written by ashley marsh

Today we are hitting the office! Let me introduce you to Bertha! She is a gem let me tell you. Bertha has been with us for a few years now. She has moved offices with us and been by our side everyday. She is truly a part of the team.

We have a love-hate relationship with Bertha. We love her because she provides us with materials we need to go on appointments, do research and complete closings. That is… when she decides to come to work.

Initially, we miss Bertha when she doesn’t want to come to work. When this happens, we sweet talk her and help her take a big deep breath and reset herself hoping she will change her mind. I am starting to believe that this actually makes Bertha angry with us. You see, when it gets to this point, Bertha starts to talk back to us and yell a bit. She won’t respond to our pleas or instructions. She gets into a dark place where she wants to be left alone. Sometimes she shuts down all communication with each of us entirely.

Normally at this point we would love to kick Bertha but we can’t. That would be cruel. We would love to give her away but she still has a contract so technically we cannot. Instead we yell obscenities and walk out the door.

Troy seems to be the only one that can get through to Bertha. When we explain to him that we are at the brink with her, he has a short talk with her and she normally starts to behave herself. I think she is starting to take a liking to Ryan as well so maybe one of these days the rest of us will be on the same page as her.

Until then BERTHA THE PRINTER; We will co-habitate!

We would love you to comment below if you all have a Bertha in your work place. Do you love Bertha? Do you have the same issues with Bertha as we do?

Today’s Topic: How long do you keep your Christmas Tree up? (Written By – Ashley Marsh)

Hello Hello!

So this is a tricky one. I personally am a neat freak and I need that tree gone asap. The trouble…I have to actually put it away! I am the person that wants that tree up a week before Thanksgiving (I would like to note that this a point of contention in our home as Mr. Troy does not agree and he has successfully talked our boys into siding with him – but I digress)

The Christmas Tree is a a symbol of joy and happiness. I love the lights and reminiscing over each ornament as we put it up is a wonderful family tradition. That is until Christmas if over and I have to keep looking at the needles all over the floor (umm I still don’t get this as our tree is fake) the tiny bits of paper that just keep reappearing underneath the tree and the complete and utter anxiety I get over all the knick-knacks everywhere. Let me just add that I am the one that bought the knick-knacks and I am the one that puts them out every…single…year.

Ok so now I am ready to put it all away. (cue the dramatic insta story I posted last week) Sigh – Argh – OMG! After the intial drama it takes about an hour to get it all tucked away for the year and then comes the OHMMM

Clean – Decluttered – Fresh Start to the New Year!!!!

Ok now that you all know my personal process; I would love to hear when you all put your tree away and why. How many trees do you have? When do you put them up? And…Go!

Have a great Day!!

Hello Hello!

We are a Top Producing Real Estate Team in Columbus Ohio (CBus going forward) and here we are!! We are going to give you all everything from market updates to all the fun local restaurants and places to check out in our awesome town!

Our Team consists of 5 agents (Troy, Robert, Sarah, Jessica and Austin) and 3 awesome Ops Staff( Jillian, Monica (both also licensed) and Ashley. We have worked together for many years and totally love what we do. We also realized that we love CBus and love to talk about all of our favorite places. We hope you get to know all of us throughout this journey!

This is our first blog post so if there is anything you have questions about or would love to talk about in the future please comment! We are so excited to meet you all and learn all about your favorite CBus spots 🙂

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton