Will You Work With Me Even Though I’m Not Quite Ready?

Hi Sally, If I can, I always like to help people get the information they need whether they are ready or not. I think its just the right thing to do to help if you can. Im always amazed when someone says you were nice to my mom/sister,etc(a year or two)ago and she told me to call you to help sell my home.... KARMA. Have a great day!!

Being open to talk and work with people even if they aren't ready... they may be more ready than they realize.  You can "help" them find out!

Sally, don't all of them  start off not quite ready?  I think it's a smart strategey to start people off and then to stay with them. 

Sally, 

Went on an appointment last night for this exact situation.  Would much rather talk up front and be pro-active.  Wonderful post. 

All the best, Michelle

Hi Sally~ Good planning is so important when you are buying or selling.  It's never to early to get started.

Both buying and selling are very stressful things on a person and you have to be sure you are ready of course a local professional will be willing to help you take the steps to get ready but the potiential buyer and seller have to be willing to take the steps us realtors can't feel like we are pushing you than we will not be working in your best interest, we are here to guide you in the right direction whenever you are ready to make that decision.

Sally.

My answer has always been YES!

Have I been burned? Yea about 1/3 of the time.

Do I say "never again?" Yes.

When will I do it again? As soon as needed!

We're in the people business! We help people just because we can and if we're careful it's a good living.

The biggest problem is that so many get so involved helping they forget to ask for the business!

Bill

Sally: Perfectly answered! Best, Gay

Sally my answer to that question is always yes.  I work with a lot of Borrowers that for several different reasons are not ready to buy yet.  It could be anything from credit issues, to a house that is not selling.  It does not matter, I am willing to work with each of them and help them be ready.  They make great clients because they do not forget what you did for them.

Sally, this is a terrific post - maybe just because I agree with your philosophy.  But really, very few people are "ready, willing and able" to buy on the date they make that first call to a real estate agent.  Helping them reach that point is what we do, isn't it?

Sally, you really put a good piece out there.  I talked with a buyer that was testing the waters and he was the boyfriend of a past client.  Met with him at 3:00pm, told him to take his time, he found a home at 11:00pm on the portal I set up and was contracted the next day.  You never know...It would've been a big mistake to push him to move quicker when life took care of that for him on its own.

Certainly with buyers it is a good idea to start early.  That way you can start to get a feel of who they are and what they really want when you start looking seriously.

Sally, as long as the client is willing to do their part, I am always willing to work with those who are not quite ready yet.  Touching base with them regularly is not hard to do at all, and I converted 'not quite ready clients' to 'ready to go clients' multiple times, so it works.  Patience and follow up is the key.