Not Just any Realtor® Will Do
I do more than just open doors while someone looking to buy a San Antonio Texas home for sale. I know that someone looking to buy a San Antonio Texas home for sale, may not understand the home buying process and may have the misunderstanding of what a good San Antonio Texas Realtor® does to earn their pay and many don't truly understand that 
not just any Realtor® will do.
not just any Realtor® will do.Why do I bring this up today? I have heard a couple of stories that give me pause on how some San Antonio Texas home buyers are interacting with their Realtors®.
First story, a couple looking for a San Antonio Texas home for sale on their own, finds one and calls up a Realtor® from God knows where...I don't know if they threw a dart at a phone book or what...and Mr. Realtor® comes down and writes the contract for them. Mr. Realtor® gets no true financial information from them as I guess they were approved online, (eye roll) and gets the ball rolling. I am not sure what happens, but apparently Mr. Realtor® told this poor couple they didn't need to get their own inspection one had been done for them already almost a year ago. Well...since they don't know any better, they go with what they are told. Time marches and and it is time to close the deal only to find out the lender will not finance said couple because said couple needs a cosigner. The cosigner looks at the inspection and says, nope, looks like the home is falling apart....long story short, couple needs to terminate the contract...and, thanks to shot in the dark Realtor®, will lose their earnest money because he never extended the time on the third party financing addendum....
Second story...a person I know decides they would like to use me to find a home for sale....I know they have a Realtor® already and say to said person, you will have to terminate your agreement before I will start showing you homes. I will not violate the code of ethics by dealing with someone else's client....it's just wrong. The gentlemen comes back the next day and says never mind and I completely understand. Then tells me that his Realtor® is going to have to call some other Realtor® that they randomly called to show them a home because he is under the impression that he is their Realtor® now.
This boggles my mind a little bit. See, in my opinion, all of these Realtors® are in the wrong. The first one seems pretty obvious to me. He is not looking out for the client at all. The second Realtor® probably needs to have a long talk with their client to ensure that they understand the contract they signed together. The Realtor® that pop tarted over to show them this home is in the wrong for NOT ASKING, "are you working with another Realtor®?" To which I am positive they would have told him yes.
However, even when saying the Realtors® are wrong, some of the onus lies on the clients. The first clients obviously thought just any Realtor® would do and didn't even let their gut instinct stop them when the guy told them "you don't need an inspection...here's one that's just as good". They ended up losing the home and their money. The second individuals also seem to think that we are all standing around all day waiting for phone calls to show whomever homes with no thought what-so-ever on the actual home buying process, and either did not understand or did not care, that once you sign a contract with a Realtor®, you are supposed to work with them exclusively.
It is so important to sit down and discuss what we do for our clients and consumers really need to understand that not just any Realtor® will do.
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