Before We Show You Our Listing, There's Something You Need to Understand!

Roger, Ilene has been very kind to us :)

Janet, Buyers are buyers.  We might have some different rules state to state, but they all want the same thing, just don't always know the best way about how to get it.

Dan, Hard to understand isn't it?  Like we've got a different list price if it's just "tween us friends!" :)

Jeff, True!  If not interested in the house and writing an offer, who cares?  Basically answering that question with anything other than some sort of vague, vanilla response other than "personal reasons" just gives leverage to the buyer, and we're NOT going to do that.

Brenda, And even worked in four pictures and links to four of our listings so we can get more direct calls to show our listings! :)

Peter & Linda, Feel free to adapt as you need to :)

Sara, I think in general it's the seller that would benefit the most from dual agency vs. the buyer.  If nothing else, at least there aren't two agents with conflicting personalities adding to the stress of the deal (not that we do, but it's a lot harder to get torqued at yourself when you're repping both sides!).

Michelle, Thanks for the reblog :)  If I were paying someone to help me find and purchase a home, I'd expect them to be working for it, not just getting a gift wrapped check later.

Kay, They think they can demand because all the consumer mags tell them to.  Sometimes it might work, so they'll keep trying. 

Rodney, If they fully understand and then still choose to go without their own rep, well they're big boys and girls and can make that choice.  Not what we'd advice, but their choice none the less.

Tammie, Isn't it funny how they think they can lay claim to it?  That negotiation was with the seller, and the buyer really shouldn't have any say in it.

Buki, And I guess if that's how they and their agent want to work it, good luck to them.  Personally find that strategy pretty risky if I'm the buyer's agent.  We had someone not too long ago that came to us direct and said if we didn't reduce to just 1% on the buy side of the double they'd go get an agent who would (and they had one to do it).  Bottom line, the same folks that try that also don't offer enough to get the home, so their loss.  Their agent just couldn't get that our sellers wouldn't accept their offer, but there was another 10k to be made for our sellers.  Hot property :)

Lloyd, It happens enough that they've got to try.  Just like most of the questions asked regarding the sellers and why they're moving, etc. that get answered when they shouldn't.

Kathleen, It's the heart of negotiating.  You've got a top line, I've got a bottom line.  If there isn't overlap, it's all just some futile dance that we'll both be leaving.

Linda, Glad you liked it!

Wayne, Thanks!  It's been one of our more popular.  7 reblogs so far :)

Ed, And it came up again today.  Someone called to see a listing.  Turns out she's getting ready to put her home on the market, so she DOES have her own agent.  Just didn't know how things work :)  Of course we'd have shown the listing, but she is going to have her own agent do it now.  Works best all the way around.

Karen, No argument here.  If we're out of town on vacation, we'll get someone else in the office to show our buyers and prospects.  It may cost us dollars to do so, but we'll take care of those working with us however we need to.