March 18, 2024 • 43 mins
Lorie is a retired nurse of 20+ years. That’s where her logo came from Lorie Blythe “The Real Estate Nurse”. She did not want to lose her identity of being a nurse because that is a huge part of who she is. Lorie is also a Seniors Real Estate Specialist and does a lot of volunteering in her community surrounding seniors in my area. She is known as Lorie Blythe The Real Estate Nurse… The realtor who truly CARES for her clients.
That is the beauty of real estate, She can still get to do what she went to school for and that’s to help people. Lorie is just helping differently now.
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Unknown (00:01):
Today we had Lori Blythe on today phenomenal
agent. And it's one of thosethings that she didn't really
think about it for the longesttime doing this in her career,
but she was a registered nurse.
And then she transitioned intobeing a real estate agent. And
it is phenomenal her story andhow she ended up changing what
she did, and now is stillhelping people. And she does,
(00:23):
she's certified and working withseniors, and she allows them to
help her increase her businessand everything and and found her
niche that she does phenomenallywell with. So if you are looking
for an agent, or if you arelooking for somebody to talk
about real estate, or you needto help somebody to transition
(00:46):
as they're working in being asenior and everything and going
into a smaller home or assistedliving, she is the one you need
to work with. So give her a calland definitely listen to the
rest of this. Thank you.
Ian Arnold (01:02):
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Unknown (01:41):
We have Laurie blinds here, and thank you for joining
us and everything. And so let'sget into a little bit about your
past. And because I know nowyou're you're becoming a season
guru for real estate. But thiswasn't your first career.
Lorie Blythe (01:57):
No, no, I was a nurse prior to becoming a real
estate agent. So I did that forover 20 years. I started out as
a student in the emergencydepartment at wizard hospital.
And after working there, Igraduated and I worked at in the
intensive care unit. And thetrauma ICU, was working on my
(02:20):
masters at that time, got mymaster's in nursing. And then I
worked with a group of surgeonswho did bariatric surgery. And I
was at IU north for almost 10years after that. So long time
being a nurse and just decidedthat maybe I needed a change.
(02:40):
But part of that change camebecause IU Health went through a
budget crisis. And there wereseveral people that were let go
given severance packages. I wasone of those folks that that got
a severance package and had tofind something different. So
bounced around different nursingjobs didn't really find anything
that was really hitting home.
Got into home health care. Andat that time, going in and out
(03:08):
of different restaurants to goto the bathroom. Actually, I ran
into who is now my currentmanaging broker. But at the time
we were acquaintances and shewas like, you know, if you ever
decide to change careers, let meknow. And I was like, you know,
I'm been nurse for so long, youprobably won't, but I'll take
(03:28):
your number. And thank you. Andso fast forward a few weeks
later, I was in Hobby Lobby andI met up with I saw a former
colleague of mine, and she was anurse and I hadn't seen her
probably in 10 years or more andjust making small talk. And, you
know, she was said, you know,how are you doing? What are you
(03:50):
know, what are you doing thesedays? And I was telling her and
so I asked her the same thing.
She could you'll never believewhat I'm doing. I'm doing real
estate and I was like, No way.
And so that was like my secondlittle like, Huh, what is this
real estate thing about? Andthen fast forward again, a few
weeks later, I was at the gym,and early in the morning like
(04:12):
5am and I saw a friend of minewho I know very well and I knew
she was real estate agent justencouraging her saying, you
know, keep up the good work. Andshe then said to me, have you
ever thought about going intoreal estate and I was like okay,
maybe it's time to check outthis real estate thing. And so I
did and that's kind of what ledme to, to real estate. So
Ian Arnold (04:35):
alright, so I always like to ask this question. So
everybody was out mister Mrs.
Jane, you about a real estatereal estate. But what was what
was your thought process on realestate what it was compared to
the reality check once you gotinto it.
Lorie Blythe (04:52):
So I mean, of course everybody knows that. As
a real estate agent you buy andsell houses, or help people buy
and sell houses. So don't dothat. So that was what I knew it
to be. And it still is thatrealistically, but there's a lot
of things that are behind thescenes that I wasn't aware of,
(05:13):
in terms of, you know,navigating and education and
writing the offer in such a waythat it can be a little
competitive, but yet not costthe buyer as much money. And
there's just ways to navigatethat, that help the buyer in
(05:34):
such a way that you wouldn'tnecessarily think of prior to
that, yeah, there.
Ian Arnold (05:39):
If you've never seen a sales contract, they are long,
and there's a lot of littleprint. So a lot of words. Like
when my wife and I went throughit, and the realtor was like,
Oh, you can do this, or you cando this, we can, oh, you really
liked that we can see if they'lljust keep that in the house. So
you know, I'm like, Yeah, this,this is new to me. So it is very
(06:03):
interesting what you can andcannot do. And then it, it seems
like it's pretty broad open onwhat you can ask for as a buyer
to a house and
Lorie Blythe (06:11):
stuff. So yeah, yeah. I mean, things you may not
want to necessarily put in thepurchase agreement, but you may
can be negotiated afterwards.
Unknown (06:19):
Well, great, but yeah, we'll go with it. So what is so
I think the one thing thatdefinitely helped you is your
nursing background, just becauseas I think a lot of real estate
agents say this is your morelike a psychiatrist sometimes
and therapy person. Yeah. Solet's talk about that. So do you
(06:41):
How have you seen that help you?
Lorie Blythe (06:44):
Well, it absolutely has helped me because
when when you're a nurse, youhave people who have a lot of
emotions at the bedside. And soyou you, You quickly learn how
to calm a room. And I think withreal estate, that that has come
to play more often than Ithought it would, is calming a
(07:05):
room, and just common emotionsand just, you know, having a
calm voice and talking to themjust matter of factly this is
what's happening here, or thisisn't a big deal. This is
something that happenssometimes. And we just have to,
you know, do X, Y and Z to getover this hurdle. And it'd be
fine. You know, so just calm ina room and just knowing how to
(07:27):
manage those emotions hashelped. It
Unknown (07:30):
is a lot of emotions, especially when it comes to
housing. I mean, it's one ofthose things that we see it is
you never know when you're goingto catch somebody, all right,
hey, they're having to sell aparent's home because they
passed or they have to olderkind of older people have to
downsize to go to a ranchbecause of their living ability.
(07:51):
Or, Hey, I just had a newborn. Ineed another bedroom. Yeah. So
Right. There is a lot.
Lorie Blythe (07:57):
Yeah. So that's one reason why I got my seniors
real estate specialistscertification. Because I have
that nursing background, I canhelp with those emotions and
things like that. But it just isa place for me to give and still
feel like that I'm helpingpeople in a way more so than
(08:21):
just buying or selling a house.
Unknown (08:24):
Yeah. So let's get into it. So what is the SR
certification? What what doesit? What is it and how does it
benefit them?
Lorie Blythe (08:33):
So it just gives me a senior's real estate
specialist has just a littlemore education, helping people
to move to a safer environment,whether that be with their
parent or with their kids orwith their maybe it's an
assisted living facility, maybeit's a nursing home, maybe it's
just a ranch with no stairs andtheir washer and dryer isn't in
(08:56):
the basement, you know, butmaybe it's just helping navigate
that. And then also knowing thatin my own family, I have some
family members with dementia andAlzheimer's and so I can also
help navigate that as well. AndI have a lot of resources, not
just from real estate, but frommy nursing background as well
(09:20):
that can help them get thingsthat they are needed. Yep.
Unknown (09:24):
And I'm telling you this right now we've dealt with
it through my family. If youhaven't been through something
like that, you don't know whatit's like. Like, for instance,
my grandfather and grandmother,my grandfather, mentally was
there. Physically, his body wastearing but my grandma was the
opposite her body she was great.
But her mind she had dementiaand she just was would just walk
(09:45):
into the house not and so itbecame a big issue but then do
have the conversations and triedto be like look, you have to
move we have to go to CES livewhere you can't live I guess.
Yeah, that was hard one on myparents which trying to tell
your parents so you watch it andbut I think with you having that
background would definitely helpto come in there and be the
(10:06):
third party. Right. So I'mtelling this right now,
somebody's listening to this andyou need that third party
contact Laurie. And why I justsaid that what's the best way
someone get a hold of you.
Lorie Blythe (10:19):
So call or text is the best way to reach me 317501
to 298 You can also email me atLaurie at the Stewart home
group.gmail.com And so Laurie isspelled Lor IE.
Unknown (10:34):
Yep, there you go. See, she knows how to spell Maroney.
Good job. All right. So youmentioned you're at the store at
HomeGroup. And I know we've hadseveral of you guys on there. So
did you start with them? Or didyou just jump? Or did you find
them later?
Lorie Blythe (10:50):
So that's an interesting question that you
asked me and people don'tbelieve me when I say this. But
I interviewed 47 agents and orbrokers before I chose the
steward home group. And I cameback to the steward home group
three times. And on the thirdvisit, I decided to go with them
and I have not regretted it onebit. It's the absolute best fit
(11:13):
for me. The our managing broker,Stephanie is amazing. And she
will do anything for our agents.
And it's been it's been great.
Okay,
Unknown (11:23):
so we've all interviewed for jobs. So what
what made it stand out over theother 40? Yeah, what was the
connection? What was how,though?
