Saturday, February 27, 2010
Agents Remove Listings
As a result of the Seattle Times article several agents removed their listings from the NWMLS, caving in to the perceived pressure from the article which suggested somehow Real Estate Agents were engaged in "Selling Seniors". This is pure tabloid journalism. If you believe in what you are doing, you do it well, and it is the right thing to do for you client, why would you remove your listings? What are you afraid of? Why would you allow yourself to be cowed by this misrepresentation in the Seattle Times of most of the Adult Family Homes in the market? Yes there are a few AFH's that need to be shut down. Those are the exceptions not the rule. How is it illegal or improper to represent the income derived from an Adult Family Home? Why do people allow reporters that apparently are ignorant of the business to define their business? This business is no different than any other that is measured by revenue. Brokerage of Adult Family Homes is just like brokerage of assisted living facilities, nursing facilities and other businesses that provides care to residents, just smaller. Why would the owner of an AFH have any impediment to selling their business? They have worked hard on creating the value in the business - why should they not be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor any less than the owner of a nursing facility or an assisted living facility?
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I read that article and it angered me greatly. I am not understanding why the media is seemingly so insistent that AFH's are a lesser quality form of Senior Care as opposed to the gynormous Nursing/Retirement/Convalescent Home industry... Isn't it better to have (maximum) 6 lovely little residents living in a homelike atmosphere being cared for by staff with ratios of AT MINIMUM 1 to 6, and oftentimes more like 2 or 3 to 6 as opposed to "skilled" nursing facilities with anywhere from 1 CNA to 20 RESIDENTS! Just because there is a nurse signed in for the day does not mean that there is better caregiving going on around the establishment... Oftentimes not! Typically peope who can't get any better jobs "resort" to working as CNA's in places like that! I have worked in a well known AFH in Shelton for more than 5 years. The owner is precious and loves each of the Ladies as her own family. We take the time to enjoy a cup of tea with each. Paint their nails and curl their hair...and it is my dream to have an AFH as well, where I can provide care to 3 to 4 little ladies everyday for the remainder of their days. Hoping to enrich their lives personally, listening to them and treating them as family as they often do for me...
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