Instant Gratification Can Get The Best Of Us

I was going through boxes of old records that I can finally discard and came across some files filled with the old shiny fax paper only to find there is nothing on them. Totally disintegrated!  It made me think of how we used to transmit data and documents back and forth and how long it took.

We'd meet with a buyer, write up an offer, take it to the listing agent (sometimes meeting halfway in a parking lot) and the listing agent would go meet with the seller and present the offer.  

If we went back and forth a few times we could run through the same scenario or go verbally until we completed all points.

The fax became an accepted form of transmittal so it sped up the process, but oftentimes was not legible thus requiring an original to be drawn up after all details were formally agreed upon.  

Then email entered the scene and became an accepted form of transmission of data and documents.  Thus you could write an offer with or without the buyer, email to the listing agent, they sent it on to the seller to review, have them sign and email back and on it goes to the buyer.  You can even get the offer on your phone and bingo in less than an hour it can be a done deal!

It can be lightening fast, no driving to meet the other agent or buyer or seller in the early dawn hours.  No waiting for delivery of paperwork and frees us up for another deal, time with family or a run around the lake.  We have to love this!  We can now work 24/7 literally and grow to become despondent if our phone or email is not vibrating with offers or wanting to schedule a listing appointment or showing with a buyer.  

Instant gratification can get the best of us.

                                                                      

           

Dorie in   Austin