REALTORS® sell and buy
“The REALTORS® are coming! The REALTORS® are coming!” Well, actually, the REALTORS® are going. They are going to some bigger commercial property because they have outgrown the Waltham location. Where they will land is still undisclosed.
Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® President Laurie Cadigan, broker-owner of Barrett & Company in Concord, took the opportunity to say, “Effectively, we are taking our own advice: Now is a great time to sell and buy.” Time will tell whether the commercial trade-up was a good idea.
I always liked the MAR (Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®) office. Over the years, I have been there for classes. The meeting room was useful. There was plenty of parking. The downside was that there was not enough room, so I can see why they would want to trade up.
The office backs up on a visible part of I-95/ Route 128. There are trees there, so inside it wasn’t all that noisy. The MAR sign was quite visible to southbound traffic. We’ll see what the new owners do with that opportunity.
Fifteen or more years ago, either MAR or GBAR (Greater Boston Association of REALTORS®) had a storefront on Route 9 in Wellesley. I went to some classes there. Shortly after they moved, I signed up for a class and went -- on automatic pilot -- to the old site.
In the place where the REALTORS® used to be was a day program for senior citizens. It made me think of the old joke:
Old REALTORS® don’t die. They just get list-less.
Any comments on the wisdom of a commercial trade-up in the current market? Has your professional organization or company had similar growing pains?
