Enough Hilarity - Being a Realtor is a Serious Job - Let's Get Back to Work!

Jane

As a former resident of Los Angeles, all I can say is that no matter how tough it gets . . . you've got the weather going for you!

Jane, I didn't have time to read your blog because I had to play catch with my grandchild, chase the dog around the yard, chase my wife around the house (yipeee) and finally, out of breath, need to read the sports section.... what were we talking about? 

Jane, my, you ARE having fun!

I am too, in the midst of getting a hole in a 20'ceilng repaired created at Sunday's open house by someone stepping off the floored part of the third floor and into the rafters, spend way too much time creating new documents with client attorneys for lease purchases, returning lots of calls to agents telling them that my buyer won't buy ro seller won't accept their buyer's offer, which is $100k below list. There was the investment property inspection this morning with one unit so wreaking with cat urine, I thought I would vomit, and these are the tenants who "don't have a cat." That settlement is postpone because no one can call the appraiser for fear of a $5000 fine.

Really, it's all okay, my boths are doing well, one in Sweden. and one in Boston for the Head of the Charles a spot in a movie about Facebook. I'm healthy, loving my yoga teacher training.

Now, you tell me something GOOD! :)

Jane, I think you left off trying to reach the Gen Y'er who signed a purchase contract then took off for two weeks of wilderness camping and forgot to mention it...other than that sounds like  normal day at the office! ;-)

Hi Jane, this is all too funny - well when it's written down - sometimes not so much when you are trying to get the deal closed.  No wonder we love it here :-)

Oh, Jane, how I love your humour (as its spelled across the pond)! AR has turned into my post-10pm retreat and yes...I still like to play in the Rain! :)

Leilani

See Jane this is what I was talking about Miss. Positive!

Awww, how sweet of you, Jane! I'll miss you for the next couple of nights...I'm going to have a wine and pumpkin-filled weekend, so I'd like to try and get to bed early! :)

Leilani

Jane - You forgot to include the calls to the young, sweet couple who have saved for years to come up with their down payment and have paid off all their credit card debt just so they could afford to buy a house that their most recent above list price offer on that run-down, dilapidated REO dump has been rejected because the bank seller chose to accept a low-ball all cash offer.

After 18 rejected offers in four months, they are so disgusted and discouraged with the market that they no longer want to look at anymore houses.  So you spend two hours on three different phone calls encouraging them to not give up looking because then they'll never realize their dream of home ownership.

Jane - I think most of us here in the LA real estate/lending market have some of these clients. However, if I weren't having so many of these calls lately, it might seem funny.  In the past 30 days, I had two different clients renew their leases because they had become so disgusted with the way they and their offers were being treated by listing agents.  Their last words to me were that they just needed a break from the insanity for a few months and maybe after the tax credit expires, they'll start looking again.

I had two other clients (that I recently blogged about) who had also become so disgusted with the way they were also being treated by listing agents that they went and took some very drastic measures.  While I completely understand the desperation that drove them to such measures, I worry that these moves were not in their best financial interests.

All we can do is try and be the best advisor to our clients and try and serve them the best way we know how and in the manner that they deserve.  The rest is out of our control.