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Where Have All the Counter Offers Gone?

By Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

October 26, 2014 01:57 AM

Some agent called me earlier this morning to say Wow, you are the first agent to answer her phone! Well, no shit sherlock, it was 8:15 Sunday morning. What did she expect from agents? Huh? Give us all a break. I am the only agent crazy enough to answer her cellphone. I'm just sitting here reading the Sunday newspaper, petting the cats and waiting for counter offers to come back.

Sometimes we can send out a counter offer to a buyer's agent and the agent vanishes into the woodwork. The least one could do is let me know whether the buyer is rejecting the counter or countering the counter offer. But I imagine they have other things to do. Like call another Sacramento real estate agent at 8:15 on a Sunday morning. You guys just stop that.

You can read more in my personal blog today in this piece: Thoughts About Counter Offers in Sacramento Real Estate.

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Chris Griffith

Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL

Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent

Some bozo called me at 7 this morning and I didn't answer on purpose. I was like, it's Sunday morning, fool!

Oct 26, 2014 01:59 AM

Steve Kantor

BEST AGENT BUSINESS - Bethesda, MD

Best Agent Business - Virtual Assistance

I like your style, Elizabeth. If answering the phone on a Sunday morning makes me crazy, I'm okay with that, but I'm not going to stop sitting here petting the dog while I talk!

Oct 26, 2014 02:08 AM

Dee Toohey

Innovative Realty Solutions Group - Longwood, FL

Broker, ABR, AHWD, CIPS, FMS, ePro

Answerting the phone is fine and most good agents do it, even on weekends and holidays. But I like your quote! Happy Sunday.

Oct 26, 2014 02:19 AM

Sheila Anderson

Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ

The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Elizabeth. This is novel, but true. Answering the phone can contribute to our success........

Oct 26, 2014 02:39 AM

Lottie Kendall

Compass - San Francisco, CA

Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

I think we need to make it easy for a buyer to respond to our counter; those subliminal messages are powerful ones.

Oct 26, 2014 03:28 AM

Bill Reddington

Re/max By The Sea - Destin, FL

Destin Florida Real Estate

The call usually start with sorry I am calling so early....Most time I answer but I agree especially on a Sunday a little latter would be better.

Oct 26, 2014 04:19 AM

Kat Palmiotti

eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT

Helping your Montana dreams take root

I received a text from a client at 7:15 this morning (Sunday) and it said, "are you up?" hahahaha. How could I have honestly said no?

Oct 26, 2014 04:21 AM

Chris Ann Cleland

Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA

Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I'm with you. Sellers should always counter any other they receive. What's the worst that could happen? The same thing that would happen if they rejected it...nothing.

Oct 26, 2014 05:05 AM

Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807

HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ

Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

I don't understand how when you submit a counter offer, the agent disappears, but it happens to me all the time. Why can't they have the decency to call or send back a rejection. I just don't get it, as I think half the time if we communicated with each other we could make a deal happen.

Oct 26, 2014 05:11 AM

James Dray

Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

At 8:15 any morning you'll find me up and running. If I were to sleep past lets say 6 someone may want to call 911.

Oct 26, 2014 08:37 PM

Conrad Allen

Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA

Webster, Ma, Realtor

Hi Elizabeth. We are supposed to be available 24/7. Not me.

Oct 26, 2014 09:16 PM

Colleen Fischesser Northwest Property Shop

NextHome Experience - Chelan, WA

A Tradition of Trust in the Pacific NW since 1990!

I'm seeing it here too...not the early phone calls, but the lack of response with counter offers. Just love it when an offer comes across where the buyer's agent never bothered to read the short sale instructions. And when we counter with the changes they disappear!

Oct 27, 2014 01:41 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA

Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hi Chris: I hear ya -- somebody called me from Pennsylvania, oblivous to the fact it was 8 AM in California, and expected free advice, too, pertaining to her situation in Pennsylvania, where I do not work. Her number is on the Internet. I want to clobber these guys.

Kat Palmiotti By not responding.

Oct 27, 2014 02:58 AM

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