I had clients in from Florida over the weekend on a "trip to purchase". We always like those kinds of buyers. They had all of the Buyer Agency paperwork and everything signed before I picked them up at the airport on Friday!! Fabulous.
When I spoke to my clients they were looking for only homes that had a "pond view". Fair enough. I pulled the Top 10 listings from Wake Forest to Cary with pond views.
We set off on our venture to find the perfect home with a pond view. ". What became frustrating is how some agents "STRETCH THE TRUTH". We pulled up to Hedingham and the house listed wasn't even close to having a "Pond View". There was a beautiful pond in the neighborhood but it was across the street. The only way you could see the pond is if you crawled up onto the roof!! Same thing - in Cary in the afternoon - we pulled up to an agent's listing that has a "reputation". There was not even an inkling of a pond view. My clients were very frustrated to say the least. They wanted to file a complaint with the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors for false advertising. I don't blame them.
At last - the last home we came to was a cute ranch on the pond in Silver Oaks in Cary. The home had everything my clients were looking for and a pond view to boot! My clients are happy and that makes me happy. However, agents be advised to be careful how you market your properties because buyers are senstive when you stretch the truth about a property.
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