Deafening silence from a Realtor

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At some point in the next “x” years, we’ll move from Temecula down to San Diego – x being determined by a variety of affordability factors and other drivers.

A friend of ours wants us there sooner rather than later (wouldn’t you know, he’s owned his place in CV for a number of years), so recommended a realtor friend that we should contact. She was very quick to send us an introductory email, asked lots of questions, was very eager to talk. I responded with a pretty good summary of the kind of house/property we would be looking for, what our priorities were, and finally what I intended to pay for that. I even pointed out a house I would LOVE to own that’s on the market, and the $ amount that I would be willing to pay to close on it tomorrow… Granted, it was about 30% off their current asking price in a very desireable CV area 🙂

Needless to say, 2 days have now gone by with no response. I think we can chalk her up to one of the Realtors that likes to tell us how “Carmel Valley is different – prices will never come down here. You’d better just buy now or you’ll REALLY be priced out forever…”

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Oh, yeah. I know the type. Probably thinks you’re unrealistic. But in time you can laugh at them. Tsunami tide is heading toward the coast.

Maybe we should actually call it lava. It’s moving slowly, but nontheless, will be headed to a coastal city near you.

[jpinpb]

Oh, yeah. I know the type. Probably thinks you’re unrealistic. But in time you can laugh at them. Tsunami tide is heading toward the coast.

Maybe we should actually call it lava. It’s moving slowly, but nontheless, will be headed to a coastal city near you.

[jpinpb]

Oh, yeah. I know the type. Probably thinks you’re unrealistic. But in time you can laugh at them. Tsunami tide is heading toward the coast.

Maybe we should actually call it lava. It’s moving slowly, but nontheless, will be headed to a coastal city near you.

[jpinpb]

Oh, yeah. I know the type. Probably thinks you’re unrealistic. But in time you can laugh at them. Tsunami tide is heading toward the coast.

Maybe we should actually call it lava. It’s moving slowly, but nontheless, will be headed to a coastal city near you.

[jpinpb]

Oh, yeah. I know the type. Probably thinks you’re unrealistic. But in time you can laugh at them. Tsunami tide is heading toward the coast.

Maybe we should actually call it lava. It’s moving slowly, but nontheless, will be headed to a coastal city near you.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Suppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.

Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.

You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Suppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.

Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.

You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Suppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.

Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.

You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Suppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.

Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.

You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Suppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.

Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.

You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

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[quote=FormerSanDiegan]
Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

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Actually, I couldn’t agree more – I don’t really fault her for not being terribly interested in us, and largely expected to be put on the “thanks, but no thanks” list. We all have seen proof that there are folks buying at today’s prices, so why would she waste her time with people who clearly aren’t going to be earning her a comission any time soon.

That being said, one day we will buy – but probably not with the help of someone who didn’t have 3 minutes to respond with a “Let’s keep in touch, and I’ll send you listings that might intrest you, etc etc.” Relationship management 101.

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[quote=FormerSanDiegan]
Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[/quote]

Actually, I couldn’t agree more – I don’t really fault her for not being terribly interested in us, and largely expected to be put on the “thanks, but no thanks” list. We all have seen proof that there are folks buying at today’s prices, so why would she waste her time with people who clearly aren’t going to be earning her a comission any time soon.

That being said, one day we will buy – but probably not with the help of someone who didn’t have 3 minutes to respond with a “Let’s keep in touch, and I’ll send you listings that might intrest you, etc etc.” Relationship management 101.

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[quote=FormerSanDiegan]
Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[/quote]

Actually, I couldn’t agree more – I don’t really fault her for not being terribly interested in us, and largely expected to be put on the “thanks, but no thanks” list. We all have seen proof that there are folks buying at today’s prices, so why would she waste her time with people who clearly aren’t going to be earning her a comission any time soon.

That being said, one day we will buy – but probably not with the help of someone who didn’t have 3 minutes to respond with a “Let’s keep in touch, and I’ll send you listings that might intrest you, etc etc.” Relationship management 101.

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[quote=FormerSanDiegan]
Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.

[/quote]

Actually, I couldn’t agree more – I don’t really fault her for not being terribly interested in us, and largely expected to be put on the “thanks, but no thanks” list. We all have seen proof that there are folks buying at today’s prices, so why would she waste her time with people who clearly aren’t going to be earning her a comission any time soon.

That being said, one day we will buy – but probably not with the help of someone who didn’t have 3 minutes to respond with a “Let’s keep in touch, and I’ll send you listings that might intrest you, etc etc.” Relationship management 101.

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