Lorie Blythe (11:34):
Well, I didn't necessarily know what I wanted
in an agency, but I knew what Ididn't want. And so I was able
to quickly cross people off mylist when I heard certain things
that I was like, okay, that'snot for me. I'm, I'm big on
being fair. And big onopportunity. I'm also, I can't
(11:57):
stand when people nitpick ortalk about that people are
backstab. And not that everybodyelse did that. But if I felt any
sort of that, I was like, Okay,this isn't for me. So I knew I
knew quickly, and I don't feelthat at all. No, that's all.
Unknown (12:17):
And that's one of those things that as you get my wife
and I this, because as you getolder, it's not about the money.
It's not that it's about theenvironment and wanting to go to
work. As soon as you don't wantto go to work. There's issues.
Yeah. And I think this over yourlong, I mean, you were in the
nursing for so long, and thenyou're jumping to this, you're
(12:39):
like, like, I want something I'mgonna feel comfortable with.
Right? That's awesome that theywere able to do that. So how
have they mentored you?
Lorie Blythe (12:48):
So Stephanie is great about having education,
and we have lunch and learnsprobably every other week. We
also have impromptu justmeetings where, okay, there's a
new document out, we need tolearn about this or just
something new that's in theindustry that we need to know
about. And she's really goodabout making sure that we have
(13:10):
all of the resources at ourfingertips.
Unknown (13:13):
So is there a certain when you got in and they're
like, Hey, here's one, here's afew words of wisdom. Is there
anything that anybody gave you.
Lorie Blythe (13:23):
Stephanie encouraged me to be myself. And
that's probably the best advicethat she gave me. It's just be
who I am, and be real and trueto myself. And she's really good
about allowing us to brandourselves, which I've done that
(13:45):
my logo if you've ever seen it,it says Laurie Blythe the real
estate nurse. And so people arelike, what does that even mean?
And it's because they didn'treally want to lose my identity.
As a nurse. I wanted to keepthat. But then I've kind of
branched off into that. And sowith the seniors real estate
specialists certification, Ialso give back a lot to the
(14:07):
community in the senior citizensarena, and mostly in Morgan
County, because that's where Ilive, but I'm, I do a lot with
the Mooresville Senior Center.
I'm now actually a board memberthere. I also volunteer at a
senior retreat in Martinsville,which is an adult daycare for
(14:27):
mostly dementia. Ice sponsortheir live music once a month by
having somebody sing and playguitar to them, which is
amazing. I volunteer doingcrafts there once a month. I
also do bingo for theMorrisville Senior Center. I
(14:47):
also sponsor movies once a monthin Morrisville at the
Morrisville cinema where seniorscan come for free to watch a
movie they just bring You cangood that goes to the mission.
And yeah, so I just do a lot ofgiving back to the community. I
feel very blessed that I've beengiven this opportunity to make
(15:09):
an impact. And I've alwayswanted to volunteer as a nurse,
but I really didn't have themeans or the time it time to do
it. Because 12 hour shifts, youknow, you just really don't get
that opportunity. But now that Ido, I thrive with that. And I
love it. It just it truly, itjust feeds my soul. That's,
Unknown (15:34):
that is awesome. I mean, and I liked that you found
your niche. Yeah. Becausethere's a lot of agents out
there, even ones that been outthere for a while. They don't
really have their niche. Youfound yours. And you know,
you've found out alright, thisis where I'm gonna go. This is
where I'm gonna invest my timeat. That's phenomenal.
Lorie Blythe (15:53):
Yeah, I mean, it's not that I love, love, love
first time homebuyers. They'reamazing to work with, because of
the education piece of it. Butagain, that comes back from my
nursing. You know, I did a lotof education. And it just kind
of falls in there. But yeah, Ireally love this senior crowd.
Unknown (16:11):
Well, it's a nice thing is sometimes a niche can get the
wrong. Wrong thought process is,as you were just saying is when
I say niche, some people arelike, well, that's only who I
know. I might focus most oflike, 80% my time there. Yeah,
because that's where my businesscomes from now, but I'm also
(16:31):
Hey, you want an investmentproperty? I know some you want,
you need a first time homebuyer,let's go with get you one. Let's
go do this. So sometimes a nichecan get the bad thing. But guess
what your niche is just my mainpriority is here to a point.
Yeah. But then I'm still goingto take care of other people.
Absolutely. So I always like toask them good questions. So
(16:53):
let's put the real estate sideapart. Let's talk about you. So
if I take away your phone, youcannot work for 24 hours. What
are we actually doing for fun?
Lorie Blythe (17:03):
I'll probably be exercising. I am a personal
trainer on the side too. I teacha fitness, class spin. It's a
stationary bicycle. Okay. And soI teach that twice a week. And
then I also have a few clientsin the morning that I train. So
exercise probably would be thething that I would do. But yeah,
take my phone away from me. AndI probably would freak out.
Unknown (17:27):
That's most people.
Most times I add to that afteryou get done in a having a heart
attack on the ground, you standup. But So what made you get
into the spin spin classes andstuff? Well,
Lorie Blythe (17:40):
I actually I started out with a personal
trainer, and had that personaltrainer for eight years before I
got my own personal trainingcertification. But just being in
the gym and seeing and somebodyasked me to fill in one time,
and I did and I thought well,this is kind of fun. So I just
kinda went with it. I
Unknown (17:58):
think classes are the way to do it. Because my wife
was a personal trainer for alittle while. Yeah. And she got
tired people not showing up andall this stuff. And she just
irritated her so much. She'slike I'm done with this. Yeah,
Lorie Blythe (18:09):
it doesn't really irritate me too much because I
can usually fill in my gaps ifsomebody cancels on me. I got
something else to fill that voidwith real estate especially
because I can like okay, I'vegot my my computer here. I got
my phone, I can reach out to afew people. So that doesn't
bother me
Unknown (18:23):
so much. So do you bike on the streets, though? No.
Okay. No, I
Lorie Blythe (18:27):
had a bike at one point and traffic scares me.
Yes.
Unknown (18:31):
Well, so those bikers scare me. Yeah, we'll be driving
down the street and there'll belike anyone I know understand
what they're doing. And I'm notgoing to I don't try to I don't
try to drive too close. So butthere's there are some dangerous
roads at times. Can you moveover to choose a different path?
Lorie Blythe (18:51):
Yeah, I know I that's traffic just scared me
too much. So no, I don't Iactually sold my road bike.
Unknown (18:58):
Which I don't blame you. I mean, the way I smelt 10
years ago, I think about when itstarted taking off here in
Indiana. It just blew up isbasically the way Pickleball is
blown up lately here. And youprobably see a lot of that was
your that's what you need tosponsor is pickleball
pickleball.
Lorie Blythe (19:17):
I've never played but i Everybody says you need to
so maybe we'll just
Unknown (19:21):
go out to a court put up a sign. Hey, you want to talk
real estate certified. They'lltalk to you why they're not
having a play, right. But it wasit brought my kids in during the
summer last year and they put anew park over here in Carmel.
And I'm like, well, I'll takethem over there for lunch and
they can go and play the board.
They had a board with names.
(19:44):
There's a long line pickleballcourt was filled with all like,
wow, this is what retirementlooks like nowadays. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (19:51):
No, it's great though. I love it. No, no, it's
Unknown (19:54):
I think one thing that I think COVID did to everybody
is is like you enjoy When youcan go out and do stuff and be
with people, because beinglocked in your house is not fun.
You can't even go, they didn'twant to go to the grocery
stores, you're like, oh. But nowespecially with the elderly, I
(20:14):
mean, they can get out there andsee their friends, they can go
be active. And that's thebiggest thing is being active at
their age. Because let's behonest, my parents are not the
best. But hopefully they're notlistening to this, but they're
not as active since theyretired. And I tried to get them
to be more hey, go out, butthey're not really sports people
and stuff like I am. Which weirdbut sweet works. Alright, so
(20:39):
we'll get back a little bit moreon the real estate side. Okay.
All right. So, where how do youI know you mark it for the
senior citizens and everything.
So do you use a CRM? Do you putthem in there to follow up with
them constantly? How do you keeppace with everybody?
Lorie Blythe (20:56):
So I mean, I do have a database and a
spreadsheet of people that areis your sphere, my sphere. I do
social media. I'm in front ofthem a lot. And I think that
that's the biggest thing is I'min front of them a lot. And
these different events that I dohelped me to just they they
(21:19):
recognize me like oh, there'sLaurie you know, what you got
for us today? I give away a lotof promo items. So chip clips
and magnets that go on therefrigerator and bags and
notepads and you know, all theall the little trinkets that
they love to pick up and andkeep so
Unknown (21:39):
Oh, where's the good stuff? The cookies, candy?
Lorie Blythe (21:43):
I have a little bit too.
Unknown (21:47):
So when you mentioned social media, where is it?
Mostly Facebook? Is it
Lorie Blythe (21:51):
so Facebook and Instagram? Mostly I do LinkedIn
sometimes. Honestly, I'm more onFacebook than I am anything
else.
Unknown (21:59):
So we're not gonna see your dance moves and all that
stuff.
Lorie Blythe (22:02):
You know, I, I will do that occasionally with
my daughter. She's on the tictoc thing and will occasionally
do one of those dances. But thatwas I know. That's not my thing.
