Patience IS a virtue

I'm sitting here thinking about the  sale I should of had but l lost. Customers I went "steady" with all summer, looking all over Westerleigh  in the  summer heat getting sunburned just going to and from different homes(I think I saw every one fam detached there!). Excellent buyers-prequalified, wanted to get out of their apartment to start a family etc,etc. Loyal as could be-they checked in with me every week consistently either through email or phone and would even wait for me to get back from vacation to look  at other houses  and yet I lost them over thanksgiving! They  wanted time to think about it or so they said. What really happened? I know. They kept putting  in lower and lower offers that were constantly rejected and I got more and more discouraged and less and less patient with them. It seemed like they were looking to get something for nothing and this made me mad.  I realize now it was o.k. to feel  this way BUT NOT O.K. TO LET IT SHOW THROUGH! You have to be part "saint" and part "actor" and realize that they want what's best for them and you have to be on their side no matter what! If they  detect any sense of opposition-they're gone! So,in case anyone is going through the same frustrating experience (which is very likely in  this market)-don't throw away all your  hard work because of emotions. Put yourself in  their shoes, so to speak, and have compassion and most of all, PATIENCE -IN CAPITAL LETTERS! I hope I "saved" a few sales because of this.