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Do Agents Like Working With Lawyers in Sacramento?

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Perhaps part of the reason this Sacramento real estate agent tends to gravitate toward working with lawyers as clients is because the public often hates them just as much as they hate us. We're in the same club, occupying the same rung on the ol' totem pole, sipping the same bourbon Manhattan over at Ella. I suspect many real estate agents, however, dislike working with lawyers because they're always worried that a lawyer will sue them for something, for some kind of innocent mess up.

Not every lawyer is focused on going to court. Not every lawyer is "sue happy" either. There are many aspects about working with lawyers that I love. I have a disproportionately high number of clients who are lawyers. Perhaps it's because there are so many lawyers in Sacramento? You can read more about this in my personal blog today about Working with Lawyers as Clients in Real Estate.

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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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Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Yet one more thing we have in common...liking to work with lawyers.  I want to ask one of my attorney pals if a real estate agent would ever be able to put a mechanic's lien on a property for unpaid commission.  It was a thought that came to me the other day out of pure legal curiosity.  

Nov 14, 2014 09:18 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

I've been fortunate enough to work with several attorney over the years, and have always (for the most part) enjoyed the experience.  I like your thoughts on what real estate professionals and lawyers have in common.

Nov 14, 2014 10:16 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Elizabeth I have worked with quite a few attorneys either representing them as buyers or sellers...most of them are charming and they do not need to be hand held, they are familiar with contracts and they have a keen ability to cut through the fluff..so I never had a bad "attorney" even when they were not represented by me...Endre

Nov 14, 2014 02:28 PM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Being in my former profession I can tell you they had rather work things out than go to court.  Communication is the key.  If they know why the chances are that something can be worked out.  Most are as you indicated not "sue happy"

Nov 14, 2014 08:05 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

For me Elizabeth, it's much like anyone else.  There are lawyers that have been a pleasure to work with and then there were some that weren't.

Nov 14, 2014 08:42 PM
Conrad Allen
Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA
Webster, Ma, Realtor

Hi Elizabeth.  Lawyers are like agents.  There are the good, the bad and the ugly.

Nov 14, 2014 10:37 PM
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Chris Ann Cleland 

Purely hypothetical, of course, but I would imagine an agent could not place a mechanic's lien against the property but would instead file a Lis Pendens. However, I am not a lawyer, heh, heh.

Nov 15, 2014 03:36 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

We should consult our respective attorney friends.  

Nov 15, 2014 06:03 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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