A Token of Consideration to the Clients . . . Gifts for a Closing ... Kodak/ActiveRain Challenge

A Token of Consideration to the Clients . . . Gifts for a Closing

As agents we appreciate the opportunity to work with buyers and help them with their purchases. We all may or may not offer some type of token at the end of the transaction to wish them well with their new home.

As I work with a client and get to know and understand their positions, I gather the information I need to make that little token something they will appreciate and will help them to remember me to their friends and family.

As each client is different usually each gift is likewise.

For me, all all closings end with me making a donation to both the Children's Miracle Network and the Susan G Komen Foundation in the names of those clients.

At the final walk through, I will usually have a gift with their first house warming card to give them before we leave to the lawyer's office.

• I have given many a crystal vase or candy dish to clients.
• For the buyers that will need to do a bit of work, I present a gift card to either Lowes or Home Depot
• If the home was a bit larger the new owners may get a special table cloth with napkins from the Middle East. I have a friend that travels back and forth to that area regularly and have even had special colored purchases made. The largest being for a custom dining room table, 14 feet long that was being purchased along with the 5500 square foot home.
• To the people that refer clients to me, I may also make a similar donation to the funds, and to the friends from my gold club, they can count on a dozen golf balls of their choice

What ever it might be, I appreciate the clients that I service, and the friends that send them my way.

The gifts and donations are what I consider a necessary part of doing business and I do believe that the extra bit of thoughtfulness will bring back a reward far greater than the cost.

Clients do not expect the tokens and that makes me feel even better when they read my card and open the gift.

I would like to think that I am doing my part to let people know that we in real estate are not all about the money. We do care about the people we are trying to help.

When we give back even a little and it is unexpected, we demonstrate to our clients that we care.

I still have a supply of vases and tablecloths available to any potential clients that may get to read this. It would not be considered a bribe, just a way of saying thanks.