I'll do video and things likethat for my listings and just
things things like that. But So
Unknown (22:17):
how old is your daughter?
Lorie Blythe (22:18):
She's 18. Okay,
Unknown (22:19):
so has she thought about doing real estate or what
Lorie Blythe (22:22):
she thinks? So she's actually in cosmetology.
Greg's going to be graduatingfrom that this year, as well as
also from high school. So she'sdoing both at the same time. And
so she'll graduate from both ofthem in May. And real estate,
she started being my assistant.
So she's helping me out a fewhours a week. Not very, not very
much. But it's not. It's not herfirst choice, but it may be a
(22:43):
second or third
Unknown (22:48):
is interesting how many kids? Now she didn't grow with
you doing the whole time. Butyou we watch it and they're
like, No, I hate real estate.
Yeah, I'm never gonna do it. Myparents were always she hates
Lorie Blythe (22:58):
that. I'm on the phone all the time. She's, she's
like, you're always on yourphone, I know.
Unknown (23:03):
But in about 10 years, she'd be like, maybe I should do
this real estate thing. So it isinteresting. How many come back
to it. And it was like, Oh, thatwas the right job. I just had to
go try something different torealize it. Yeah. So is that
your only kid?
Lorie Blythe (23:19):
No, I've got my son is 25. And he is an H fac.
And I've got a daughter in lawnow. So he just got recently
married last September. So Oh,yeah. So I've gained another
daughter, which is great. Andyeah, so he does H back. And so
I think that you know, he'sstarted doing some stuff on the
(23:39):
side. So it's gonna work outthat I can, you know, obviously,
maybe refer some business to himtoo. No,
Unknown (23:45):
no, no. So what I really heard was, hey, look, if
you're looking at selling a homeor buying a home he he or she
knows a guy got a guy that makesit nice and easy. Yeah. So does
did he think about doingreselling real estate or is he
completely he loves what hedoes? Yeah, he
Lorie Blythe (24:05):
really loves what he does. And he's he does
plumbing too. But mostly H Beckis what he what His love is and
so yeah, he does. He does that.
That's good. That's good.
Unknown (24:13):
I mean, you still need the the trades guys. And not to
mention and that's the one thingI think the our industry or our
whole society has lost loss inthere is like Oh, go to college,
you can go to this. Well, youstill need a guy to do some work
around your house. You stillneed a plumber, you still need
(24:35):
an electrician. So that's whatmy kids are young. So I've
taught briefly talked about butI don't push him any particular
way. But I'm like there'smultiple options tracks you can
make good job. That's absolutelyas micro would say. Yes. If
that's dirty jobs guy if nobodyknows. Sometimes I throw out
references. Now. All right, soI'm gonna ask Rick's favorite
(24:56):
question. Greg's favorite. Yeah.
Okay. What's your superpower?
Lorie Blythe (25:01):
I feel like that I can connect with people. And I
feel like I'm approachable, thatI'm likeable. And most people
find me very trustworthy to knowyou're not. So people that you
know, like and trust you, youwill do business with. And so
that's what I tried to be. And
Unknown (25:21):
that's huge, especially in real estate, because let's be
honest, the house more or less,for most people is the biggest
investment or purchase you'regonna make your whole entire
life. So if you don't trust thatperson, something's wrong,
right? So and let's be honest,though, most times, you don't
know too many people when you'relooking at selling or by working
(25:42):
with them, you may know him afew weeks before the process
even gets going. Right. So to beable to get people to trust you
quickly, is a huge problem, ahuge issue to get. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (25:52):
And I you know, I usually just tell him, you know,
my story, and you know, that Iwas a nurse before I did this
and, and just kind of tell themmy thing, and they're like, oh,
wow, that's kind of cool. Andthen we usually find a
connection. Somebody knows anurse somewhere in their life.
No,
Unknown (26:07):
no, nobody knows nurses. So, midterms ask you
this question earlier. So I sawyour little logo. Yeah, oh,
let's talk about this. Sodescribe your logo. So people
who are not watching this cannotsee because they can't see it.
Lorie Blythe (26:23):
So it's got my name in cursive Laurie Blythe.
And then at the top, it's got aheartbeat that you would see on
it on an EKG. And it's normalsinus rhythm. But at the very
end, there's a little like houseat the end of that normal sinus
rhythm beat. And then underneathof it, it says, The Real Estate
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nurse.
Unknown (26:44):
Yep. And what that really tells you is guess what?
It's not a straight line. Soyou're still living, let's go
buy a house.
Lorie Blythe (26:51):
I love that new tagline. So I always add to
that, you know, I'm the realtorwho truly cares for her clients.
So that
Unknown (27:02):
I mean, and that's awesome, especially coming from
your background, I saw that. AndI was like, Oh, that's awesome.
Great job on whoever marketedthat to you. Or if you thought
I've earned your own great job,
Lorie Blythe (27:14):
I didn't think of it on my own. I kind of did, I
actually was working with a logoperson who helped me design it.
And she just sort of jumped intomy brain and pulled it out and
came up with exactly what it waswhat I was like thinking. So
Unknown (27:28):
you gotta have artistic people sometimes, because I'm
not one of them. So ifsomebody's listening to this,
and they have questions aboutreal estate, or possibly moving
their parents to a differentfacility, or whatever they got,
what's the best way they can getin touch with you? The
Lorie Blythe (27:45):
best way is by phone, you can call me or text
me at 317-501-2298. I also haveemail, which is Laurie at the
Stewart home group.com.
Unknown (27:56):
All right, so now we'll get into the question of the
week and kind of curious on thisone. What was your first car?
Lorie Blythe (28:03):
My first car was a two toned blue caprice classic,
okay. And it was my grandpa, itwas my grandpa's car. And he
sold it to me. And it was myvery first loan that I ever had,
because they wanted me to help,you know, build my credit or
whatever my second car had orwas a white Cadillac that was
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longer than a building. And ithad a shock that was broke on
it. And we called it the LandYacht, because it was like
really bouncy.
Unknown (28:37):
Yeah, most people don't realize once the shocks will
still somewhat work. But whathappens is they lose the ability
to hold up. So what when you hita bump, it just, they just keep
going. So if you hit if you godown a bumpy road, you will be
balancing for a while. Right?
Right? Yeah. But it's good thatyour, your grandparent wanted
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you to not just do the loan, butit builds that you're helping
pay for the car. So it buildsmore of a sense of
responsibility that you're goingto help take care of this car
instead of let's be honest, weall have kids, we give them
something and oh, they love itfor a couple of seconds and then
next thing you know it'sdestroyed. Right? So good job
parents grandparents.
Lorie Blythe (29:22):
So what do you drive now? Right now I drive a
Toyota four runner so I've got akind of a cool story. i This is
my second four runner that I'veowned. I bought this one just
last year. It's new. The otherone that I bought bought was new
also in 2004 still have it andit's got 365,000 miles on it.
Unknown (29:43):
That's what I'm talking about. You're never gonna You
can't sell me until you knowbecause I've been sold for a
long time I love them. Mineright now as I have 160k on it
and I'm no Knock on wood Butyeah, barely had do any
maintenance Besides regular oilchanges and stuff like a couple
little things here and there,but nothing may outrageous.
Yeah, it just keeps going. Iwant to keep it till my son can
(30:06):
drive. I don't know, mentallyI'll be able to do that.
Lorie Blythe (30:10):
It cost you 5000 Miles maybe the car will last.
Unknown (30:14):
Yeah, mentally. I always look, do I want a new
car, I want a new car. I wantit. I want this. That's where
I'm at. But I was like, well,maybe I'll just get one a
different because my, mydaughter is obsessed with
Wranglers. And I would like oneor a gladiator, which is the
Wrangler truck. But and I waslike, well, maybe I'll just do
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that and just use that on theweekends. And this will drive
the Toyota throughout the week.
And I was like that will make itlast longer. And then I could
just give it and it'd be cheaperthan having to do anything else.
So yeah, I know you're married.
So what does your husband do? He
Lorie Blythe (30:54):
works at Martin Marietta, which is a gravel pit
and he's worked there for almost40 years.
Unknown (31:00):
So not very long, not very long.
Lorie Blythe (31:03):
He is I think, counting down the days to
retirement. But no, he he'sworked there for a lot of years.
Unknown (31:11):
So as soon as he retires, you're gonna be like,
Alright, now you work for me.
You're my assistant. So
Lorie Blythe (31:15):
he's he actually does a little bit to help me
out, you know, his signs andstuff like that. So yeah, I
mean, he might, I might put himto work a little bit more.
Unknown (31:25):
Nothing more than working at the house. You know?
Hey, go put the signs out. Takesome pictures.
Lorie Blythe (31:32):
Yeah, no, we also have my father in law has 125
acre farm that we also do. Oh,wow. That keeps him pretty busy.
Where's that at? It's inMonrovia.
Unknown (31:42):
It's him? Or Oh, yeah.
Your whole family just there. Soyou can you walk around town
without people not knowing who
Lorie Blythe (31:49):
you are. I know a lot of people. It's great. It's
good for you,
Unknown (31:54):
though. Yeah. So let's get into this. So do you after
you sell a home? Or do youconsistently do follow up with
people or and how does thatlook? Yeah, so I
Lorie Blythe (32:08):
obviously send out like calendars every year. And
you know, that everybody puts ontheir on their refrigerators,
the Colts magnets and thingslike that. But I also still do
keep in contact with people justto see how they're doing.
