Technology IS "All That" but It is NOT Everything!

Susan, well said! All the technology in the world cannot compensate for competence.

Fantastic post as i see this is as well. Certain agencies who recruit recruit recruit new agents and send them into the world with tons of technology but none of the basics of real estate sales. You cant run until you walk... and you need to learn the basics such as "Agency" who you represent, what your duties are, general people skills, how to fill in a purchase agreement and what addendums/addenda are and how to fill them out. Thanks for the great topic

Just because someone learned how to use a piece of technology doesn't mean that they Should use it. In this case, it would be far more beneficial for that person to understand comps and write a complete offer before using Dropbox.

An offer via DropBox - Very cool.  A lowball among multiples?  Hack move, waste of everyone's time.  Great post!

I completely agree that competence needs to accompany the technology...but I also don't understand why everyone gets so incensed about low offers. I know it's incredibly unlikely, but what if for one reason or another all the other offers fell through and the lowball offer turned out to be the only qualified buyer of the bunch. I have seen it happen. And as a buyer I wouldn't care a whit about the comparables or what the seller expects. I would expect my agent to submit the offer I wanted to submit. Regardless. In this case, I don't know what particular addenda were expected, but again, just because a bank or other seller wants a particular addendum doesn't mean it is legally required. It is still a matter of negotiation.

Susan:

Agents should know how to write a contract properly, read instruction which listing agents provide and follow through.  As for the low ball offers, the agent may not be familiar with the area.  The agent may just routinely write low ball offers without even know the comps.

I think technology is very important, but there are a lot of things you need to learn first or technology is just a waste of time.

Hi Susan,

in essence we can't really blame the newer agents, as the required education is really a bit of a joke for anyone to be considered competent to be called a Realtor, but they would not know that until much later.

Susan congrat's on the featured post here on A/R ... you go girl ! ... what a great blog article

Susan, I agree the flash looses its sparkle real fast when the agent behind it doesn't know what the heck they're doing. Glitz and glamour will never take the place of real nuts and bolts knowledge. What a let down is right. Hope you make a quick sale with a competent agent.

Otherwise, the flash will turn into "flash in a pan"

This really says it all. Without substance, flash will fizzle and fizzle fast. Excellent post, Susan, so glad Donne featured you again :)

Sharon

Technology is great but without a good REALTOR to actually call you back and answer their phone when you call its as worthless as two teets on a boar! IMHO

Hi Susan,  this was a post which really needed writing !  SO much emphasis on having all the correct bling !

Oh, don't even get me started. My confidential agent remarks generally start with instructions to email the offer to me, followed by specific directions, which aren't read, either. I know when the offer comes via my buyer's agent email that there are documents missing before I even open it. Because if they can't figure out where to send it by reading the directions, you just know the offer itself will be messed up as well.