Last week I told prospective listing clients that the only feedback worth a bucket of spit is an offer.  They agreed with me.  That is what they hired me for.  To bring them an OFFER, and negotiate it into a CONTRACT.  So we can get to CLOSING.  Nowhere in the listing agreement does it say I will maintain a library of feedback.

Since they hired ME to tell them about their property, the niceties from someone who has no skin in the game should be suspect or not worried about.  And if another agent's input has more value or credibility than mine?  They probably hired the wrong agent.  That thought should be a little humbling.

If I don't get feedback after the 4 emails from CSS, then I have a Buyers' agent who is just not going to offer anything of value anyway.  "Floorplan didn't work for my clients."  OK.  Fine.  Does this nugget self-actualize my Sellers, or should I finally tell them that the mold in the shower is disgusting and somewhere between a deal-breaker and a Superfund site?  Do I really need another agent to step up to the plate to do that for me?

Shucks, I had a Cary listing a couple of years ago that had 55 showings, with feedback on over 40 of them.  My Sellers printed out that feedback and took it down to Harris Teeter to swap for vittles.  No Go.  They saw NO VALUE in the "Feedback."  And it was truly archival quality stuff.  "Don't like beige."  There's a keeper.  But when they got that closing disbursement check?  Different story, fer sherr.  Job performed!

Real Estate?  Listings?  It's all about creating OFFER/CONTRACT/CLOSING.  It is not being a librarian.