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Questions I answer over and over

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ

No, I can't take your name and phone number and call you if the rental you want months down the road comes available.

No, I have no idea what vacancies I will have for rentals 6 months from now (or even 3).

No, I can't find you the little cabin in the woods on a lake with no near neighbors for $100,000.

No, I can't even find you a nice site-built house AT ALL for $100,000.

No, I can't talk the rental Owner into taking you as a tenant, even though you flunked our application process.

No, I WON'T rent to you if you won't fill out (completely) our application, no matter WHO you are.

No, I can't get you top dollar for your house if you won't do anything to make it a top property.

No, I won't list your property for next to nothing in commission.

No, I won't spend money to advertise your property in Phoenix area papers. They want too much for tiny little ads that no one will see.

No, I DON'T have any rental vacancies that aren't in my ad.

No, I won't rent to 5 pit bulls.

No, our name is Prest, not Priest or Preston; and it is Realty, not Reality.

Yes, I do sales as well as rentals.

Wow! That feels pretty good to get that out!

 

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Rich Kruse
Gryphon USA, Ltd. - Columbus, OH
I feel better too. Thanks.
Apr 25, 2007 01:24 PM
Melissa Kruse
Gryphon - Lewis Center, OH

Ok, I know you said no pit bulls, what about alligators?

Yes, I know I'm suppose to have the security deposit and first month's rent, but how about you let me move in now and I just pay it all in the future?

Can I please please please have my apartment upgraded with new carpet, paint and appliances, even though I'm a few months behind with my rent??

Check out my new 52 inch plasma tv that I just got at the pawn shop. Can I get you last month's rent and this month's rent next month???

 

Wow, I feel better too.

Apr 25, 2007 02:38 PM
Rich Kruse
Gryphon USA, Ltd. - Columbus, OH
Uh, NO.  What am I, some f&(*)__&^%g idiot?  Do I look new to you?  Forget I asked.
Apr 25, 2007 02:42 PM
Yvonne Root
rooms b.y. root - Prescott, AZ
Home Stager - Northern Arizona

Leslie, this is such a fun post! This is one of my favorite lines:

No, our name is Prest, not Priest or Preston; and it is Realty, not Reality

Not long ago my 50+ year old brother called me from Tucson and asked "Do you know the word Realty doesn't have an "i" in it?" We had a bit of a laugh. Our Mom had a unique way of pronouncing many words and we learned the incorrect pronunciation for quite a few. Reality -- Realty, lanwd -- lawn, giraffet --giraffe, and supenders -- suspenders are just a few of them.   

Apr 26, 2007 10:44 AM
Leslie Prest
Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ - Payson, AZ
Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty, Payson,
AS far as "realty vs reality" goes- we discovered a few months ago that someone took out the domain name "prestreality.com" and it goes to a generic, "we'll find you a realtor" site. So now I spell the name for people very carefully.
Apr 27, 2007 05:38 AM
Yvonne Root
rooms b.y. root - Prescott, AZ
Home Stager - Northern Arizona
Oh no. Leslie what a different thing that is. I thought it was like our family joke. We have to look things up all the time to see if we are pronouncing correctly. You must have an awesome presence in the real estate market in Payson for some one to want to take out that domain name. At least that part is good.
Apr 27, 2007 06:04 AM
Not a real person
San Diego, CA

Hey, Leslie — I left a surprise for you in my post this morning. Let me know when you find it…. What? You thought I was going to tell you where? Ha! This comment is a clue, though.

Happy Weekend!

Aug 27, 2011 07:09 AM
Yvette Chisholm
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Rockville, MD
Associate Broker - Rockville, MD 301-758-9500

I had someone with 6 pets, I told them they would need to get it down to two pets or would probably need to buy instead of rent.   They managed to "loan" some of the pets to family members.  

Aug 28, 2011 05:48 AM
Leslie Prest
Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ - Payson, AZ
Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty, Payson,

Oh, Russel- if I can only find time. My husband is "semi-retiring" which means I get to do part of his job too!

Yvette- it's amazing what people do.

Aug 29, 2011 07:40 AM