Agent won’t do any short sales – is that normal?

[Anonymous]

Short-sale deal is a pain in the butt. Your agent probably does not want to go through the tedious and frustrating steps. Find a house when it is in REO state would save you a lot more time than to do a short-sale.

I’m not in the business, but this doesn’t sound ok to me. In any type of service business, your name is dependent on giving the customers what they want within reason. Short sales are within reason, they are being done and people can get good deals on them.

If they want to put an offer in on a short sale and the agent doesn’t want to do it because it’s too much work (i.e. they’re lazy)…What kind of agent is that? I guess this agent has enough work where she can pick and choose what type of transactions she does, and that’s good for her. However, if she doesn’t want to do short sales, she should tell potential clients that up front so they can find another agent who wants to provide good customer service. I’d take my business elsewhere.

[donaldduckmoore]

dharmagirl, I am not an agent but a buyer. The banks are willing to unload their non-functional assets, that is true. But it is also true that the banks do not have enough man-power. I am not sure what process for the banks to go through before a deal is cut, but for SS, they are really taking a long time to process. Certainly there are successful stories but not as many as failed stories.

“She made it sound like the paperwork, bank’s possible refusal, timeframe, etc. are a nightmare for most buyers and that she wants her buyers to be happy by choosing a home that they can get into and not risked being bitterly disappointed by the bank’s non-response or refusal to play ball.”

What she said was really true and that reminds me of my previous story that made me swear that I will not go through SS again in my life. She is not lying to you. The worst is that you will get highly disappointed after several months of waiting without generating nothing. You can try.

Marion, thanks for your quote. That was written by me (a buyer but not an agent). I was just telling you what I feel about SS, nothing discouraging.

[donaldduckmoore]

dharmagirl, I am not an agent but a buyer. The banks are willing to unload their non-functional assets, that is true. But it is also true that the banks do not have enough man-power. I am not sure what process for the banks to go through before a deal is cut, but for SS, they are really taking a long time to process. Certainly there are successful stories but not as many as failed stories.

“She made it sound like the paperwork, bank’s possible refusal, timeframe, etc. are a nightmare for most buyers and that she wants her buyers to be happy by choosing a home that they can get into and not risked being bitterly disappointed by the bank’s non-response or refusal to play ball.”

What she said was really true and that reminds me of my previous story that made me swear that I will not go through SS again in my life. She is not lying to you. The worst is that you will get highly disappointed after several months of waiting without generating nothing. You can try.

Marion, thanks for your quote. That was written by me (a buyer but not an agent). I was just telling you what I feel about SS, nothing discouraging.

[donaldduckmoore]

dharmagirl, I am not an agent but a buyer. The banks are willing to unload their non-functional assets, that is true. But it is also true that the banks do not have enough man-power. I am not sure what process for the banks to go through before a deal is cut, but for SS, they are really taking a long time to process. Certainly there are successful stories but not as many as failed stories.

“She made it sound like the paperwork, bank’s possible refusal, timeframe, etc. are a nightmare for most buyers and that she wants her buyers to be happy by choosing a home that they can get into and not risked being bitterly disappointed by the bank’s non-response or refusal to play ball.”

What she said was really true and that reminds me of my previous story that made me swear that I will not go through SS again in my life. She is not lying to you. The worst is that you will get highly disappointed after several months of waiting without generating nothing. You can try.

Marion, thanks for your quote. That was written by me (a buyer but not an agent). I was just telling you what I feel about SS, nothing discouraging.

[donaldduckmoore]

dharmagirl, I am not an agent but a buyer. The banks are willing to unload their non-functional assets, that is true. But it is also true that the banks do not have enough man-power. I am not sure what process for the banks to go through before a deal is cut, but for SS, they are really taking a long time to process. Certainly there are successful stories but not as many as failed stories.

“She made it sound like the paperwork, bank’s possible refusal, timeframe, etc. are a nightmare for most buyers and that she wants her buyers to be happy by choosing a home that they can get into and not risked being bitterly disappointed by the bank’s non-response or refusal to play ball.”

What she said was really true and that reminds me of my previous story that made me swear that I will not go through SS again in my life. She is not lying to you. The worst is that you will get highly disappointed after several months of waiting without generating nothing. You can try.

