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The Downside to Hiring an Inexperienced Realtor in Sacramento

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

When people say experience matters, what does that mean to you? I see agents advertise that way all the time, and it just doesn't resonate with most people, although it absolutely should. I'm not really sure how else to get the thought across that agents who sell hundreds if not thousands of homes learn how to avoid mistakes with each and every transaction.

That experience gives a Sacramento Realtor a perspective that is completely impossible for a newer agent to reach without investing a similar amount of time and accumulating a similar track record.

You can read more about a wild story that made my eyeballs pop out of my head when I looked at that seller's closing statement at this link in my personal blog today: What Can Happen Without an Experienced Sacramento At Your Side.

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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.

Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of RE/MAX Gold. Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice; it could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.

Comments(8)

Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Well, that was not a good thing! And what a bad situation that put you in. Yikes. Yikes again. I am not sure what to say. I think we all hear stories like this from time to time. Such a shame. 

Nov 12, 2016 01:31 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Andrea Swiedler I had not seen this particular situation before. Seemed greedy and over-the-top to me, but I did not relay that to the victim. And yes, I do think of her as a victim.

Nov 12, 2016 02:40 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

If the agent had done a bang up job the commission likely would not have been an issue. Headline reads:  Client Screwed by DNA Agent. 

Nov 12, 2016 03:00 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Kathleen Daniels I had asked if they understood what they must have agreed to in the listing agreement, and her answer was no, they did not read it.

Nov 12, 2016 03:16 AM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

Inexperience can cost consumers big-time while experience can save them.

Nov 12, 2016 03:44 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Michelle Carr-Crowe-Top 1% Diamond Certified Agent Sells Homes San Jose, Cupertino, Saratoga, Palo Alto-Just Call 408-252-8900  Nobody believes that statement, though. So I find I have to show examples to get people to understand.

Nov 12, 2016 09:54 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Elizabeth - stuff happens.  And your example shows it can happen even when dealing with family members.  Far too often.  

Nov 12, 2016 10:12 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

DNA Agent.  I love that!  Never heard that term before.  Being related to an agent doesn't make them qualified to sell your home.

Nov 16, 2016 04:01 AM