COVER STORY GREY COUNTY REAL ESTATE INC. What are the other three most important words in Real Estate? Reputation. Reputation.
Reputation.
Over the years publishing magazines in Toronto and now in Grey County and surrounding cities and towns in Southwestern Ontario, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with a number of Realtors. Many of whom were upstanding, and generally speaking, very good people. Not all were great Realtors, however. And some of the ones who were skilled at selling real estate, weren’t always wonderful people. I suppose this is true for most professions; including Magazine Publishers :) When our family moved from South Etobicoke to Grey Highlands, we noticed a shift in culture. We were used to the fast-paced, every-person-forthemselves, take-no-prisoners kind of attitude and were very pleasantly surprised by the more laid back, slow and steady speed with which life is conducted in the country. But how could business possibly get done at this pace, I wondered. About a year into publishing Hello Country Magazine, I had the privilege of meeting Graciela and Eric Robertson, the motherson team behind Grey County Real Estate Inc. in Markdale. While sitting in the front room of their office, sipping a coffee kindly offered to me by their Office Manager, Kristen Bryan, I was struck by the overwhelming sense of peace and relaxation I was feeling, which isn’t a typical vibe I experience when first visiting a real estate office. Usually, there’s a frenetic energy - a mix of nervousness and excitement - with people hustling in the background trying to make their 24
monthly quotas. Not here. Grey County Real Estate is a peaceful place. When I was greeted by Graciela and Eric, I learned that I was sitting in what used to be the living room of the home where Eric was raised. No wonder it felt so calm. After our meeting, I kept bumping into people who knew both Graciela and Eric and spoke incredibly highly of them. I understood why. Not only were
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