As a real estate agent, I will sometimes preview homes before I take clients out to see them. This is just something I've become accustomed to doing throughtout my years of working as a realtor. For someone who loves to look at homes, it's easy to go and check out a property in advance.
However, I must realize no matter how excited I get about the home for sale, I am still not the one purchasing the home. There's never a guarantee that a buyer will like a property just because the real estate agent thinks it's great. As the process goes, a buyer will provide the real estate agent with a wish list for the type of home he or she would like to purchase. The real estate agent takes that wish list and begins a thorough property search for homes for sale.
As a realtor, it is always exciting to find a home for sale that meets all or much of what the buyer is seeking in a home. I've had that realtor's rush before, and quickly, I dashed out and viewed the home. Yes, the home looks like a winner inside and outside. The listing price seems just right. More importantly, the home is located in the buyer's preferred community. Even more, the home for sale is a standard sale and a not short sale or foreclosure.
Well, as a realtor, you pass on the good news and highly encourage the buyer to view the home for sale. Yes, there are hopes that this is the one. Who would pass up a condo, townhome, or detached home at this price? As experience teaches, you can never be so sure about what a buyer will eventually like and want to write a sales offer on. Therefore, I must realize that I am only previewing the home and not buying it. My emotions are really secondary at the end of the day. It's about the buyer's emotions and what home he or she would like to have a ratified sales contract on. No matter what a realtor thinks after previewing a home, it might be best for the buyer to the view the home and draw his or her own conclusions.
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