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Don't Let a Few Bad Apples Spoil View of Sacramento Real Estate Agents

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

There are days that I feel the public regards working with real estate agents as a necessary evil. They don't really want to talk to a Sacramento real estate agent, but they must.

I think part of that attitude is because they don't really understand how we work. They think we're all rolling in dough, sporting diamond tiaras and tossing the word darling into every other sentence during our conversations, pausing briefly only to toss back a martini with one hand and take a puff of our ecigarette with the other. Oh, the life of Riley. Just on a never-ending search for our next sucker, er, buyer.

Read more in my personal blog today on my business website about Do Sacramento Buyer's Agents Push Up Home Values?

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Elizabeth,  That is pretty far out there to think that a local area specialist would cause a buyer to pay more just to increase their own home value.  I would say that person has some serious trust issues ... likely extending beyond real estate.

Dec 06, 2013 03:27 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

I hadn't heard that one either Elizabeth.  She probably believes in a few other conspiracies too.

P.S.  I can just see you in the tiara with a martini in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand with one of those extra long filter things. That could be your new profile picture.

Dec 06, 2013 04:08 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I heard the reverse of that back during the crash.  It was all the agents that were taking low priced listings, driving down prices.  The market is what it is.  You are right.  Our duty is to our clients.  And this is why we also recommend buyers get appraisals so they DON'T overpay.

Dec 06, 2013 10:40 AM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Don't get that very often here.  The Commission keeps a tight lid on agents who doesn't do what they should. 

Dec 06, 2013 06:40 PM
Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Hi Elizabeth, everytime I get in the car, my tiara falls off, I think I need a chin strap. I always head out with a Stanley Thermos of martinis and an e-cig in my back pocket... LOL 

Thank goodness for buyers who appreciate our guidance and even call to say thank you for the Christmas card, those are the buyers we strive to keep, always putting their best interest above everything else.

Dec 07, 2013 01:10 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hi Kathleen: I think some people are just frightened because they don't really understand how real estate works, and they have to rely on a person they don't really know to advise and direct, and that can be scary.

Hi Jim: I am dressing up for Downton Abbey preview at the Crest next Tuesday! How did you know??

Hi Chris Ann: This woman's theory was different in that she didn't think a bunch of agents were manipulating prices, just the ones who live and work in a specific area. But we often get the blame, regardless.

Hi James: You guys are from the "show me the money" state, right?

Hi Mary: I thought in those Colorado winters your tiara freezes permanently to your head.

 

Dec 07, 2013 01:31 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

If that's the case Elizabeth I will be expecting photos on Wednesday.

Dec 07, 2013 07:50 AM
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Author Bio: Elizabeth Weintraub is a Sacramento real estate broker, author, home buying expert for The Balance, a Land Park resident, who specializes not only in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento but sells extensively from Elk Grove to Lincoln. Weintraub is prominently known as the #1 Sacramento Short Sale agent throughout the Sacramento four-county area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 40+ years of real estate experience to work for you.

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