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Oh ... Is That The TURD Thing?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with KD Realty - 408.972.1822 CA DRE#01366594

Oh ... Is That The TURD Thing?

 

I may sound like a broken record but I hope I never stop feeling this way. The reason I love working as a San Jose real estate broker is the people. 

 

Ironically, the people are also what I do not like about listing and selling San Jose homes.  People are people. Most people are kind, caring, and compassionate ... and some are not.

 

The same applies to real estate agents.  Real estate agents are people too. Let's face it ... people have been known to blur the lines of humanity.  People behave badly. People do harm to others.

 

BUT, those people are the kinds of people I avoid in my San Jose real estate  business.  I am not always successful with that ... sometimes I find myself in a snare trap. Thankfully, over the course of 13 years that has only happened a handful of times.  One of the agents who put me in his snare trap is now facing criminal charges.  But, I digress.

 

Now, about that TURD Thing and why I love listing San Jose homes for sale.   While the escrow officer and I were sitting at the conference table with the sellers, signing off documents, and explaining what the sellers were signing ... Mrs. Seller said,

 

"Oh, is that the TURD thing?" 

TURD holding a question mark

 

The escrow officer and I both knew she was referring to TRID. In a manner of seconds we were all laughing ... and the escrow officer said ...

 

"It sure is. That's how we all feel about it ... it's definitely a TURD thing."

 

Listing and selling San Jose Homes is serious business. Yet, there is no reason not to enjoy some light-hearted fun with the people who entrust us with a very large financial transaction. 

 

We can roll with TRID just as easily as we can roll with the TURD thing. San Jose homes are as unique and individual as the people who buy and sell them. People are why I love working as a San Jose real estate broker.

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Comments(26)

George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Kathleen "TURD" would have been a more accurate name, but "TRID" is more politically correct :)

Dec 12, 2015 06:47 AM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

Funny you should say that. Yesterday Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents said to me - or that's what I THOUGHT she said: "do you have turds here?" Yep, when I said "what kind?", she said TRID.

Dec 12, 2015 07:28 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

It is easy to forget that Hawaii is part of the United States, LOL. Now I feel like Barbara Dow, my team member, when she asked if she needed a passport, hahahahhaha.

Dec 13, 2015 03:22 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

TRID, TURD.....from everything I've read "in the Rain" they are both the same thing.

Dec 12, 2015 07:40 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Most of the lenders and the excorw officers are cussing the new TRID. I am hoping it wil get better and smoother as time passes.

Dec 12, 2015 07:42 AM
Curtis Van Carter
Better Homes & Gardens Wine Country Group - Yountville, CA
Your Napa Valley Broker Extraordinaire

Kathleen

Even though this TRID thing is suppose to be a benefit to buyers, it is ok to call a piece of crap such. Turd works just fine. cheers cvc

Dec 12, 2015 09:06 AM
Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho
Sandpoint Realty LLC - Sandpoint, ID
North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Top of the evening Kathleen.  Most would probably agree with her description and good lead in on your part.  Mark

Dec 12, 2015 10:00 AM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Just like you, the people in this industry, especially make me want to do better, be better Kathleen Daniels! Love the TURD remark and will see if it rings true as we move forward. Great post!

Dec 12, 2015 10:27 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

I can not stand TIRD.  And that's DIRT (spelled backwards). 

Dec 12, 2015 11:58 AM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Kathleen. Like it or not, it is here to stay and the sooner we get the system down, so that there are the least amount of holdups the better. For the most part, I like the system when it comes to information for the client.

Dec 12, 2015 07:30 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thank you for the chuckle. I had a settlement n friday and everyone was talking about  some horror stories.

Dec 12, 2015 08:00 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

That would have been a great table to be sitting at, some parts of this TRID thing are a TURD and it delayed 2 of my closings this month already.  

Dec 12, 2015 11:25 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Kathleen, fun post. Thanks for the laugh... TRID yeah TURD!

Dec 13, 2015 03:04 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

The solution I have found, just throwning it out there, to soothe sellers when they're all upset that their escrow closing is delayed due to that TURD thing, even though you WARNED them at offer inception this might happen, is to have the buyer release the EMD through escrow to the seller. Settles them right down.

Dec 13, 2015 03:24 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

It's moments like that that help us enjoy our jobs Kathleen. 

Dec 13, 2015 04:25 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Boobies and Turds in Blog headlines. Just your typical Rainy Sunday.

Dec 13, 2015 06:27 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Kathleen, we haven't had any TRID issues around here, but we are having a few TURD issues!

Dec 14, 2015 12:06 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Kathleen ... yes it's a Turd thing and we went over TRID issues in my CE classes ;o(

Hang in there, wonderful post and I also like the comments!

Dec 17, 2015 11:04 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

TRID=TURD love it, on a side note in the long run it will be better for all, part of the delays are lack of clear focus by Agents & Mortgage Brokers....Endre

Dec 18, 2015 03:46 PM
The Villages Realty
The Villages Realty - San Jose, CA
"Our Performance Will Move You!"

Hi, I'm just checking out some of your older posts and older market reports.

Feb 11, 2017 06:21 AM
Eagle Ridge Realty
Eagle Ridge Realty - Gilroy, CA
"Our Performance Will Move You!"

Just going through some of your older stuff, gathering knowledge.  I like the market reports.

Feb 12, 2017 09:34 AM