Homecoming: Exploring the Dream Realms of Real Estate

This article was first published on Real Estate Therapy and has long been one of our standout favorites. We’re delighted to bring it back on the Kindred SF Homes blog so a new audience can enjoy it.

In psychotherapy, the concept of home transcends mere bricks and mortar and location location location. Home becomes a stand-in for one's body, soul and emotional landscape. With guest Nick Sholley, Cynthia delves into the deeper meanings of home and real estate, and how that might affect a property search, the job of agenting and a life well lived.

Why real estate is first and foremost about home, not investment
What makes real estate as a noble practice
Why Loki, Coyote or Crow aren’t good role models for Realtors
Fiduciary duty is like ethical responsibility or a medical standard of care
A recitation of part of “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” by Dr. Seuss
The hermit crab analogy
Young adults’ relationships to home can be like a cat wanting to be let out and then wanting to be let in
Home as extension of self
Shop for an agent before you shop for a house
Find a ritual for saying goodbye to a home
The importance of the threshold moment
“Home is meeting ourselves right where we are.”