The Weaving Process Compared To A Real Estate Transaction
As I was preparing my loom to weave a project the other day, I could not help but think about all the steps involved in weaving hand towels. I then started to think about all the steps involved in helping a Buyer or Seller in their journey towards a purchase or sale of a house and I came up with these two summaries.
The Weaving Process:
-
Visualize the end result (set of hand towels, place mats, shawl)
-
select yarns
-
calculate and measure yarns
-
thread the loom
-
weave the fabric
-
remove the fabric from loom, secure the ends, pre-wash the fabric
-
Voila! Finished product ready for use!
A Real Estate Transaction:
-
Visualize the end result (a new home/the house sells)
-
select a realtor
-
calculate what one can afford or what needs to be done to sell
-
get things in motion (place the house on the market or look for houses to buy)
-
place an offer or accept an offer
-
work out all the details in order to go to settlement
-
Voila! Settlement! The Buyer owns a new home or Seller's house is sold!
Now if only the time to get to settlement was as short as it is to make a set of hand towels.
(Written by Gloria)
Doug Durren and Gloria Todor, Realtors®, CENTURY 21 Absolute Realty
Serving Delaware County Pennsylvania and Surrounding Areas
Take advantage of the Tax Credit before April 30, 2010
- First Time Home Buyers and Current Homeowners -
610-909-0687 Doug 610-328-4300 x131 Office
484-431-3686 Gloria www.RealEstateDelawareCountyPA.com
Email GloriaTodor@Century21.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Doug Durren and Gloria Todor, Realtors®
CENTURY 21 Absolute Realty
Serving Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Surrounding Areas
610-909-0687 Doug 610-328-4300 x131 Office
484-431-3686 Gloria Visit our Blog
Email GloriaTodor@Century21.com
Stay in touch 
Hi Doug and Gloria, A very interesting analogy but a most interesting and articulate conclusion. Enjoyed this.
You did a beautiful job of weaving these two together! Good post!
Debi
Hi Gloria ~ A lovely way to think about it! Having an end point is one of my favorite things about real estate.
I never learned how to weave but I did learn how to spin. My first antique purchase was an antique wool spinning wheel when I was in third grade. I finally have a big enough house to display it so it's in my hall.
Liz
William, I'm glad you enjoyed this. I had fun writting it.
Debi, thanks!
Liz, thanks. And I never really learned how to spin other than using a drop spindle years ago. Old spinning wheels are a nice touch to any living space, a connection to the past.
---Gloria
Gloria - Debi beat me to the weaving pun so I'll just say that you are a clever woman to speculate on the metaphysical congruities between the loom and the room.
Suzanne, that's great!! Thanks! :-)
Ooh, lovely post and pics. All this talk about weaving and spinning makes me want to dig out the drop spindle... now where did I put it?
Tina, I've only done spinning for a short period of time and it was with a drop spindle. I truly appreciate the spinners that can produce yards of yarn with consistent width!
Yes, I agree! There are a couple spinners in the knitting group that I belong to in Redlands. They are amazing! Beautiful handspun yarn that they knit into beautiful one of a kind socks. I have to say though, that my drop spindle has been DROPPED more than a few times while trying to spin with it. :)