You’re at a meeting for real estate office managers.  They hand out an agenda.  The meeting progresses.  You see a person across the table with their eyes down and pen working.  They’re taking notes, right?

Ever wonder what people are actually scribbling on their meeting agenda? 

Okay, look above.  Here is someone’s notes.  What do the “notes” mean?  They look more like rough cartoons … or products of a tilted mind. 

Are these scribbles a comment on the market?  Do they offer an insight into the state of the real estate world more accurate than charts?  Do they reflect the mind set of today’s manager?  If so, should we be worried or optimistic?

Or are these images just what they appear to be a first look … the product of person who can’t knit at meetings, so does about the same thing with a pen.  These doodlers keep one ear on the meeting the other on the murmurings of their fevered brain.  They are “in” the meeting, but not totally “of” the meeting.

Yet, if there are psychologists out there … analyze these doodles for us.  What is the state of the residential real estate market in the Seattle area?