Especially my elderly folks,too, because I there's one that
(32:29):
I moved into a nursing home andso I go and visit her every so
often. And just to check up onhim and just to see that they're
doing okay. Yeah, just keepingin touch. I betcha they love
that. Oh, yeah. They do. Justusually take them treats. Oh,
darn.
Unknown (32:48):
So I got a corny joke.
But do you keep up the you callthe people with dementia a
little more often. You call themlike once a week? Just want to
let you know, I haven't talkedto you forever. Yeah, that's one
of those was that movie 50 dateswith Adam Sandler's or something
(33:09):
like that with Drew Barrymorewhere she lives her memory every
night. Oh, I
Lorie Blythe (33:16):
don't think I've seen it. Come on. So movies, I
like to watch them except that,you know, the first 15 or 20
minutes if I sit down, I'musually asleep. And that's
Unknown (33:25):
my wife. We do movie night, every other Friday. And
she'll be like, completely like,oh, well, we were watching. Why
does it matter? You're gonnafall asleep. Right?
Lorie Blythe (33:33):
You wake up the next day. You're like, how that
end?
Unknown (33:37):
Oh, I wasn't interested. And none of the
movies. But hey, to each theirown. Kids enjoy because we get
candy and popcorn. All right,so. So what are you looking
forward towards the future? Iknow you started late in the
career. But were you looking tostart your own team than that?
She's not leaving the Stewarthome group right now. But maybe
(34:01):
possibly are you just lookingjust do what you're doing. And
Lorie Blythe (34:04):
I just want to continue doing what I'm doing.
No lofty goals of having my ownbrokerage, brokerage or anything
like that. I just want tocontinue being me and doing help
servicing or help service thecommunity that I am in. I've
been asked to grow a team. I'mreally just not interested in
(34:26):
that. I just want to I just wantto do me. Yeah.
Unknown (34:29):
It's a lot more stress at a certain time. Like if you
were 1920. I'd be like, Alright,now. Now that might be
different. But once you get tohere, just like, just don't want
to deal with it. Yeah, it'seasy. It's easier. Just do it
this way. It's part
Lorie Blythe (34:42):
of the reason why when I was looking for
brokerages, I knew what I didn'twant and that's what I just
didn't want. I don't I don'twant to have to be on a team or
have to be a team. I just wantto be able to be me. Yep.
Unknown (34:53):
And you don't have to babysit your kid. You're out.
Now don't worry about itanymore. You don't want it you
don't want more kids. All right.
No. Pets? No
Lorie Blythe (35:01):
pets. You know, it's funny. We had pets before
we had kids. But when my lastpet got hit by a car, it just
was too much to deal with. Andso we don't but I have a grand
dog now. Oh,
Unknown (35:16):
it's a lab is a lab.
Yeah, our family was like, youcan't go and like get dogs or I
mean, I'm a cat person anyways,but my wife is not. So we're
getting nothing. We got fish andwe had a frog for a little
while. But you can fish you canfeed them. You can go on
vacation. Come back feed themagain.
Lorie Blythe (35:36):
Yeah, but they don't really matter. Yeah. At
times, yes. Over the years toand they usually die.
Unknown (35:42):
But it's like, oh, we gotta go here. We gotta go
there. Okay, go home, let dogout. We gotta go. I'm like,
That's just too much. Right? SoI'm with yellow, no pets right
now. So all right, so let's gointo more of the, what are you
looking to do? Are you gonnaplan on doing real estate the
(36:04):
whole entire time? Or do youwant to retire at one point in
time? Are you just going to say,hey, look, I'll still be here
for you, even after
Lorie Blythe (36:11):
I retire. You know, I think that's kind of
where I'm going to be I don'tknow, because it doesn't feel
like a job. Really. I'm justhelping people. And so I don't
see myself stopping to retirejust because like, I don't know,
I just feel like that I'llprobably do this for as long as
I'm able, yeah,
Unknown (36:29):
me. It's not that stressful. It's a stressful job.
But it's not overwhelming nineto five, nine to six every
single day, you
Lorie Blythe (36:37):
can make it what you want to be. I mean, if you
want to be busy, you can bebusy, very busy. And if you need
to be laid back, you can dothat, too.
Unknown (36:46):
And the nice thing is, is what Rick and I talk with
people about is it's one ofthose jobs is once you do it for
so long, then you start gettingreferrals. So you're not having
to cold call bunch of people andall that other stuff. You just
get referrals and let's get onit's once you get old enough,
that might be just good enoughwhere people just call you Hey,
I'm ready to sell a home. Allright, let's go do this. Yeah.
(37:08):
So I love stories. And we've allmade mistakes. And we all learn
from mistakes. And we we've allhad new jobs. So is there
something you did when you firstgot into the business that
you're like, Man, I should havenever done that?
Lorie Blythe (37:23):
Yeah. I, I was my very first listing as a matter
of fact, and I got multipleoffers on it. And one of the
offers was $5,000 above the listprice. And that was before
multiple offers was really athing. It was just a very unique
(37:49):
situation. Yeah. So she the theagent, I put in a listing that
washer and dryer does not stay.
So in the purchase agreement, welooked at over and she snuck in
washer and dryer in the that itwas by with and so I didn't
notice it until after we alreadysigned. And I I went back to my
(38:09):
seller and I was like I think Ithink I overlooked this. And I
said I just want to let youknow, are you okay with letting
this washer and dryer go? Well,she of course they weren't
because it was brand new. Theyreally wanted that washer and
dryer. So I went to the agentand said, Does your buyer
(38:31):
absolutely have to have thatwasher and dryer and she started
laughing? And she was like, youmissed that? Didn't you guess
you're buying them a washer anddryer. So I bought them a washer
and dryer.
Unknown (38:48):
It's one of those things? Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (38:50):
I always look at that now. Yes. Hey,
Unknown (38:54):
nobody likes to make mistakes. But I will say this
right now, the quickest way tolearn is by making a mistake and
because you'll never make thatmistake ever again. But it's
just one of those things likewe've had last week somebody was
like, Yeah, I went and wrotedown the wrong number. They were
selling a couple units. Thisplace they wrote down the wrong
(39:14):
unit. Oops. And it's like yeah,so if there was like so they had
to identify them and all thatstuff, but there's like one
things you just don't thinkabout and you're just going
through the motion and then butthat's the nice thing with the
Stewart home group is we've hada couple of guys on there that
they'll go they go through thecontracts with you guys and yes,
let's be honest, we all makemistakes, but they go through it
(39:36):
with you guys. And she's like,Hey, this is this this is this
keep an eye out on this. That'stough stuff. But we still all
Lorie Blythe (39:42):
right. Yeah, there's always yeah, there's
we're human right? Yes.
Unknown (39:49):
But both people liked it. They got their washer dryer
and they got their new washerdryer, courtesy of you. Yeah,
exactly. So is there any Goodstories, good transaction that
you've had
Lorie Blythe (40:03):
a lot of great transit. All right, let's
Unknown (40:05):
hear a good story.
Lorie Blythe (40:07):
So, um, well, I've got a probably Gosh, I don't
even know which one to choose.
But I'm gonna go with my firstMillion Dollar Listing that my
client came to me she actuallywas a spin class participant and
came to me and I didn't knowthat she lived in the house that
(40:27):
she lived in. And when shereached out to me, I was like,
oh, yeah, go ahead and give meyour address. And she was like,
Oh, I thought you knew where Ilive in. No, I don't. So anyway,
went to her house. I was like,Oh, this is where you live.
Anyway, it beautiful house. Andso I listed that and so that was
my first Million Dollar Listing.
And before we sold it, we Ihelped them buy another house
(40:54):
that was that much or more. I
Unknown (40:57):
mean, normally people stay in that realm. So yeah,
congrats. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (41:00):
So so that was that was pretty cool that I had
no idea that she lived in a at ahouse like that. And it was just
I was very honored that shechose me. Yeah. All right.
Unknown (41:14):
So I know. You're You're not from the whole
Indianapolis area. So I'm kindof curious. When somebody comes
to visit you in your place.
What's a restaurant you go tothere? What's your favorite?
Lorie Blythe (41:28):
Lori's kitchen. I don't eat out a lot. So I guess
if we're going to do anythingeating out, I usually choose one
of the local Mexicanrestaurants. But I really like
to cook and eat at home there orhave my husband. He likes to
(41:48):
grill and in Smoke meat. And sowe'll do something like that.
But I like just our home cookedfood.
Unknown (41:54):
So what's your favorite thing to make at home?
Lorie Blythe (41:57):
My favorite thing?
I like a lot of differentthings. But I really love my
husband's brisket that hesmokes. Yep, on the smoker. So
it's pretty good. If
Ian Arnold (42:08):
you have not had them smoked like that. You don't
realize because I don't have asmoker right now. I don't have
the time with two young kids,but my neighbor does and so
he'll send some over. Oh mygoodness. It is a game changer.
Yeah. So if you have theopportunity, do it.
Lorie Blythe (42:23):
Yeah. Yeah, it's it's so good. All right, Laurie.
