The month of September was a very long one. I learned that writing a blog takes a certain amount of energy that is obviously just about what I had left over to give at the
end of a day, until I answered the phone the day after my last blog. These buyers were able to suck the joy out of every bit of the home-buying experience. I found myself regularly reconsidering my career choice: for anyone who knows how much I love what I do that statement will convey more than anything else I can put into words. I tried to fire them a couple times, but they seemed to "get it" so I took them back, as such, only to see the same issues quickly reemerge. I made the decision to enter the month of October without them as clients and felt a sense of relief, not to mention vindication, when their repeated self-sabotage of a deal resulted in its death.
Buyers can be a difficult lot, but no more than any other group, in my opinion. As a rule, I refuse to use the old adage "Buyers are liars," because I hate to enter into any
We all have talents and skills and we need to recognize our own limitations: we can't all be ballerinas. You are a "numbers guy" and your wife is a "former paralegal" and together you can enter into the transaction with those talents knowing neither lot makes you a REALTOR. You can analyze the contract, you can compare financing programs available, but at some point you need to turn to your agent and let them do what you chose them to do. If you hired someone because you liked their numbers, thus "negotiating style", but then spend a week picking things apart so that nothing about what is being presented comes close to their "style," are you expecting the same results? That is like choosing the fully loaded model you test drove on the lot, ordering the stripped down bare-bones version, and when it arrives complaining that you aren't getting the same ride. In business, as in your personal life, it is never a good idea to enter into a relationship with the intent to change the other person. Moreover, in business, where you hire the resume, why would you want to?
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