What is pet-friendly real estate? It’s all about making a home for every member of your family — including those with fur, feathers or scales
A national website that discusses real estate trends wrote over the weekend about “Pet Friendly Real Estate Agents Thriving In Marketplace.” I’m honored that the author, Tom Royce, mentioned Greg and BloodhoundRealty.com in that article:
“And you want further proof that being pet friendly is the way to go, look no further than our good friend Greg at Bloodhound Realty. Now that is pet friendly.”
I’m grateful, too, that Tom recognizes that our care of pets is sincere, not just a gimmick. Last week, Greg and I spent several days at a national conference of top Realtors. I met a lot of the country’s best real estate agents there, and gave out plenty of my business cards!
I am always tickled when people comment on Odysseus, our Bloodhound. But started becoming annoyed when I heard more times than I would have wished the mistaken notion that Odysseus is our brokerage’s representative as some sort of stunt… as though the only purpose is to tug at people’s heartstrings.
Greg has explained this on two different BloodhoundBlog posts: We selected our name and logo, because it’s iconic. It portrays traits we admire and strive always to live up to… traits such as loyalty, diligence, tenacity. Dedicated, Devoted, Determined™. Yes, dogs are cute. But they are so much more!
And so are cats… And birds… And all God’s creatures. And as a Realtor, someone who helps families move from one home to another, it’s about making that move as easy as possible on all the members of the family. including the ones with fur, feathers or scales.
Before we acquired so many pets in our own household, we fostered cats and dogs for no-kill shelters, like Noah’s Ark. Too often, I saw family pets who were given up because the family was moving, and for some reason they couldn’t take their pets with them. I always hope that people are able to come up with better choices to keep their furry families intact. So now, as a Realtor, I can help my clients explore their different options.
When you are buying or selling your home, and you have pets in your home, there are so many issues for you to consider. If you are buying, what are the HOA restrictions? Are there dog parks nearby? How about coyotes? If you’re selling, how do you keep your house presentable to show it in its best light? How do you keep your pets secure with a lock box on it? What about open houses?
And what do you do with your pets when you’re between homes? When one of our sellers thought she would have to give up her cat, Bob, because I had sold her house faster than she expected it would sell last fall, and the only apartment she could find to take her in on her terms wouldn’t budge on its no-pet policy, we worked out a much happier solution…
… One that kept them together. Because real estate isn’t just about houses — it’s about the people, and so often their pets, who live there.
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