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Why Don't You Hire the Sacramento Agent Who Sold You the House?

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

You can't help everybody in real estate, you know, even when you're completely sincere, for whatever reason, some people can take what you say the wrong way. Some dude on another website sent me an email this morning, probably a duplicate that he sent to many other agents on that site, asking for a sales price on a home his girlfriend owns, which she bought after it languished months on the market about half a year ago.

I suggested he go back to the Sacramento real estate agent who sold it to him and call it a day.

Whoa. That was NOT what he expected to hear, evidently, because he decided it was rude and condescending for me to offer him advice when he didn't want it. Darn it. He just wanted to know the sales price he should list it at, and why didn't I just give him what he demanded?

He is sooo not hiring a person who tried to nicely reject him. You can read more in my personal blog today about that incident at this link: How Not to Choose a Sacramento Real Estate Agent.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of RE/MAX Gold. Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice; it could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.

Comments(9)

Stefan Winter
Real Estate in IL & NV | Owner of Real Estate Web Tech | Daily Vlogger - Las Vegas, NV
Owner - Winter Group & Real Estate Web Tech

We all run into people like that, I just try to ignore and not let them ruin my day. Have a great week...with people that are professional themselves.

Aug 11, 2015 01:39 AM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Thanks for the laugh. People, they often think we are their private servants. 

Aug 11, 2015 05:17 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Sellers who choose listing agents based on the combination of what they charge and how much they say they can get them for their home are just setting themselves up for disappointment.

Aug 11, 2015 11:30 AM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Good morning Elizabeth.  There is a right and wrong way to approach me as I see it is the same for you.  Choose your words wisely or face the wrath..

Aug 11, 2015 08:38 PM
Conrad Allen
Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA
Webster, Ma, Realtor

Hi Elizabeth.  Very impressive numbers.  Top 10 among 5,000 agents.  Wow!

Aug 11, 2015 09:30 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional I hope someday my hair looks just like yours. It's beautiful.

James Dray You have a beautiful head, too. And I would not say I was hard on the fellow, just logical.

Aug 12, 2015 12:07 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Chris Ann Cleland Well, we all know that but the public doesn't, so if we don't educate them, who will? Certainly not Trump.

Conrad Allen I cannot believe it myself, if you want to know the truth. That's by number of homes, btw. There are agents who have sold more expensive homes yet fewer.

Aug 12, 2015 12:09 AM
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Elizabeth - It's certainly not easy to stand out among thousands of agents. To rank in the top 10 means that you are obviously doing something right.

Aug 12, 2015 07:01 AM
Kate Elim
Dockside Realty - Spotsylvania, VA
Realtor 540-226-1964, Selling Homes & Land a

Hi Elizabeth...All I could think of while reading your post was that some people are just users. 

Kate

Aug 13, 2015 01:40 PM