So
Unknown (42:28):
if somebody's listening to this, and they want to come
to your house for some smokebrisket, what's what's the best
way to get a hold of
Lorie Blythe (42:34):
you so they can call me or text me at
317-501-2298 they can also findme on social media. I'm on
Facebook and Instagram. And I'malso have an email address
Laurie at the Stewart homegroup.com
Unknown (42:49):
All right, and to get a hold of Rick or I just go to
hard working mortgage guys.comThat is hard working mortgage.
guys.com. Lord, thank you forjoining us on our show. It's
been a pleasure having you onand I might mean I'd like to
have you and and see how yourcareer continues taking off and
see how everybody just lovesyou.
Lorie Blythe (43:10):
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank
you.
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Unknown (01:41):
We have Laurie blinds here, and thank you for joining
us and everything. And so let'sget into a little bit about your
past. And because I know nowyou're you're becoming a season
guru for real estate. But thiswasn't your first career.
Lorie Blythe (01:57):
No, no, I was a nurse prior to becoming a real
estate agent. So I did that forover 20 years. I started out as
a student in the emergencydepartment at wizard hospital.
And after working there, Igraduated and I worked at in the
intensive care unit. And thetrauma ICU, was working on my
(02:20):
masters at that time, got mymaster's in nursing. And then I
worked with a group of surgeonswho did bariatric surgery. And I
was at IU north for almost 10years after that. So long time
being a nurse and just decidedthat maybe I needed a change.
(02:40):
But part of that change camebecause IU Health went through a
budget crisis. And there wereseveral people that were let go
given severance packages. I wasone of those folks that that got
a severance package and had tofind something different. So
bounced around different nursingjobs didn't really find anything
that was really hitting home.
Got into home health care. Andat that time, going in and out
(03:08):
of different restaurants to goto the bathroom. Actually, I ran
into who is now my currentmanaging broker. But at the time
we were acquaintances and shewas like, you know, if you ever
decide to change careers, let meknow. And I was like, you know,
I'm been nurse for so long, youprobably won't, but I'll take
(03:28):
your number. And thank you. Andso fast forward a few weeks
later, I was in Hobby Lobby andI met up with I saw a former
colleague of mine, and she was anurse and I hadn't seen her
probably in 10 years or more andjust making small talk. And, you
know, she was said, you know,how are you doing? What are you
(03:50):
know, what are you doing thesedays? And I was telling her and
so I asked her the same thing.
She could you'll never believewhat I'm doing. I'm doing real
estate and I was like, No way.
And so that was like my secondlittle like, Huh, what is this
real estate thing about? Andthen fast forward again, a few
weeks later, I was at the gym,and early in the morning like
(04:12):
5am and I saw a friend of minewho I know very well and I knew
she was real estate agent justencouraging her saying, you
know, keep up the good work. Andshe then said to me, have you
ever thought about going intoreal estate and I was like okay,
maybe it's time to check outthis real estate thing. And so I
did and that's kind of what ledme to, to real estate. So
Ian Arnold (04:35):
alright, so I always like to ask this question. So
everybody was out mister Mrs.
Jane, you about a real estatereal estate. But what was what
was your thought process on realestate what it was compared to
the reality check once you gotinto it.
Lorie Blythe (04:52):
So I mean, of course everybody knows that. As
a real estate agent you buy andsell houses, or help people buy
and sell houses. So don't dothat. So that was what I knew it
to be. And it still is thatrealistically, but there's a lot
of things that are behind thescenes that I wasn't aware of,
(05:13):
in terms of, you know,navigating and education and
writing the offer in such a waythat it can be a little
competitive, but yet not costthe buyer as much money. And
there's just ways to navigatethat, that help the buyer in
(05:34):
such a way that you wouldn'tnecessarily think of prior to
that, yeah, there.
Ian Arnold (05:39):
If you've never seen a sales contract, they are long,
and there's a lot of littleprint. So a lot of words. Like
when my wife and I went throughit, and the realtor was like,
Oh, you can do this, or you cando this, we can, oh, you really
liked that we can see if they'lljust keep that in the house. So
you know, I'm like, Yeah, this,this is new to me. So it is very
(06:03):
interesting what you can andcannot do. And then it, it seems
like it's pretty broad open onwhat you can ask for as a buyer
to a house and
Lorie Blythe (06:11):
stuff. So yeah, yeah. I mean, things you may not
want to necessarily put in thepurchase agreement, but you may
can be negotiated afterwards.
Unknown (06:19):
Well, great, but yeah, we'll go with it. So what is so
I think the one thing thatdefinitely helped you is your
nursing background, just becauseas I think a lot of real estate
agents say this is your morelike a psychiatrist sometimes
and therapy person. Yeah. Solet's talk about that. So do you
(06:41):
How have you seen that help you?
Lorie Blythe (06:44):
Well, it absolutely has helped me because
when when you're a nurse, youhave people who have a lot of
emotions at the bedside. And soyou you, You quickly learn how
to calm a room. And I think withreal estate, that that has come
to play more often than Ithought it would, is calming a
(07:05):
room, and just common emotionsand just, you know, having a
calm voice and talking to themjust matter of factly this is
what's happening here, or thisisn't a big deal. This is
something that happenssometimes. And we just have to,
you know, do X, Y and Z to getover this hurdle. And it'd be
fine. You know, so just calm ina room and just knowing how to
(07:27):
manage those emotions hashelped. It
Unknown (07:30):
is a lot of emotions, especially when it comes to
housing. I mean, it's one ofthose things that we see it is
you never know when you're goingto catch somebody, all right,
hey, they're having to sell aparent's home because they
passed or they have to olderkind of older people have to
downsize to go to a ranchbecause of their living ability.
(07:51):
Or, Hey, I just had a newborn. Ineed another bedroom. Yeah. So
Right. There is a lot.
Lorie Blythe (07:57):
Yeah. So that's one reason why I got my seniors
real estate specialistscertification. Because I have
that nursing background, I canhelp with those emotions and
things like that. But it just isa place for me to give and still
feel like that I'm helpingpeople in a way more so than
(08:21):
just buying or selling a house.
Unknown (08:24):
Yeah. So let's get into it. So what is the SR
certification? What what doesit? What is it and how does it
benefit them?
Lorie Blythe (08:33):
So it just gives me a senior's real estate
specialist has just a littlemore education, helping people
to move to a safer environment,whether that be with their
parent or with their kids orwith their maybe it's an
assisted living facility, maybeit's a nursing home, maybe it's
just a ranch with no stairs andtheir washer and dryer isn't in
(08:56):
the basement, you know, butmaybe it's just helping navigate
that. And then also knowing thatin my own family, I have some
family members with dementia andAlzheimer's and so I can also
help navigate that as well. AndI have a lot of resources, not
just from real estate, but frommy nursing background as well
(09:20):
that can help them get thingsthat they are needed. Yep.
Unknown (09:24):
And I'm telling you this right now we've dealt with
it through my family. If youhaven't been through something
like that, you don't know whatit's like. Like, for instance,
my grandfather and grandmother,my grandfather, mentally was
there. Physically, his body wastearing but my grandma was the
opposite her body she was great.
But her mind she had dementiaand she just was would just walk
(09:45):
into the house not and so itbecame a big issue but then do
have the conversations and triedto be like look, you have to
move we have to go to CES livewhere you can't live I guess.
Yeah, that was hard one on myparents which trying to tell
your parents so you watch it andbut I think with you having that
background would definitely helpto come in there and be the
(10:06):
third party. Right. So I'mtelling this right now,
somebody's listening to this andyou need that third party
contact Laurie. And why I justsaid that what's the best way
someone get a hold of you.
Lorie Blythe (10:19):
So call or text is the best way to reach me 317501
to 298 You can also email me atLaurie at the Stewart home
group.gmail.com And so Laurie isspelled Lor IE.
Unknown (10:34):
Yep, there you go. See, she knows how to spell Maroney.
Good job. All right. So youmentioned you're at the store at
HomeGroup. And I know we've hadseveral of you guys on there. So
did you start with them? Or didyou just jump? Or did you find
them later?
Lorie Blythe (10:50):
So that's an interesting question that you
asked me and people don'tbelieve me when I say this. But
I interviewed 47 agents and orbrokers before I chose the
steward home group. And I cameback to the steward home group
three times. And on the thirdvisit, I decided to go with them
and I have not regretted it onebit. It's the absolute best fit
(11:13):
for me. The our managing broker,Stephanie is amazing. And she
will do anything for our agents.
And it's been it's been great.
Okay,
Unknown (11:23):
so we've all interviewed for jobs. So what
what made it stand out over theother 40? Yeah, what was the
connection? What was how,though?
Lorie Blythe (11:34):
Well, I didn't necessarily know what I wanted
in an agency, but I knew what Ididn't want. And so I was able
to quickly cross people off mylist when I heard certain things
that I was like, okay, that'snot for me. I'm, I'm big on
being fair. And big onopportunity. I'm also, I can't
(11:57):
stand when people nitpick ortalk about that people are
backstab. And not that everybodyelse did that. But if I felt any
sort of that, I was like, Okay,this isn't for me. So I knew I
knew quickly, and I don't feelthat at all. No, that's all.
Unknown (12:17):
And that's one of those things that as you get my wife
and I this, because as you getolder, it's not about the money.
