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Get it in writing, get it in writing, get it in writing!

Reblogger Barbara Todaro
Services for Real Estate Pros with RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired 104763

This is great advice....should be read by all.

Original content by Richard Weisser

When trust is broken it can be devastation!Trust is a wonderful quality. It is very satisfying to have enough faith and confidence in a person or a company to take them at their word.

And most of the time, everyone involved in a verbal commitment really does mean to keep their word and to stick to it.

The problem is more one of fading memories. As time goes on there is a good likelihood that one or both parties committed to a verbal agreement simply forget the details of the mutual pact.

The act of insisting on a written agreement is not necessarily a lack of trust. It can often be an excellent “memory aid” in the event of confusion down the road.

No matter how simple or unimportant an arrangement might be, a written agreement can actually become a relationship builder, and not a friendship destroyer.

As I said, trust is a wonderful quality!

Don't let it ruin a good relationship forever.

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Comments(8)

Phil Leng
Retired - Kirkland, WA
Phil Leng - Retired

Good word Barbara

Writing it down clarifies intent, brings up and deals with the "what ifs" and serves to remind of the original purpose.

Thanks

PHil

Aug 26, 2010 09:12 PM
Dan Edward Phillips
Dan Edward Phillips, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, CA - Eureka, CA
Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, CA

Good Morning Barbare, it is good advive, thanks for putting it back up!

Aug 26, 2010 11:26 PM
Lorraine Sayer
Monument, Black Forest, Falcon, Fountain homes - Colorado Springs, CO
Realtor ABR,CDPE,GRI - Colorado Springs,CO RE/MAX

Barbara: Well said.  Being at that delightful age where I forget where I put my car keys, I've learned not to trust my memory especially in business. It also makes me look more professional when I can produce the written verbiage immediately and negotiations or communication can pick up from what was last transpired.  I also have learned to keep a written record of phone conversations in each file with a synopsis of the conversation......let's hope I never have to use it for documentation but it's there if needed.

Aug 26, 2010 11:27 PM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Great post!

Aug 26, 2010 11:36 PM
Don Spera
CR Property Group, LLC - East York, PA
Serving York and Adams County, PA

Barb, all I can say to this is DITTO!

Aug 27, 2010 12:00 AM
Kelly Milligan
First Title Real Estate, LLC - Slidell, LA

I recently watched a deal fall apart because of a verbal agreement.  They are great until a problem arises....then the words blow away in the wind!!

Aug 27, 2010 12:25 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

A good re-blog.  I subscribe to Richard's blog.  He does an excellent job.

Aug 27, 2010 01:23 AM
Christine Pappas - REALTOR®
eXp Realty - Willoughby, OH
When You’re Ready To Move, I’m Ready To Help

Good advice for sure!  And every once in a while you get an unscrupulous agent who does not stand by his word too, so get everything in writing.

Aug 27, 2010 02:47 AM