Real Estate Pitfalls
Potential real estate pitfalls are all around us. As REALTORS® we are always warned to be alert for professional risks and personal signs of danger. When it comes to risks-disclose, disclose, disclose is the mantra. When it comes to danger-be alert and aware of your surroundings.
So what's your point, Wayne?
Sunday, while my clients who are relocating from another state, were doing some sightseeing in downtown San Antonio, I finally found a new home for them that essentially met most of the criteria they wanted for their new home. I sent them a brief text message and a link to the photos, and the name of the builder's on-site sales counselor.
They wanted to see the house and we arranged to meet later on Sunday. They loved the house, we gave the builder's on site sales counselor an offer price and she went back to the model to get approval from her management. My clients began to mentally place their furnishings in the home and imagined how they would set up thier household.
In a few minutes the sales counselor came back with the good news that the offer was accepted by management and we had a deal. She asked us to return to her office while she secured and locked up my clients "new home."
After about twenty minutes, when the counselor had not returned, I walked back to the house my clients had a verbal agreement to buy and found the sales counselor sitting at the bottom of the stairs. She had tripped, fell, and broke her leg.
One of the first things she said to me was, her partner could write the 
contract for my clients. (What a trooper, is that customer service or what?) She said she fell because she was reading some paperwork as she descended the stairs. Multi-tasking sometimes gets out of hand. Reading and walking on stairs or flat land are really mutually exclusive tasks.
I called 911 and EMS arrived in pretty short order to handle the medical issue. I found out later that the sales counselor had surgery to repair her injured leg and ankle.
I have tripped on stairs and in yards while showing and previewing homes and only because of my lightning quick reflexes have I been able to steady myself to keep from falling. Actually, I've just been lucky to avoid a serious fall.. Getting distracted with MLS sheets, telephone calls, or the latest and greatest new app have contributed to my lack of attention to watching my step.
I'll remember the sight of her at the bottom of the stairs for some time to come. That's a real estate pitfall that can be avoided by just paying attention to your surroundings. When it comes to stairs-eyes open and hand on the banister.
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Wayne Johnson
18756 Stone Oak Parkway
San Antonio Texas 78258
Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper Realtors®
Texas Real Estate License # 0566780
210.483.6329 (Tel)
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