It's not that it's about theenvironment and wanting to go to
work. As soon as you don't wantto go to work. There's issues.
Yeah. And I think this over yourlong, I mean, you were in the
nursing for so long, and thenyou're jumping to this, you're
(12:39):
like, like, I want something I'mgonna feel comfortable with.
Right? That's awesome that theywere able to do that. So how
have they mentored you?
Lorie Blythe (12:48):
So Stephanie is great about having education,
and we have lunch and learnsprobably every other week. We
also have impromptu justmeetings where, okay, there's a
new document out, we need tolearn about this or just
something new that's in theindustry that we need to know
about. And she's really goodabout making sure that we have
(13:10):
all of the resources at ourfingertips.
Unknown (13:13):
So is there a certain when you got in and they're
like, Hey, here's one, here's afew words of wisdom. Is there
anything that anybody gave you.
Lorie Blythe (13:23):
Stephanie encouraged me to be myself. And
that's probably the best advicethat she gave me. It's just be
who I am, and be real and trueto myself. And she's really good
about allowing us to brandourselves, which I've done that
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my logo if you've ever seen it,it says Laurie Blythe the real
estate nurse. And so people arelike, what does that even mean?
And it's because they didn'treally want to lose my identity.
As a nurse. I wanted to keepthat. But then I've kind of
branched off into that. And sowith the seniors real estate
specialists certification, Ialso give back a lot to the
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community in the senior citizensarena, and mostly in Morgan
County, because that's where Ilive, but I'm, I do a lot with
the Mooresville Senior Center.
I'm now actually a board memberthere. I also volunteer at a
senior retreat in Martinsville,which is an adult daycare for
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mostly dementia. Ice sponsortheir live music once a month by
having somebody sing and playguitar to them, which is
amazing. I volunteer doingcrafts there once a month. I
also do bingo for theMorrisville Senior Center. I
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also sponsor movies once a monthin Morrisville at the
Morrisville cinema where seniorscan come for free to watch a
movie they just bring You cangood that goes to the mission.
And yeah, so I just do a lot ofgiving back to the community. I
feel very blessed that I've beengiven this opportunity to make
(15:09):
an impact. And I've alwayswanted to volunteer as a nurse,
but I really didn't have themeans or the time it time to do
it. Because 12 hour shifts, youknow, you just really don't get
that opportunity. But now that Ido, I thrive with that. And I
love it. It just it truly, itjust feeds my soul. That's,
Unknown (15:34):
that is awesome. I mean, and I liked that you found
your niche. Yeah. Becausethere's a lot of agents out
there, even ones that been outthere for a while. They don't
really have their niche. Youfound yours. And you know,
you've found out alright, thisis where I'm gonna go. This is
where I'm gonna invest my timeat. That's phenomenal.
Lorie Blythe (15:53):
Yeah, I mean, it's not that I love, love, love
first time homebuyers. They'reamazing to work with, because of
the education piece of it. Butagain, that comes back from my
nursing. You know, I did a lotof education. And it just kind
of falls in there. But yeah, Ireally love this senior crowd.
Unknown (16:11):
Well, it's a nice thing is sometimes a niche can get the
wrong. Wrong thought process is,as you were just saying is when
I say niche, some people arelike, well, that's only who I
know. I might focus most oflike, 80% my time there. Yeah,
because that's where my businesscomes from now, but I'm also
(16:31):
Hey, you want an investmentproperty? I know some you want,
you need a first time homebuyer,let's go with get you one. Let's
go do this. So sometimes a nichecan get the bad thing. But guess
what your niche is just my mainpriority is here to a point.
Yeah. But then I'm still goingto take care of other people.
Absolutely. So I always like toask them good questions. So
(16:53):
let's put the real estate sideapart. Let's talk about you. So
if I take away your phone, youcannot work for 24 hours. What
are we actually doing for fun?
Lorie Blythe (17:03):
I'll probably be exercising. I am a personal
trainer on the side too. I teacha fitness, class spin. It's a
stationary bicycle. Okay. And soI teach that twice a week. And
then I also have a few clientsin the morning that I train. So
exercise probably would be thething that I would do. But yeah,
take my phone away from me. AndI probably would freak out.
Unknown (17:27):
That's most people.
Most times I add to that afteryou get done in a having a heart
attack on the ground, you standup. But So what made you get
into the spin spin classes andstuff? Well,
Lorie Blythe (17:40):
I actually I started out with a personal
trainer, and had that personaltrainer for eight years before I
got my own personal trainingcertification. But just being in
the gym and seeing and somebodyasked me to fill in one time,
and I did and I thought well,this is kind of fun. So I just
kinda went with it. I
Unknown (17:58):
think classes are the way to do it. Because my wife
was a personal trainer for alittle while. Yeah. And she got
tired people not showing up andall this stuff. And she just
irritated her so much. She'slike I'm done with this. Yeah,
Lorie Blythe (18:09):
it doesn't really irritate me too much because I
can usually fill in my gaps ifsomebody cancels on me. I got
something else to fill that voidwith real estate especially
because I can like okay, I'vegot my my computer here. I got
my phone, I can reach out to afew people. So that doesn't
bother me
Unknown (18:23):
so much. So do you bike on the streets, though? No.
Okay. No, I
Lorie Blythe (18:27):
had a bike at one point and traffic scares me.
Yes.
Unknown (18:31):
Well, so those bikers scare me. Yeah, we'll be driving
down the street and there'll belike anyone I know understand
what they're doing. And I'm notgoing to I don't try to I don't
try to drive too close. So butthere's there are some dangerous
roads at times. Can you moveover to choose a different path?
Lorie Blythe (18:51):
Yeah, I know I that's traffic just scared me
too much. So no, I don't Iactually sold my road bike.
Unknown (18:58):
Which I don't blame you. I mean, the way I smelt 10
years ago, I think about when itstarted taking off here in
Indiana. It just blew up isbasically the way Pickleball is
blown up lately here. And youprobably see a lot of that was
your that's what you need tosponsor is pickleball
pickleball.
Lorie Blythe (19:17):
I've never played but i Everybody says you need to
so maybe we'll just
Unknown (19:21):
go out to a court put up a sign. Hey, you want to talk
real estate certified. They'lltalk to you why they're not
having a play, right. But it wasit brought my kids in during the
summer last year and they put anew park over here in Carmel.
And I'm like, well, I'll takethem over there for lunch and
they can go and play the board.
They had a board with names.
(19:44):
There's a long line pickleballcourt was filled with all like,
wow, this is what retirementlooks like nowadays. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (19:51):
No, it's great though. I love it. No, no, it's
Unknown (19:54):
I think one thing that I think COVID did to everybody
is is like you enjoy When youcan go out and do stuff and be
with people, because beinglocked in your house is not fun.
You can't even go, they didn'twant to go to the grocery
stores, you're like, oh. But nowespecially with the elderly, I
(20:14):
mean, they can get out there andsee their friends, they can go
be active. And that's thebiggest thing is being active at
their age. Because let's behonest, my parents are not the
best. But hopefully they're notlistening to this, but they're
not as active since theyretired. And I tried to get them
to be more hey, go out, butthey're not really sports people
and stuff like I am. Which weirdbut sweet works. Alright, so
(20:39):
we'll get back a little bit moreon the real estate side. Okay.
All right. So, where how do youI know you mark it for the
senior citizens and everything.
So do you use a CRM? Do you putthem in there to follow up with
them constantly? How do you keeppace with everybody?
Lorie Blythe (20:56):
So I mean, I do have a database and a
spreadsheet of people that areis your sphere, my sphere. I do
social media. I'm in front ofthem a lot. And I think that
that's the biggest thing is I'min front of them a lot. And
these different events that I dohelped me to just they they
(21:19):
recognize me like oh, there'sLaurie you know, what you got
for us today? I give away a lotof promo items. So chip clips
and magnets that go on therefrigerator and bags and
notepads and you know, all theall the little trinkets that
they love to pick up and andkeep so
Unknown (21:39):
Oh, where's the good stuff? The cookies, candy?
Lorie Blythe (21:43):
I have a little bit too.
Unknown (21:47):
So when you mentioned social media, where is it?
Mostly Facebook? Is it
Lorie Blythe (21:51):
so Facebook and Instagram? Mostly I do LinkedIn
sometimes. Honestly, I'm more onFacebook than I am anything
else.
Unknown (21:59):
So we're not gonna see your dance moves and all that
stuff.
Lorie Blythe (22:02):
You know, I, I will do that occasionally with
my daughter. She's on the tictoc thing and will occasionally
do one of those dances. But thatwas I know. That's not my thing.
I'll do video and things likethat for my listings and just
things things like that. But So
Unknown (22:17):
how old is your daughter?
Lorie Blythe (22:18):
She's 18. Okay,
Unknown (22:19):
so has she thought about doing real estate or what
Lorie Blythe (22:22):
she thinks? So she's actually in cosmetology.
Greg's going to be graduatingfrom that this year, as well as
also from high school. So she'sdoing both at the same time. And
so she'll graduate from both ofthem in May. And real estate,
she started being my assistant.
So she's helping me out a fewhours a week. Not very, not very
much. But it's not. It's not herfirst choice, but it may be a
(22:43):
second or third
Unknown (22:48):
is interesting how many kids? Now she didn't grow with
you doing the whole time. Butyou we watch it and they're
like, No, I hate real estate.
