client control

[bearishgurl]

I have refused to work with buyers that have run amok and/or will not sign a Buyer/Broker agency agreement with me. I would typically use my extensive RE knowledge and intimate knowledge of particular areas and tracts to assist them in getting the best deal and likewise, I insist on loyalty to me.

In short, I will not tolerate wayward buyers and will not work with them.

A few of the very established agents around me will not list a property unless the seller signs an agreement that they will use the agent’s cleaning/staging company to stage the property first because most sellers have an “emotional investment” in too much stuff (and think everyone else wants to look at it, too. The banks are cleaning and rehabbing their cosmetic fixers as fierce competition, causing these agents to control their sellers more these days.

Pithy-scaredy, I have personally seen several established lawyers drop clients who do things to piss off judges when they have already been warned and also unmotivated or apathetic clients who will not hold up their end to help themselves or mitigate their own damages, even if they are paying clients.

I don’t blame them for doing so as the aggravation in dealing with a recalcitrant client over an extended period of time is not really worth the money.

[XBoxBoy]

Just a personal story.

Before I was dating my wife, I dated a fairly successful real estate agent. I introduced her to a female friend who was looking to buy a condo with her husband. My girlfriend at the time and my friend got along and pretty soon my girlfriend had my friend and her husband in escrow. After a couple weeks my friend and her husband got cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. My girlfriend, (the RE agent) was furious because the seller’s RE agent was calling my girlfriend and leaving nasty messages along the lines of, “You better get your client back into this deal. Where’s your client control!” For some reason my girlfriend took all of this to be an attack on her “professionalism”. Somehow I ended up in a bad spat with my girlfriend over this whole thing when she tried to say I had a lousy set of friends, and next thing I knew we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.

All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Just a personal story.

Before I was dating my wife, I dated a fairly successful real estate agent. I introduced her to a female friend who was looking to buy a condo with her husband. My girlfriend at the time and my friend got along and pretty soon my girlfriend had my friend and her husband in escrow. After a couple weeks my friend and her husband got cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. My girlfriend, (the RE agent) was furious because the seller’s RE agent was calling my girlfriend and leaving nasty messages along the lines of, “You better get your client back into this deal. Where’s your client control!” For some reason my girlfriend took all of this to be an attack on her “professionalism”. Somehow I ended up in a bad spat with my girlfriend over this whole thing when she tried to say I had a lousy set of friends, and next thing I knew we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.

All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Just a personal story.

Before I was dating my wife, I dated a fairly successful real estate agent. I introduced her to a female friend who was looking to buy a condo with her husband. My girlfriend at the time and my friend got along and pretty soon my girlfriend had my friend and her husband in escrow. After a couple weeks my friend and her husband got cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. My girlfriend, (the RE agent) was furious because the seller’s RE agent was calling my girlfriend and leaving nasty messages along the lines of, “You better get your client back into this deal. Where’s your client control!” For some reason my girlfriend took all of this to be an attack on her “professionalism”. Somehow I ended up in a bad spat with my girlfriend over this whole thing when she tried to say I had a lousy set of friends, and next thing I knew we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.

All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Just a personal story.

Before I was dating my wife, I dated a fairly successful real estate agent. I introduced her to a female friend who was looking to buy a condo with her husband. My girlfriend at the time and my friend got along and pretty soon my girlfriend had my friend and her husband in escrow. After a couple weeks my friend and her husband got cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. My girlfriend, (the RE agent) was furious because the seller’s RE agent was calling my girlfriend and leaving nasty messages along the lines of, “You better get your client back into this deal. Where’s your client control!” For some reason my girlfriend took all of this to be an attack on her “professionalism”. Somehow I ended up in a bad spat with my girlfriend over this whole thing when she tried to say I had a lousy set of friends, and next thing I knew we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.

All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Just a personal story.

Before I was dating my wife, I dated a fairly successful real estate agent. I introduced her to a female friend who was looking to buy a condo with her husband. My girlfriend at the time and my friend got along and pretty soon my girlfriend had my friend and her husband in escrow. After a couple weeks my friend and her husband got cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. My girlfriend, (the RE agent) was furious because the seller’s RE agent was calling my girlfriend and leaving nasty messages along the lines of, “You better get your client back into this deal. Where’s your client control!” For some reason my girlfriend took all of this to be an attack on her “professionalism”. Somehow I ended up in a bad spat with my girlfriend over this whole thing when she tried to say I had a lousy set of friends, and next thing I knew we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.

