So yesterday was my husband’s birthday, but he went fishing for the week with his Grandpa and Dad and Brother, so the huge dinner I made last night was for Bryan and Nikole! I’ll post the recipes later (‘cause it was so yummy), but we had a wonderful appetizer of toasted French bread with baked brie and walnuts finished with a honey drizzle, pasta with a homemade red sauce that included Italian Sausage (my FAVORITE) and a beautiful salad. YUM. Oh yeah, and Key Lime Pie for dessert which was a fortunate impulse buy because it happened to be Bryan’s favorite. We talked about dog training and being home owners, since we all have dogs under a year old and own homes. I asked Nikole if people were often surprised to find out that she is a homeowner, she said absolutely. She just started a new job and since she just turned 20 this summer her co-workers were a little shocked. I wanted to find out why they had decided to purchase a home so young. We all agreed on the benefits of such a choice, but how did the conversation come up? As it turns out, Nikole’s mom was the one who suggested to Nikole that it might be a good idea to buy a home. Nikole agreed since she was tired of being restricted by the rules in a rental property and she wanted a place of her own to make into her space. It wasn’t necessarily a new home that her mom had in mind, but as Nikole and Bryan talked to friends and family they found a lot of good advice about buying new over re-sale. Since the payments were about the same as their rent, buying a new home made a lot of sense. Also, Bryan’s sister had just purchased an Antares Home and loved the energy efficiency. Bryan and Nikole both view owning a home as a hobby and another full time job. They have projects planned for their back yard and have even hosted a wedding! Congratulations Bryan and Nikole on your new home at Ashford Park!
Category: Celebrity Gossip
Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable. Let’s talk about our celebrities.
Remember these guys?
- A New Celebrity!
Well I drove past their home site yesterday and this is what I saw:
Cool, huh?
When is it a good time to make an investment in your future?
So, I have made an appointment to meet with Bryan and Nikole on Sunday evening. Thankfully they aren’t picky eaters like my husband since I am cooking dinner for them. I hope they like food with some spice in it! I have been deprived of onions and garlic for the longest time (my husband hates even the smell of them) and I can’t wait to cook something with those ingredients in it. Anyway, they live in our Ashford Park neighborhood which we just closed out a couple of months ago. They just might be the youngest buyers we have ever had. Both of them were under 21 when they went on contract in April of this year. The burning question that makes them interesting as buyers to me is “when is it a good time to make an investment in your future?” These two are waaaaayyyy ahead of the curve. I told them this as they sat in my sales office. I thought of myself and wondered how my life would be different today if I had bought a home earlier in my life. I often meet people who have ridiculously low mortgage payments or have paid off their homes because they bought 15 years ago. Since I am well over 15 years older than them, that secure home owner could be me…if I had just bought a home when I was their age. So, I guess even though it is never too late to become a home owner, the reverse is also true: It is never too early to become a home owner.
My Quest
What makes an Antares Home Owner tick? What makes them choose us? As a company, we spend countless hours trying to figure out how to get better responses on our customer surveys, analyzing data, and attending meetings about this subject. This is the question that keeps a salesperson up at night. We ask ourselves, why this person did, or did not buy our home. In the homebuilding industry the buyer is the celebrity, the hero. They are the person we most want to know about. A new home salesperson would jump at a tabloid that featured gossip and interesting info on all of our buyers as well as those that got away! So, why not create that? I am starting a quest to find out as much as I can about our buyers. I am going to visit with them in their native habitat and study them. I will have them fill out one of those little questionnaires that you see in the celebrity profiles of your favorite magazine and take pictures and dish it up!