Yeah, I'm never gonna do it. Myparents were always she hates
Lorie Blythe (22:58):
that. I'm on the phone all the time. She's, she's
like, you're always on yourphone, I know.
Unknown (23:03):
But in about 10 years, she'd be like, maybe I should do
this real estate thing. So it isinteresting. How many come back
to it. And it was like, Oh, thatwas the right job. I just had to
go try something different torealize it. Yeah. So is that
your only kid?
Lorie Blythe (23:19):
No, I've got my son is 25. And he is an H fac.
And I've got a daughter in lawnow. So he just got recently
married last September. So Oh,yeah. So I've gained another
daughter, which is great. Andyeah, so he does H back. And so
I think that you know, he'sstarted doing some stuff on the
(23:39):
side. So it's gonna work outthat I can, you know, obviously,
maybe refer some business to himtoo. No,
Unknown (23:45):
no, no. So what I really heard was, hey, look, if
you're looking at selling a homeor buying a home he he or she
knows a guy got a guy that makesit nice and easy. Yeah. So does
did he think about doingreselling real estate or is he
completely he loves what hedoes? Yeah, he
Lorie Blythe (24:05):
really loves what he does. And he's he does
plumbing too. But mostly H Beckis what he what His love is and
so yeah, he does. He does that.
That's good. That's good.
Unknown (24:13):
I mean, you still need the the trades guys. And not to
mention and that's the one thingI think the our industry or our
whole society has lost loss inthere is like Oh, go to college,
you can go to this. Well, youstill need a guy to do some work
around your house. You stillneed a plumber, you still need
(24:35):
an electrician. So that's whatmy kids are young. So I've
taught briefly talked about butI don't push him any particular
way. But I'm like there'smultiple options tracks you can
make good job. That's absolutelyas micro would say. Yes. If
that's dirty jobs guy if nobodyknows. Sometimes I throw out
references. Now. All right, soI'm gonna ask Rick's favorite
(24:56):
question. Greg's favorite. Yeah.
Okay. What's your superpower?
Lorie Blythe (25:01):
I feel like that I can connect with people. And I
feel like I'm approachable, thatI'm likeable. And most people
find me very trustworthy to knowyou're not. So people that you
know, like and trust you, youwill do business with. And so
that's what I tried to be. And
Unknown (25:21):
that's huge, especially in real estate, because let's be
honest, the house more or less,for most people is the biggest
investment or purchase you'regonna make your whole entire
life. So if you don't trust thatperson, something's wrong,
right? So and let's be honest,though, most times, you don't
know too many people when you'relooking at selling or by working
(25:42):
with them, you may know him afew weeks before the process
even gets going. Right. So to beable to get people to trust you
quickly, is a huge problem, ahuge issue to get. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (25:52):
And I you know, I usually just tell him, you know,
my story, and you know, that Iwas a nurse before I did this
and, and just kind of tell themmy thing, and they're like, oh,
wow, that's kind of cool. Andthen we usually find a
connection. Somebody knows anurse somewhere in their life.
No,
Unknown (26:07):
no, nobody knows nurses. So, midterms ask you
this question earlier. So I sawyour little logo. Yeah, oh,
let's talk about this. Sodescribe your logo. So people
who are not watching this cannotsee because they can't see it.
Lorie Blythe (26:23):
So it's got my name in cursive Laurie Blythe.
And then at the top, it's got aheartbeat that you would see on
it on an EKG. And it's normalsinus rhythm. But at the very
end, there's a little like houseat the end of that normal sinus
rhythm beat. And then underneathof it, it says, The Real Estate
(26:43):
nurse.
Unknown (26:44):
Yep. And what that really tells you is guess what?
It's not a straight line. Soyou're still living, let's go
buy a house.
Lorie Blythe (26:51):
I love that new tagline. So I always add to
that, you know, I'm the realtorwho truly cares for her clients.
So that
Unknown (27:02):
I mean, and that's awesome, especially coming from
your background, I saw that. AndI was like, Oh, that's awesome.
Great job on whoever marketedthat to you. Or if you thought
I've earned your own great job,
Lorie Blythe (27:14):
I didn't think of it on my own. I kind of did, I
actually was working with a logoperson who helped me design it.
And she just sort of jumped intomy brain and pulled it out and
came up with exactly what it waswhat I was like thinking. So
Unknown (27:28):
you gotta have artistic people sometimes, because I'm
not one of them. So ifsomebody's listening to this,
and they have questions aboutreal estate, or possibly moving
their parents to a differentfacility, or whatever they got,
what's the best way they can getin touch with you? The
Lorie Blythe (27:45):
best way is by phone, you can call me or text
me at 317-501-2298. I also haveemail, which is Laurie at the
Stewart home group.com.
Unknown (27:56):
All right, so now we'll get into the question of the
week and kind of curious on thisone. What was your first car?
Lorie Blythe (28:03):
My first car was a two toned blue caprice classic,
okay. And it was my grandpa, itwas my grandpa's car. And he
sold it to me. And it was myvery first loan that I ever had,
because they wanted me to help,you know, build my credit or
whatever my second car had orwas a white Cadillac that was
(28:26):
longer than a building. And ithad a shock that was broke on
it. And we called it the LandYacht, because it was like
really bouncy.
Unknown (28:37):
Yeah, most people don't realize once the shocks will
still somewhat work. But whathappens is they lose the ability
to hold up. So what when you hita bump, it just, they just keep
going. So if you hit if you godown a bumpy road, you will be
balancing for a while. Right?
Right? Yeah. But it's good thatyour, your grandparent wanted
(28:58):
you to not just do the loan, butit builds that you're helping
pay for the car. So it buildsmore of a sense of
responsibility that you're goingto help take care of this car
instead of let's be honest, weall have kids, we give them
something and oh, they love itfor a couple of seconds and then
next thing you know it'sdestroyed. Right? So good job
parents grandparents.
Lorie Blythe (29:22):
So what do you drive now? Right now I drive a
Toyota four runner so I've got akind of a cool story. i This is
my second four runner that I'veowned. I bought this one just
last year. It's new. The otherone that I bought bought was new
also in 2004 still have it andit's got 365,000 miles on it.
Unknown (29:43):
That's what I'm talking about. You're never gonna You
can't sell me until you knowbecause I've been sold for a
long time I love them. Mineright now as I have 160k on it
and I'm no Knock on wood Butyeah, barely had do any
maintenance Besides regular oilchanges and stuff like a couple
little things here and there,but nothing may outrageous.
Yeah, it just keeps going. Iwant to keep it till my son can
(30:06):
drive. I don't know, mentallyI'll be able to do that.
Lorie Blythe (30:10):
It cost you 5000 Miles maybe the car will last.
Unknown (30:14):
Yeah, mentally. I always look, do I want a new
car, I want a new car. I wantit. I want this. That's where
I'm at. But I was like, well,maybe I'll just get one a
different because my, mydaughter is obsessed with
Wranglers. And I would like oneor a gladiator, which is the
Wrangler truck. But and I waslike, well, maybe I'll just do
(30:35):
that and just use that on theweekends. And this will drive
the Toyota throughout the week.
And I was like that will make itlast longer. And then I could
just give it and it'd be cheaperthan having to do anything else.
So yeah, I know you're married.
So what does your husband do? He
Lorie Blythe (30:54):
works at Martin Marietta, which is a gravel pit
and he's worked there for almost40 years.
Unknown (31:00):
So not very long, not very long.
Lorie Blythe (31:03):
He is I think, counting down the days to
retirement. But no, he he'sworked there for a lot of years.
Unknown (31:11):
So as soon as he retires, you're gonna be like,
Alright, now you work for me.
You're my assistant. So
Lorie Blythe (31:15):
he's he actually does a little bit to help me
out, you know, his signs andstuff like that. So yeah, I
mean, he might, I might put himto work a little bit more.
Unknown (31:25):
Nothing more than working at the house. You know?
Hey, go put the signs out. Takesome pictures.
Lorie Blythe (31:32):
Yeah, no, we also have my father in law has 125
acre farm that we also do. Oh,wow. That keeps him pretty busy.
Where's that at? It's inMonrovia.
Unknown (31:42):
It's him? Or Oh, yeah.
Your whole family just there. Soyou can you walk around town
without people not knowing who
Lorie Blythe (31:49):
you are. I know a lot of people. It's great. It's
good for you,
Unknown (31:54):
though. Yeah. So let's get into this. So do you after
you sell a home? Or do youconsistently do follow up with
people or and how does thatlook? Yeah, so I
Lorie Blythe (32:08):
obviously send out like calendars every year. And
you know, that everybody puts ontheir on their refrigerators,
the Colts magnets and thingslike that. But I also still do
keep in contact with people justto see how they're doing.
Especially my elderly folks,too, because I there's one that
(32:29):
I moved into a nursing home andso I go and visit her every so
often. And just to check up onhim and just to see that they're
doing okay. Yeah, just keepingin touch. I betcha they love
that. Oh, yeah. They do. Justusually take them treats. Oh,
darn.
Unknown (32:48):
So I got a corny joke.