All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy

[jpinpb]

[quote=XBoxBoy]All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy[/quote]
That’s sad. One would hope (hold back laugh) that a realtor would look out for their client’s best interest (in a perfect world).

As a perfect example, Making an offer on a house you pulled out of earlier

It would seem the prospective buyer evaluated the situation and pulled out. 7 weeks later, the property has not sold and has reduced. It would seem the prospective buyer’s gut feeling was justified in not going through w/the purchase.

Now it looks like hurt egos are factoring in. I was in a similar situation. Property appraised lower and I pulled out. Property still sitting empty, languishing on the market rather than accept my lower offer.

[jpinpb]

[quote=XBoxBoy]All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy[/quote]
That’s sad. One would hope (hold back laugh) that a realtor would look out for their client’s best interest (in a perfect world).

As a perfect example, Making an offer on a house you pulled out of earlier

It would seem the prospective buyer evaluated the situation and pulled out. 7 weeks later, the property has not sold and has reduced. It would seem the prospective buyer’s gut feeling was justified in not going through w/the purchase.

Now it looks like hurt egos are factoring in. I was in a similar situation. Property appraised lower and I pulled out. Property still sitting empty, languishing on the market rather than accept my lower offer.

[jpinpb]

[quote=XBoxBoy]All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy[/quote]
That’s sad. One would hope (hold back laugh) that a realtor would look out for their client’s best interest (in a perfect world).

As a perfect example, Making an offer on a house you pulled out of earlier

It would seem the prospective buyer evaluated the situation and pulled out. 7 weeks later, the property has not sold and has reduced. It would seem the prospective buyer’s gut feeling was justified in not going through w/the purchase.

Now it looks like hurt egos are factoring in. I was in a similar situation. Property appraised lower and I pulled out. Property still sitting empty, languishing on the market rather than accept my lower offer.

[jpinpb]

[quote=XBoxBoy]All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy[/quote]
That’s sad. One would hope (hold back laugh) that a realtor would look out for their client’s best interest (in a perfect world).

As a perfect example, Making an offer on a house you pulled out of earlier

It would seem the prospective buyer evaluated the situation and pulled out. 7 weeks later, the property has not sold and has reduced. It would seem the prospective buyer’s gut feeling was justified in not going through w/the purchase.

Now it looks like hurt egos are factoring in. I was in a similar situation. Property appraised lower and I pulled out. Property still sitting empty, languishing on the market rather than accept my lower offer.

[jpinpb]

[quote=XBoxBoy]All ancient history now, but yes, RE agents definitely consider client control an important part of being a professional.

XBoxBoy[/quote]
That’s sad. One would hope (hold back laugh) that a realtor would look out for their client’s best interest (in a perfect world).

As a perfect example, Making an offer on a house you pulled out of earlier

It would seem the prospective buyer evaluated the situation and pulled out. 7 weeks later, the property has not sold and has reduced. It would seem the prospective buyer’s gut feeling was justified in not going through w/the purchase.

Now it looks like hurt egos are factoring in. I was in a similar situation. Property appraised lower and I pulled out. Property still sitting empty, languishing on the market rather than accept my lower offer.

[NotCranky]

You all might be surprised how often client control is a positive thing. When often times “buyers are liers and sellers are worse”, there are some things that need to be done to save clients from themselves. I am sure the Realtors have some stories.

Seller puts on TDS that the roof is 2 year old when she has lived in the house for 15 and never changed it. Buyer wants to induce 90ish neighbor woman to sell at a way under market price with false comps.

[NotCranky]

You all might be surprised how often client control is a positive thing. When often times “buyers are liers and sellers are worse”, there are some things that need to be done to save clients from themselves. I am sure the Realtors have some stories.

Seller puts on TDS that the roof is 2 year old when she has lived in the house for 15 and never changed it. Buyer wants to induce 90ish neighbor woman to sell at a way under market price with false comps.

[NotCranky]

You all might be surprised how often client control is a positive thing. When often times “buyers are liers and sellers are worse”, there are some things that need to be done to save clients from themselves. I am sure the Realtors have some stories.

Seller puts on TDS that the roof is 2 year old when she has lived in the house for 15 and never changed it. Buyer wants to induce 90ish neighbor woman to sell at a way under market price with false comps.

[NotCranky]

You all might be surprised how often client control is a positive thing. When often times “buyers are liers and sellers are worse”, there are some things that need to be done to save clients from themselves. I am sure the Realtors have some stories.

Seller puts on TDS that the roof is 2 year old when she has lived in the house for 15 and never changed it. Buyer wants to induce 90ish neighbor woman to sell at a way under market price with false comps.

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