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1 month ago
in From the I don’t get it files: I need more info on your listing on The Phoenix Real Estate Guy
You guys are a tough bunch!
I get a couple of calls like that every day. If I am at my desk I will give them the listing agent's phone number, but not the lockbox code. I figure it builds good will with my fellow agents, and it is worth it for that. I make a lot of sales from Buyers who initially think they are calling the listing agent. It's payback for that.
After talking to the buyers who call me, I find out that some are already working with a buyer's agent who may be out of town etc. I spend a minute, I am friendly and helpful, and don't try to swipe their clients. I actually will give them the listing agents phone number. Then I suggest that they if they call the listing agent, they should tell him that they have a buyer's brokerage agreement and would like to see the house if the listing agent will honor that. If the listing agent won't, I tell them to call their buyer's agent and see if he has some one else in his office who will meet them.
Why would I do that? I appreciate loyalty with my clients and I encourage it in others. I believe what goes around, comes around. After all that, every once in awhile the buyer tells me that they aren't happy with their current agent anyway, and if I would be willing to show them the house. (then I say sure!)
<abbr></abbr><abbr>Dan Connolly -Atlanta Real Estate Guide´s last blog post..Disclosure: What the seller DOESN'T have to tell you in Georgia</abbr>
I get a couple of calls like that every day. If I am at my desk I will give them the listing agent's phone number, but not the lockbox code. I figure it builds good will with my fellow agents, and it is worth it for that. I make a lot of sales from Buyers who initially think they are calling the listing agent. It's payback for that.
After talking to the buyers who call me, I find out that some are already working with a buyer's agent who may be out of town etc. I spend a minute, I am friendly and helpful, and don't try to swipe their clients. I actually will give them the listing agents phone number. Then I suggest that they if they call the listing agent, they should tell him that they have a buyer's brokerage agreement and would like to see the house if the listing agent will honor that. If the listing agent won't, I tell them to call their buyer's agent and see if he has some one else in his office who will meet them.
Why would I do that? I appreciate loyalty with my clients and I encourage it in others. I believe what goes around, comes around. After all that, every once in awhile the buyer tells me that they aren't happy with their current agent anyway, and if I would be willing to show them the house. (then I say sure!)
<abbr></abbr><abbr>Dan Connolly -Atlanta Real Estate Guide´s last blog post..Disclosure: What the seller DOESN'T have to tell you in Georgia</abbr>
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1 month ago
in On Suing Clients on The Phoenix Real Estate Guy
Well I always get a buyer's agency agreement signed, about 5 minutes before I write an offer. Not before. I fill in zero's for commission owed if they buy something without me, and when the form changed from where it allowed the parties to cancel with written notice, I started using the non exclusive buyer's agency agreement.
What is all this talk about getting screwed? You drove them around and showed them a few houses, then they use someone else. Big freakin deal. Don't be so petty. If you spend time with people and somehow its not working for them and they don't want you to represent them in the biggest investment of their lives that is their right. Maybe a little introspection is in order.
The crazy thing about the real estate industry is that we think we are above the age old concept of second opinions. It's against the rules to speak to a Seller listed with another agent. If an agent shows you an "open house" you have to let him represent you in your negotiations. Bulls#!+ !
You go to an stock broker for some advice and you decide to buy your stock online or with a different broker. He should sue you?
<abbr></abbr><abbr>Dan Connolly -Atlanta Real Estate Guide´s last blog post..Disclosure: What the seller DOESN'T have to tell you in Georgia</abbr>
What is all this talk about getting screwed? You drove them around and showed them a few houses, then they use someone else. Big freakin deal. Don't be so petty. If you spend time with people and somehow its not working for them and they don't want you to represent them in the biggest investment of their lives that is their right. Maybe a little introspection is in order.
The crazy thing about the real estate industry is that we think we are above the age old concept of second opinions. It's against the rules to speak to a Seller listed with another agent. If an agent shows you an "open house" you have to let him represent you in your negotiations. Bulls#!+ !
You go to an stock broker for some advice and you decide to buy your stock online or with a different broker. He should sue you?
<abbr></abbr><abbr>Dan Connolly -Atlanta Real Estate Guide´s last blog post..Disclosure: What the seller DOESN'T have to tell you in Georgia</abbr>
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Jay Thompson
A-freaking-men Dan!
We also get many calls from buyers already working with agents. I help them where I can and wouldn't ever dream of trying to steal them away.
I'm a big believer in "what goes around comes around". But when faced with utter incompetence, I'm not quite as generous.