Musings from a realtor: 1) We spend a lot of time working to convince people that other people arent trying to screw them over. 2) 99.9% of the time, people arent trying to screw you over. 3) If you dont trust your realtor, ask yourself these questions: a) do I tend to mistrust most people? or, b) do I just mistrust this person? If the answer is b, get a new realtor. If the answer is a, get a therapist. 4) Finding the home or finding the buyer for your home is a small part of the entire process. A large percentage of the work happens after you go under contract. 5) If the considerable number of bumps in the road during the real estate process dont actually jostle the transaction enough for the client to experience them, people think we make too much money. If the road is so bumpy the client feels them, they think were idiots. 6) While 6% seems big, 3% immediately goes to whichever agent brings the buyer, 1% goes to our broker, 1% goes to taxes, and the remaining 1% is for marketing your home, providing for the team that serves you, and feeding my pets. There isnt much left for me to give you a discount. 7) Contrary to popular belief, we dont work every evening and weekend. I start my day at 8:30 a.m. and end at 7:00 p.m. M-F, Sat a.m. by appt only. Please dont ask me to meet at 7:30 p.m. as I wont be my sharpest. 8) When you say, Ive bought and sold a lot of houses, that usually means 3-4 in your lifetime. We help people buy and sell 2-3 times that every month. Please respect our expertise. 9) These clients have the best experiences. Those who: a) listen, b) are reasonable, c) dont freak out, d) let us do our job, e) communicate effectively. 10) It isnt what happens to people, it is how people respond to what happens to them that determines whether or not they have a good experience. Weve had two sets of clients have almost the exact same things go wrong in a transaction, one client things were idiots and yells at us, the other clients thinks were amazing and sends us chocolate. 11) Money doesnt change people. Money brings out who people are. 12) Buyers who decide quickly and buy one of the first few homes they view are happier than those who keep shopping and shopping. 13) We believe in doing the right thing. In win-win scenarios. In treating people like collaborators rather than enemies. 14) Every problem is solvable. The worst-case scenario hardly ever happens. Whatever it is its not the end of the world. 15) You get what you look for in life, make sure youre looking for the right things.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:19:36 +0000
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