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The Origins of Housechick

July 24, 2007 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Odds and Ends 

I don’t know if you know this, but I’ve been calling myself the Housechick for just about 4 years now.  That’s my website, too: www.Housechick.com.  I gotta tell ya: when you call yourself the Housechick, you’ve really got to go all out.  There’s no halfway for a name like that.

I realize it’s an unusual choice.  Most people find it amusing, or at least interesting.  At the bare minimum, it’s memorable. 

I like giving out my email address over the phone, it’s always the same reaction:

“Okay, here’s my email, it’s Kelley k-e-l-l-E-y”  (pause for the person on the other end of the phone to write it down)

“At Housechick (small pause) dot com”

They always ask, “Did you say House… Chick?”

And I assure them, yes, indeed I did, and spell it out for them.  There’s always some kind of comment after that: a little giggle, a drawn out oooookkkkaaaaaayyyyyyy, some sort of small remark.

So, you know, I know it’s not typical.  In my years as an agent in Tucson, I’ve only had one person object to that moniker, at least to my face – he thought it was unprofessional, although he had known me for about 5 seconds when he said that.  Oh well – not a bad track record, all in all.

When I started in real estate, it was only natural for me to build a website immediately, as both my husband and I have degrees in software.  We stumbled onto the idea of Housechick while brainstorming for domain names one night, and it was the one idea that stuck.  It’s catchy, it’s unique, and it sounded like a lot of fun.

So here I am, 4 years later, as the Housechick, ready to serve.  It’s become a nickname for me around the office – you never know when someone is going to yell it out to get my attention.  That’s always good for a couple head-turns when an acquaintance yells it out in a crowded place.

 And that’s my story.  Some folks ask how I got the name.  So there you go.

Now, who’s your Housechick, baby?

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