Residential

“Nuclear family?” asks Miriam, jokingly. “Sometimes it seems more like we’re a nuclear explosion – we’re all OVER the place! The kids are off at college on opposite sides of the country, Rich seems to be on the road five weeks a month, and I’m out showing properties five or six days a week. I think the dog’s getting ready to take a night job just to have someone to talk to!” Our Genie really helps us keep it together, though. With the family plan, we each have our own Genie number, so staying in touch is easy and cheap – and that’s VERY important.

Samuel and Rebecca have local numbers at school, which helps keep the cost way down. They can get Rich or me with a local call, and they can send voice messages for free. And Rich just uses Genie’s local access numbers wherever he happens to be so he gets the same.

I use my Genie number for all my real estate contacts, too, which really makes things easy. No more putting my office number, my cell phone number and home number on the business card. Now my clients have just the one number to use, no matter what. I pride myself on giving personalize service, but I wasn’t thrilled getting calls at home from a buyer panicking at 2 in the morning about the closing!

The kids also each have their own GenieBank ATM cards, which makes things a lot easier. Now, when time rolls around for new books and such, we can send them money without having to pay Western Union or worry about checks getting lost in the mail.