Do most good agents show short sales? This is a good question that beckons more investigation. You see, ever since buyers agents have started showing short sales, they are noticing that they have to work 10 times harder for a deal. Then, even as I 'think of my buyer' and keep showing short sales myself, I heard the other day from a buyer, that they heard most good agents quit showing short sales because they are a waist of time. I knew that used to be a pattern of the past, but it made me pause and really think- Do the ones that are making more money seem to have avoided and taught their buyers how to avoid them?
It is a seriouss question. Who would not just want to kick the old short sale routine to the curb when showing homes and just outright talk their buyer "out" of them? I know I have a strong inclination to do just that. Just today I told a buyer that 'most of the time they are a waist of time, particularly for people shopping from out of town, like you are, precisely because of the long wait, you end up finding something else anyway'. 'Then since you are from out of town, you won't be able to follow upon other things. The other better opportunities you could have put an offer on, while you were in town are becoming fast non-existant for you.' He responded, "Makes a lot of sense."
So, I ask you again, do most good agents show short sales? I think you can now fill in the lines for your own situation and just see where it takes you too.
At very least, many Realtors, depending on your MLS are fast educating their buyers how to avoid ones that are already under contract for sure. For video and audio examples on how to educate buyers on short sales and how to shop the market with short sales as part of that dead debris one can eliminate from batch, go to www.st-george-realestate.com.
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