Some of you might remember a post from me about a month ago-- about my accepting a listing that was way outside of my coverage area and my MLS. What I did after I realized what I did-- is I called a local agent and promised her all the sign and AD calls-- if she gave me comps and data from her MLS (not a bad deal-- and it worked for me in another market).
If you also remember, I deleted that post-- because I was paranoid that it would get back to my asset manager-- and she would cut me off completely.
She and I talked today about 3 other properties that I had--- and we had a nice conversation.
Well, I reflected on the conversation-- and decided to call her right back -- and tell her what was going on. We talked for about 3 minutes-- and I informed her that the MLS (For the subject property) was not returning my calls (which they wern't) and I admitted that I was probably shooting myself in the foot by asking her-- but I asked her to reassign it (and take it away from me).
I mentioned to her that I hoped that I wouldn't be shooting myself in the foot by doing this--- but I couldn't keep working a listing that I didn't feel I could adequetely cover.
She told me that she was happy that I did not continue with a property that I could not adequetly cover for them-- and she told me (when I asked) that this would not affect my future workings with their company.
What did I learn? Besides not to accept a deal that I can't work?
-If you make a mistake-- admit it
-The worst that can happen is you get fired
-It is a LOT less stressful to have to ask the asset manager to reassign the listing-- then it is to continue to ask other agents in other areas for favors. --- On a scale of 10-- my stress level dropped by 3 points by letting this listing go.
I sincerely believe her-- when she said that this would not affect me. So I have learned a lot-- and actually, I wish I did this much earlier.
A lot of the seasoned pro's already learned this lesson-- But I'm sharing it with those of you --who like me are REO Newbies...
-Jason
p.s. to those who keep reading my posts (gratefully) -- I just got another listing assigned by a BPO company-- my FIRST BPO to LISTING!!!
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