Yes, I'd Like To See The Brick House For Sale in Prairie Village

Maria,

Because I have indexed IDX listings on my site, I get those calls all the time. Even though the information says "listing courtesy of" they always start the call with "your listing at."

Rich

Same here. . they are part of my job that makes a different adventure everyday. 

OMG, this is so funny. This reminds of my niece when she was 2 or 3...at a party and tried to describe them to the babysitter.   They have faces with 2 eyes, 2 ears and some lips.

If it weren't so true this would be very funny.  The ones that get mad when I don't know which home they are talking about are the ones that get interesting.

Too funny, but I've had those calls as well. I am reminded of a call I received and the lady was asking about a house just up the street from where she lived. I asked, where do you live and she got very defensive. She said I'm not calling about my house, I want to know about the one up the street. I tried to explain that if I knew which street she lived on I could look up the one she was asking about. I finally explained that our firm had around 450 listings and there's no way I can keep up with all of them. She never would tell me the street she lived on, so I told her I couldn't give her any information.

I think a lot of the public think we only have 1 house for sale and should know all about it. I have also had calls and they think that we own the house that is for sale. I am never surprised at some of the questions I get.

Ha!  Real estate is such an edventure isn't it?  Thanks for the smile this morning.                                      

Maria, we've all had these calls at one time or another. Funny, how they think we should know the exact house they are describing. Chances are they wouldn't be able to find it again themselves, if they drove the neighborhood. Go show them some homes! Good luck!

I just had this happen yesterday, "We want to see the house with the funny looking shrubs out front".

I once got a call from out of state from a woman who claimed that a Realtor kept entering her home without knocking...She was fraught, upset and genuinely scared..It turns out she had a husband...I said, have you talked with your husband? He doesn't know what to do she sez.....Now, there is more to the story and the phone call but...my point, you never know who is calling and why..and this business is an adventure as Fernando says....

Too funny. People call our office all the time with similar storiess/conversations. The best is when they are in front of the house but they still take 5-10 minutes to figure out what street they are on. I love working with the public. Every day is different and if you remain positive, it's it can be very fun and rewarding to help someone out. Have fun today!

Maria, that is so true... I remember a blog by Greg Nino where he said "people think that when we get our license we also get a microchip inserted in our brain, so that we have all the info on all houses for sale  any given second"- I thought of that when someone asked me about "that tall beautiful house on Washington - or was it Beacon?" that she is driving by every other day or so :)

YES! I do get this all the time! this mornging in fact but she said "I see it is listed for rent?" which it isn't when we finally figured out what home she was talking about!

Maria, I think they might have been looking at houses in VA too.  8-)  I do get them from time to time.  "Hi, I'd like to see the house you have listed."  "Which one?"  "The one just off Senseny Rd."  "Which one?"  And so it goes.  It is pretty funny.

Hi Maria,

That is similar to my personal faux pas:

Ring ring. "Hello?"

"Hi, who is this?"

"YOU tell me. You called me."

"I did? What is your name?"

"If you called me, you should know my name..."

Problem is - I was the one who called, but my mind wandered before they answered!

Phil

This is why there is never a dull moment in this business, and we always have to be ready and willing to help buyers and sellers move in the right direction ~ Yesterday we got this call...Hi Sheila we'd like to see the house that you have listed but I'm not sure what town we are in as we are not from this area???