But do you keep up the you callthe people with dementia a
little more often. You call themlike once a week? Just want to
let you know, I haven't talkedto you forever. Yeah, that's one
of those was that movie 50 dateswith Adam Sandler's or something
(33:09):
like that with Drew Barrymorewhere she lives her memory every
night. Oh, I
Lorie Blythe (33:16):
don't think I've seen it. Come on. So movies, I
like to watch them except that,you know, the first 15 or 20
minutes if I sit down, I'musually asleep. And that's
Unknown (33:25):
my wife. We do movie night, every other Friday. And
she'll be like, completely like,oh, well, we were watching. Why
does it matter? You're gonnafall asleep. Right?
Lorie Blythe (33:33):
You wake up the next day. You're like, how that
end?
Unknown (33:37):
Oh, I wasn't interested. And none of the
movies. But hey, to each theirown. Kids enjoy because we get
candy and popcorn. All right,so. So what are you looking
forward towards the future? Iknow you started late in the
career. But were you looking tostart your own team than that?
She's not leaving the Stewarthome group right now. But maybe
(34:01):
possibly are you just lookingjust do what you're doing. And
Lorie Blythe (34:04):
I just want to continue doing what I'm doing.
No lofty goals of having my ownbrokerage, brokerage or anything
like that. I just want tocontinue being me and doing help
servicing or help service thecommunity that I am in. I've
been asked to grow a team. I'mreally just not interested in
(34:26):
that. I just want to I just wantto do me. Yeah.
Unknown (34:29):
It's a lot more stress at a certain time. Like if you
were 1920. I'd be like, Alright,now. Now that might be
different. But once you get tohere, just like, just don't want
to deal with it. Yeah, it'seasy. It's easier. Just do it
this way. It's part
Lorie Blythe (34:42):
of the reason why when I was looking for
brokerages, I knew what I didn'twant and that's what I just
didn't want. I don't I don'twant to have to be on a team or
have to be a team. I just wantto be able to be me. Yep.
Unknown (34:53):
And you don't have to babysit your kid. You're out.
Now don't worry about itanymore. You don't want it you
don't want more kids. All right.
No. Pets? No
Lorie Blythe (35:01):
pets. You know, it's funny. We had pets before
we had kids. But when my lastpet got hit by a car, it just
was too much to deal with. Andso we don't but I have a grand
dog now. Oh,
Unknown (35:16):
it's a lab is a lab.
Yeah, our family was like, youcan't go and like get dogs or I
mean, I'm a cat person anyways,but my wife is not. So we're
getting nothing. We got fish andwe had a frog for a little
while. But you can fish you canfeed them. You can go on
vacation. Come back feed themagain.
Lorie Blythe (35:36):
Yeah, but they don't really matter. Yeah. At
times, yes. Over the years toand they usually die.
Unknown (35:42):
But it's like, oh, we gotta go here. We gotta go
there. Okay, go home, let dogout. We gotta go. I'm like,
That's just too much. Right? SoI'm with yellow, no pets right
now. So all right, so let's gointo more of the, what are you
looking to do? Are you gonnaplan on doing real estate the
(36:04):
whole entire time? Or do youwant to retire at one point in
time? Are you just going to say,hey, look, I'll still be here
for you, even after
Lorie Blythe (36:11):
I retire. You know, I think that's kind of
where I'm going to be I don'tknow, because it doesn't feel
like a job. Really. I'm justhelping people. And so I don't
see myself stopping to retirejust because like, I don't know,
I just feel like that I'llprobably do this for as long as
I'm able, yeah,
Unknown (36:29):
me. It's not that stressful. It's a stressful job.
But it's not overwhelming nineto five, nine to six every
single day, you
Lorie Blythe (36:37):
can make it what you want to be. I mean, if you
want to be busy, you can bebusy, very busy. And if you need
to be laid back, you can dothat, too.
Unknown (36:46):
And the nice thing is, is what Rick and I talk with
people about is it's one ofthose jobs is once you do it for
so long, then you start gettingreferrals. So you're not having
to cold call bunch of people andall that other stuff. You just
get referrals and let's get onit's once you get old enough,
that might be just good enoughwhere people just call you Hey,
I'm ready to sell a home. Allright, let's go do this. Yeah.
(37:08):
So I love stories. And we've allmade mistakes. And we all learn
from mistakes. And we we've allhad new jobs. So is there
something you did when you firstgot into the business that
you're like, Man, I should havenever done that?
Lorie Blythe (37:23):
Yeah. I, I was my very first listing as a matter
of fact, and I got multipleoffers on it. And one of the
offers was $5,000 above the listprice. And that was before
multiple offers was really athing. It was just a very unique
(37:49):
situation. Yeah. So she the theagent, I put in a listing that
washer and dryer does not stay.
So in the purchase agreement, welooked at over and she snuck in
washer and dryer in the that itwas by with and so I didn't
notice it until after we alreadysigned. And I I went back to my
(38:09):
seller and I was like I think Ithink I overlooked this. And I
said I just want to let youknow, are you okay with letting
this washer and dryer go? Well,she of course they weren't
because it was brand new. Theyreally wanted that washer and
dryer. So I went to the agentand said, Does your buyer
(38:31):
absolutely have to have thatwasher and dryer and she started
laughing? And she was like, youmissed that? Didn't you guess
you're buying them a washer anddryer. So I bought them a washer
and dryer.
Unknown (38:48):
It's one of those things? Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (38:50):
I always look at that now. Yes. Hey,
Unknown (38:54):
nobody likes to make mistakes. But I will say this
right now, the quickest way tolearn is by making a mistake and
because you'll never make thatmistake ever again. But it's
just one of those things likewe've had last week somebody was
like, Yeah, I went and wrotedown the wrong number. They were
selling a couple units. Thisplace they wrote down the wrong
(39:14):
unit. Oops. And it's like yeah,so if there was like so they had
to identify them and all thatstuff, but there's like one
things you just don't thinkabout and you're just going
through the motion and then butthat's the nice thing with the
Stewart home group is we've hada couple of guys on there that
they'll go they go through thecontracts with you guys and yes,
let's be honest, we all makemistakes, but they go through it
(39:36):
with you guys. And she's like,Hey, this is this this is this
keep an eye out on this. That'stough stuff. But we still all
Lorie Blythe (39:42):
right. Yeah, there's always yeah, there's
we're human right? Yes.
Unknown (39:49):
But both people liked it. They got their washer dryer
and they got their new washerdryer, courtesy of you. Yeah,
exactly. So is there any Goodstories, good transaction that
you've had
Lorie Blythe (40:03):
a lot of great transit. All right, let's
Unknown (40:05):
hear a good story.
Lorie Blythe (40:07):
So, um, well, I've got a probably Gosh, I don't
even know which one to choose.
But I'm gonna go with my firstMillion Dollar Listing that my
client came to me she actuallywas a spin class participant and
came to me and I didn't knowthat she lived in the house that
(40:27):
she lived in. And when shereached out to me, I was like,
oh, yeah, go ahead and give meyour address. And she was like,
Oh, I thought you knew where Ilive in. No, I don't. So anyway,
went to her house. I was like,Oh, this is where you live.
Anyway, it beautiful house. Andso I listed that and so that was
my first Million Dollar Listing.
And before we sold it, we Ihelped them buy another house
(40:54):
that was that much or more. I
Unknown (40:57):
mean, normally people stay in that realm. So yeah,
congrats. Yeah.
Lorie Blythe (41:00):
So so that was that was pretty cool that I had
no idea that she lived in a at ahouse like that. And it was just
I was very honored that shechose me. Yeah. All right.
Unknown (41:14):
So I know. You're You're not from the whole
Indianapolis area. So I'm kindof curious. When somebody comes
to visit you in your place.
What's a restaurant you go tothere? What's your favorite?
Lorie Blythe (41:28):
Lori's kitchen. I don't eat out a lot. So I guess
if we're going to do anythingeating out, I usually choose one
of the local Mexicanrestaurants. But I really like
to cook and eat at home there orhave my husband. He likes to
(41:48):
grill and in Smoke meat. And sowe'll do something like that.
But I like just our home cookedfood.
Unknown (41:54):
So what's your favorite thing to make at home?
Lorie Blythe (41:57):
My favorite thing?
I like a lot of differentthings. But I really love my
husband's brisket that hesmokes. Yep, on the smoker. So
it's pretty good. If
Ian Arnold (42:08):
you have not had them smoked like that. You don't
realize because I don't have asmoker right now. I don't have
the time with two young kids,but my neighbor does and so
he'll send some over. Oh mygoodness. It is a game changer.
Yeah. So if you have theopportunity, do it.
Lorie Blythe (42:23):
Yeah. Yeah, it's it's so good. All right, Laurie.
So
Unknown (42:28):
if somebody's listening to this, and they want to come
to your house for some smokebrisket, what's what's the best
way to get a hold of
Lorie Blythe (42:34):
you so they can call me or text me at
317-501-2298 they can also findme on social media. I'm on
Facebook and Instagram. And I'malso have an email address
Laurie at the Stewart homegroup.com
Unknown (42:49):
All right, and to get a hold of Rick or I just go to
hard working mortgage guys.comThat is hard working mortgage.
guys.com. Lord, thank you forjoining us on our show. It's
been a pleasure having you onand I might mean I'd like to
have you and and see how yourcareer continues taking off and
see how everybody just lovesyou.
Lorie Blythe (43:10):
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank
you.
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