Marion, thanks for your quote. That was written by me (a buyer but not an agent). I was just telling you what I feel about SS, nothing discouraging.

[donaldduckmoore]

dharmagirl, I am not an agent but a buyer. The banks are willing to unload their non-functional assets, that is true. But it is also true that the banks do not have enough man-power. I am not sure what process for the banks to go through before a deal is cut, but for SS, they are really taking a long time to process. Certainly there are successful stories but not as many as failed stories.

“She made it sound like the paperwork, bank’s possible refusal, timeframe, etc. are a nightmare for most buyers and that she wants her buyers to be happy by choosing a home that they can get into and not risked being bitterly disappointed by the bank’s non-response or refusal to play ball.”

What she said was really true and that reminds me of my previous story that made me swear that I will not go through SS again in my life. She is not lying to you. The worst is that you will get highly disappointed after several months of waiting without generating nothing. You can try.

Marion, thanks for your quote. That was written by me (a buyer but not an agent). I was just telling you what I feel about SS, nothing discouraging.

[Raybyrnes]

marion

More non sense coming from someone who has noever been in a production role.

The agent is letting her know in advance what she will and will not work with.

If you are looking for an agent who is an expert in this area you are going to have to go elsewhere.

Seems to me this agent knows her strengths adn weaknewses and she probably is letting you know from previous experienced where people have been happy and where people ahve been disappointed.

[Raybyrnes]

marion

More non sense coming from someone who has noever been in a production role.

The agent is letting her know in advance what she will and will not work with.

If you are looking for an agent who is an expert in this area you are going to have to go elsewhere.

Seems to me this agent knows her strengths adn weaknewses and she probably is letting you know from previous experienced where people have been happy and where people ahve been disappointed.

[Raybyrnes]

marion

More non sense coming from someone who has noever been in a production role.

The agent is letting her know in advance what she will and will not work with.

If you are looking for an agent who is an expert in this area you are going to have to go elsewhere.

Seems to me this agent knows her strengths adn weaknewses and she probably is letting you know from previous experienced where people have been happy and where people ahve been disappointed.

[Raybyrnes]

marion

More non sense coming from someone who has noever been in a production role.

The agent is letting her know in advance what she will and will not work with.

If you are looking for an agent who is an expert in this area you are going to have to go elsewhere.

Seems to me this agent knows her strengths adn weaknewses and she probably is letting you know from previous experienced where people have been happy and where people ahve been disappointed.

[Raybyrnes]

marion

More non sense coming from someone who has noever been in a production role.

The agent is letting her know in advance what she will and will not work with.

If you are looking for an agent who is an expert in this area you are going to have to go elsewhere.

Seems to me this agent knows her strengths adn weaknewses and she probably is letting you know from previous experienced where people have been happy and where people ahve been disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Raybyrnes, you don’t know what role I’ve been in. It’s not YOUR role to attack my comments on this board, it just makes you look like the JERK you are.

As I understood the opening post by the OP, this agent was trying to talk her out of a short sale. That is unethical. Had the agent told her she did not want to do short sales, that’s fine. Talking buyers out of something they want because the agent is too lazy to do it is not fine.

[Anonymous]

Raybyrnes, you don’t know what role I’ve been in. It’s not YOUR role to attack my comments on this board, it just makes you look like the JERK you are.

As I understood the opening post by the OP, this agent was trying to talk her out of a short sale. That is unethical. Had the agent told her she did not want to do short sales, that’s fine. Talking buyers out of something they want because the agent is too lazy to do it is not fine.

[Anonymous]

Raybyrnes, you don’t know what role I’ve been in. It’s not YOUR role to attack my comments on this board, it just makes you look like the JERK you are.

As I understood the opening post by the OP, this agent was trying to talk her out of a short sale. That is unethical. Had the agent told her she did not want to do short sales, that’s fine. Talking buyers out of something they want because the agent is too lazy to do it is not fine.

[Anonymous]

Raybyrnes, you don’t know what role I’ve been in. It’s not YOUR role to attack my comments on this board, it just makes you look like the JERK you are.

As I understood the opening post by the OP, this agent was trying to talk her out of a short sale. That is unethical. Had the agent told her she did not want to do short sales, that’s fine. Talking buyers out of something they want because the agent is too lazy to do it is not fine.

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