I prefer to work with people I like and who like me. I will gladly turn away a prospective client who is unreasonable, rude, stressful or condescending. Likewise, I wouldn't expect anyone to work with me if I treated them that way.

A good agent focuses on your concerns and needs and will find ways to meet them. You should feel welcome, and relaxed, but in control and empowered. You should be given the information you need to make an informed decision and YOU should be the person in charge, making the actual decisions.

I really enjoy working for Buyers Only because I never have to feel like I am selling them something. I show them what is available, help them make educated decisions, and stay with them throughout the process to make sure they are protected. If what appeared to be a good deal turns bad (something major turns up in the inspection, etc.) I work even harder to protect the client as I help them take the transaction apart and work on something else. I don't care what home they buy. I'm not going to be living in it. Still, I want them to know the market value of the homes they consider, the pros and the cons, and I want them to take the information I give them and make these important decisions.

I'm not selling them anything, I'm helping them become educated enough to make some of the biggest decisions they will make in their lives. 

Having this outlook and attitude about my job means I don't pressure anyone to work with me. If I feel like I have to convince someone to work with me, neither of us are going to have a good time. I'm better off letting them go, and I do.

Clients who seek me out and want to work with me are more reasonable, more enjoyable and less stressful, They also trust me more because I didn't "sell" them into working with me. We enjoy the process, they become more educated and informed about real estate. They feel confident when we negotiate. They are comfortable walking away if necessary, knowing that they are making that decision based on the best information available and what their alternatives are.

Some of my best friends are some of my past clients. We just got home from having dinner at a client's new home. Although I only worked with them briefly I can honestly say that these are good people. And I loved working with them. We saw many homes together and went through some decent negotiations a few times throughout their transaction. We found them the best home available and got it at the best price and terms possible. I only hope I can continue to be blessed with clients like I have been blessed with over the past 10 years.

Here's to another decade (or more!) representing homebuyers when they buy homes! 

If you are thinking about moving to the Salt Lake City area, make sure you get an Agent on YOUR side! 

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6 Comments on The Clients I Enjoy Working With

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06
2008
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Benjamin.......I'm from B.C. and I was just wondering how your Buyer's Agency works.......Do you work for/with a broker who is the listing agent....?  Or do your Buyers pay you for your services?  Here you can choose to work as a buyers agent but its the listing realtor that still pays out your half of the commission.
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Liz - Our Brokerage takes no listings whatsoever. Buyers contract to pay us directly unless the co-operating brokerage pays our fee (or a portion of it). This allows us to help our clients purchase whateever home they want, listed or FSBO.

We never have a conflict of interest and never practice dual agency (limited agency, etc.). Any client who contracts for our services will always receive 100% representation and will not be asked to limit their representation.

Clients seek us out for that reason: Buyers will always recieve full Fiduciary Duties from our brokerage.

2:35pm • #2
158,107 Points 14 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Liz - Our Brokerage takes no listings whatsoever. Buyers contract to pay us directly unless the co-operating brokerage pays our fee (or a portion of it). This allows us to help our clients purchase whateever home they want, listed or FSBO.

We never have a conflict of interest and never practice dual agency (limited agency, etc.). Any client who contracts for our services will always receive 100% representation and will not be asked to limit their representation.

Clients seek us out for that reason: Buyers will always recieve full Fiduciary Duties from our brokerage.

2:36pm • #3
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09
2008
Ben, does the last paragraph mean you won't sell me a house if I want to go over $500,000?? :)
2:12pm • #4
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11
2008
Ben, as a fellow buyers only agent for the Utah Dave team, I appreciate your blogs, keep up the good work
9:34am • #5

 

Joe, I looked at your website and at Ben Clarks website and it seem to me that calling yourself Ben's "fellow buyers only agent" is misleading.  It seems to me you are an agent of the broker of record of your company which takes listings. You may not solicit listing yourself but you don't work for a buyers only company so you can't be a 'buyers only agent in the sense Ben is.  Unless there is something I'm missing here.

  Consumers need to know the difference between an exclusive buyer agent, which Ben is, and a buyer agent that works for a company that represents seller's too.  To often they retain a 'buyers agent' only to find out later that they are to end up in a dual agency relationship.  That can't happen with Ben's business model. Neither can having coworkers representing boths sides.  Do you think one law firm can be an advocate for both sides in a conflict that is a zero sum game.

10:41am • #6

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