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Last week this Sacramento Realtor ® received a phone call that shocked and saddened me.
A long standing home buyer and home seller died at age 49. His name was Sergei and when I first met him I had the dickens of a time trying to remember how to pronounce his name.
He gave me a simple remedy…he said, “ I am a Sir and not gay”. And that was how I learned how to pronounce Sergei having never had a Russian client or Russian friend before.
Whenever we spoke or saw one another at his business, there were always plenty of smiles and laughs. He was quite a guy and was working on getting his American citizenship this year which he was so proud of.
I sold Sergei’s home in Natomas back in 2001 and he and his family purchased another home from me as well as selling that one later and buying yet another house.
This week I will attend the memorial for Sergei at his business in Greenhaven where he was a tailor at Alterations Express.
Sergei was so proud that he was designated as the #1 tailor in the Sacramento area by Sacramento Magazine in 2004 and whenever you called his business the message recording would say, “You have reached Alterations Express, voted best of Sacramento.”
I will miss the conversations we had and his witty ways. Sergei was not just a past client but became a friend as most of my clients do. It’s hard to lose a friend.
Goodbye Sergei…I’ll miss you
