A wakeup call, via Mother Nature

Gee whiz…for all of you fellow East coasters out there, and for all Americans in general, you know what a harrowing week it has been. Thank god, most of us were fortunate enough to escape the real wrath of Hurricane Irene. Sure, there is lots of flooding to deal with and lots of us have been and will be without power, but – considering what some of the forecasts were – maybe the lack of power and some water in the basement is not the worst thing in the world.

So, ladies and gents, with the worst of it all in our rearview mirror, I think it’s time to take an inventory and reorganize.

One thing we all learned from the experience (sometimes it’s not bad to be shaken at the core) is that our very existence, in fact, is sometimes put in drastic perspective. When we were worried about the prospect of a giant tidal wave of water washing away NYC and large parts of the Eastern seaboard, the fact that we might be a home owner struggling with a mortgage seemed almost irrelevant, didn’t it? We certainly were not, during that period of days, thinking about how to sell a Long Island house, or about how to buy a home (NY).

We were, instead, pretty much keyed in what was a stressful, worrisome and difficult situation. And as much as it was a hard situation to endure, and scary, to boot, we need to try to hold onto this newfound perspective.

I know you are all thinking: “Billy, whad’ya talking about?!”

What I am saying is that now more than ever is the time to assess our situation. We learned the fleeting nature of life (and Mother Nature’s total and blatant disregard for our ‘comfort’) from the hurricane. We learned that some things are more important than having a tip-top lawn and the coolest rec room in the neighborhood.

Let’s hold on to this charge we’ve been infused with – sparked by the fear of knowing that we slid safely past the prospect of a natural disaster. Let’s remember this, and realize that life is too short to spend it all worrying and stressing about trivialities such as not being able to make a couple payments; or struggling and stressing over financial troubles that are not even your fault.

What I am saying is, we’ve had a wakeup call.

Use it to your advantage. Let it motivate you to get out of your rut and to buy a home (NY).

If you are, for instance, a home owner who is really struggling to make your mortgage payments, well, heck…get out from underneath it. Life is too short for that kind of bad noise. Contact a qualified short sale expert, such as myself, and get cash-in-hand. That way, you can jump back into the market; find a better deal and buy a home (NY) that you can manage (Lord knows, there are lots of deals out there right now) and start the rest of your life over, with a fresh perspective.