Last week was full of snow and horrible weather. Every day I wake up and pray before I look outside, hoping for 30 degree heat and tropical sun (living in Ottawa and being blessed with both summer and winter weather you certainly appreciate summer that much more). While we might not have the amazing summer weather yet, us Ottawatonians still have passions that we enjoy. While driving from one appointment to another, I was blown away by the amount of people who were running outside along a half frozen Rideau Canal. It was certainly less than zero degrees Celsius, with powerful winds, and a decent amount of snow flakes yet these passionate runners where still outside doing what they love. I have been running almost daily for the last year and while I can say I enjoy it, doing it outdoors in the winter takes it to another level. It blew me away. The passion of doing something they loved, just oozed out of them as they would run past smiling (well, almost all of them).

It made me think about my passions and how much I love helping clients find their perfect home. So often I find myself doing things that I hear other agents complain about doing for their clients, but it just does not bother me and I frankly enjoy it too much. When the single father has almost given up searching because his past agent would not work after 6pm. Being at the office during Easter Sunday dinner, because the family from out of the country needs to find their son his first home before they fly home. The whole family (husband and wife, with both sets of parents) rings the doorbell at an open house at 4:10pm to see this specific property, just as I am turning off the lights to go home. The list goes on. I am not your typical agent, and neither is the level of service that I provide. I might not be able to promise a perfect smooth closing, but I can promise I will be there, with you, the entire time.

Real estate is my passion.

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Matt Richling is a sales representative with RE/MAX Affiliates Realty Ltd., Brokerage, Independently Owned and Operated - The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the RE/MAX or RE/MAX Affiliates Realty Ltd., Brokerage.