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Boy Am I Glad I Showed This Listing Which is Now a PENDING SALE: 820 Marion Lane

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Real Estate Agent with eXp Realty

Boy Am I Glad I Showed This Listing Which is Now a PENDING SALE:   820 Marion Lane

Sometimes listing agents can get a bit annoyed when a buyer's agent ask them to show a home to their buyer of let them in if the buyer's agent does not have an electronic key.  And I understand that sometimes it happens.  Lucky for me, I viewed this as just another opportunity to show the great house that I had listed for my seller.  Although I was a little pressed for time since I was a hostess at a wedding the day before I showed the home, I made the time to accommodate the agent's request.

It didn't really matter that she asked me and it didn't matter that I wished she had found someone in her office to do it.  What mattered was:  My seller expects me to look out for his best interest as I was contracted to do.  I had a house listed that my seller needed to sell, so I did what I had to do -- scheduled a time to show this house to the buyers of another agent.  So all I've got to say is that 820 Marion Lane is now:

Pen - DING!

820 Marion Lane

Days or Market:  148

Average Days on Market for Area:  165

Any one know of a good listing agent in Birmingham?  I do.  I do.

Tish Lloyd
BlueCoast Realty Corporation - Wilmington, NC
Broker - Wilmington NC and Surrounding Beaches

Now that's what I call KARMA!  Way to look out for your Seller!

Oct 27, 2010 02:22 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

That's what I'm talking about Tish! It works for me, my seller, the buyers and the buyer's agent.

Oct 27, 2010 02:25 AM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Great post... way to stay positive and see the showing through for your seller. Congratulations.. All listing agents need to take a lesson you need to go that extra mile and results will come.

Oct 27, 2010 02:36 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Charita.....accommodating buyer agents is part of the listing package today.....some don't even show up with their buyers.....no problem....we'll write it up....we are agents for the seller....and that agreement will be a sellers' agreement.....but we'll pay the co-broke a full co-broke fee!!!!  no problem!!!

Oct 27, 2010 02:50 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Congratulations!  Woo hoo!!!

Oct 27, 2010 02:58 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

Thanks Scott this certainly paid off didn't it.

Barbara I think this is one of those lessons that you continually drove home.

Thanks BLiz. Feeling pretty good right about now.

Oct 27, 2010 03:02 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Nicely done Charita. I'll show my own listings to clients of other buyer's agents. The goal is to get it sold and if that's what it takes, so be it. Soon you'll be changing that PEN-DING to CHA-CHING!

Oct 27, 2010 03:22 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

Hey Craig.  I think I know the Cha-Ching song and I like it alot.

Oct 27, 2010 03:35 AM
Cinnamon Wright
Wilmington Real Estate 4U 910.547.1446 - Wrightsville Beach, NC
Assistant to Tish Lloyd

So, you Paid it Forward and it's paying off for your Seller, the Buyer and YOU!  Gotta love it!

Oct 27, 2010 04:19 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

CA gotta love it and I absolutely don't mind lovin' it.

Oct 27, 2010 04:23 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Pen DING rhymes with cha CHING!  Way to go Charita.

Oct 27, 2010 05:53 AM
Scott Hayes
(512) 786-8300 - Austin, TX
Realty Austin, Broker Associate

Charita,

Way to go. Bet you had a spring in your step at that wedding.

Oct 27, 2010 07:10 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

Yeah for you! I am sure your client was happy that you did. You should have bought a lotto ticket that day too!

Oct 27, 2010 07:26 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

Paula you are singing my songs for sure.

Scott just the prospect of talking up the property with an agents client had me bouncing around like a jack rabbit:-).

Sussie the lotto would have been the icing on the wedding cake for sure.

Oct 27, 2010 07:48 AM