It is not often as Real Estate Agents that we are afforded the opportunity to watch our peers work. Strange as it may seem there are as many ways to conduct business as there are practitioners.
Even somewhat stranger, I would hazard to guess that most of us have received similar training in fact many of us have received that training from the same source. Yet we all seem to develop our own styles.
This last week was an extremely busy week for me. I had a couple of closings and have been busy working with Buyer's. The week ended with 4 offers written and accepted with this group of Buyers moving to Downtown Portland.
But this is not about my busy schedule as a Buyer's Agent or as a Seller's Agent. It is about Real Estate Agent's and their different styles while working with Buyer's.
It was during this busy showing schedule this last week that I and my Client's witnessed another agent working with her Buyer's. In fact we bumped into her on more than one occasion. Obviously we were working the same price range and the same area in downtown Portland.
What was strikingly different as to how we worked not only to me, but to my clients as well was the way she chose to shuffle the people through the home. All the while constantly chattering about her life, past buyer's experiences and features of the home that she loved but did not seem to resonate with her Buyer's.
Now I am kind of OLD SCHOOL when it comes to showing residential real estate. I prefer to let my client's discover the home on their own as we walk through it together, carefully making sure that they do not miss any features that were on their hot list. I am always quite prepared to answer any questions that come up, for most of the properties we see, I have previewed prior to showing.
It was obvious to all of us that this agent had not previewed any of the homes. It was also obvious that the Buyer's, specifically the husband was beginning to grow tired of her Sheep Herding style of showing property. In fact during a brief absence while the agent was trying to get the garage door open. We heard the two buyer's having a quick discussion. The husband wanted to call off the showings while his wife was trying to convince him to hang on as they may see something they liked. After all she remarked, they could always call someone else to write an offer. They quickly agreed sharing a quick smile between us and themselves just as the Sheep Herder reappeared continuing with her constant diatribe.
We did not run into the couple again but they were the subject of many a conversation there after as we speculated about what might transpire with their search for a home.
What about you? Do you drive your herd to Market with a Whip? Or do you allow them to Graze.
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