall. It is not the same in the real estate business. Each time the real estate market heats up, people rush to obtain a real estate license and "get in on the easy money." When the market cools down they very frequently are not trained to perform in a slow market. A weak market is when you need a seasoned agent to na...
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