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A letter to my family and friends about real estate referrals

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Front Door Realty WA 24504 / OR 201010056

A good reminder to our family, friends, and clients about how we can help you even outside our market area.... we have connections all over the country! If you need an expert in another city, chances are I know a good one!

Original content by Marian Goetzinger NC 166249

A letter to my family and friends about real estate referrals

 

 

 

 

 

Last night I was at a cocktail party when a church friend sat down next to me and said;

"
Marian, we just listed our house with another agent and I wanted to tell you why.  We think you're great and we know you're a good REALTOR but our house is in (fill in the blank) and we felt we needed an agent in that community."

YEAH!  First, I applaud my friend for having the courage and the caring to let me know and second it was so good to have the opportunity to explain things to her.

"Mary, thanks so much for telling me but you need not worry.  You did the right thing.  I don't take listings outside my area of expertise, although I realize many agents do.  I would have recommended you use a REALTOR in that area.  By the way, who did you choose?" She answered with the name of a great REALTOR.


"Great, you made a good choice.  Had you talked to me first I would have recommended her and I would have asked you if I could make a referral.  Then I would have introduced you and I would have received a referral fee."

"Oh, no,  I wish I had known that."


Of course I assured Mary that it's OK, but I realized that many of my friends and family may not know how referrals work.  When my nephew in another state was ready to sell his first home he called me.  I explained that I wasn't licensed in his state and that even if I was I didn't know that market and he needed an expert.  He had acreage, a lake and a barn along with a beautiful home in a very rural area.  He needed an agent who knew where to market that very specific type of property.  I searched around (IN THE RAIN, OF COURSE) and found an agent near him who knew about his type of market.  She was experienced, educated and sharp. (I knew that from her blogs.)

So... she received a call from me, a telephone interview and then a referral.  She sold my nephew's home in very good time and cheerfully paid me a referral fee.  My nephew received a very generous moving gift from his favorite aunt and guess who got the referral to be his buyer's agent in the same area for his next more urban home?

So...

Dear Family and Friends,

Wherever you are, when you decide to buy or sell real estate, please call me first.  I'm ethical so I won't try to sell your property on the other end of the state.  Even if it's in my county, as Mary's is, I will tell you if it's outside my area of expertise. 

I will research, interview and find you a REALTOR who is best suited to assist you and they will pay me, your family member or friend, a referral fee.  I have relationships with agents all over the country and even in Canada. 

If you're thinking of buying, I'll find you an agent who knows the area you're interested in and who has a proven track record.

So thank you for thinking of me whenever you are considering a real estate transaction.  This is my profession and you are my family or friend and I want to help.

Sincerely and Respectfully,

Marian

Marian Goetzinger
Pine Knoll Shores Realty
Mobile: 252-422-9000
Office: 252-727-5000
Toll Free: 800-605-8598
Email: marian@pineknollshoresrealty.com
Website: www.pineknollshorerealty.com

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julie baldino, front door realty of southwest washington

Certified Woman Owned Small Business

Certified Women's Business Enterprise

 360-450-4486 (call/text)

Sales@FrontDoorNw.com

 

Julie Baldino is the managing broker and owner of Front Door Realty serving Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Clark, Skamania, and Cowlitz Counties in the following areas: Vancouver, Ridgefield, Battle Ground, Brush Prairie, Hockinson, Woodland, Amboy, Yacolt, Camas, Washougal, La Center, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, Portland, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Beaverton, Tigard, Clackamas, Hillsboro, West Linn, and more.

 

 

 

Comments (2)

P.J. Virgilio Jr., Realtor 408-568-6578 Selling homes in the Greater San Jose area and South through San Martin, Gilroy
Keller Williams Realty Silicon Valley - Gilroy, CA
San Juan Bautista and Hollister as well!

Wow! great letter, Iwill be sending that one out for sure!

Thanks Julie!

Oct 09, 2010 03:13 PM
Sharon Parisi
United Real Estate Dallas - Dallas, TX
Dallas Homes

Thank you for re-blogging this wonderful letter that tactfully deals with an issue that is sensitive to many.

Oct 09, 2010 03:20 PM