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Sharing With Sellers That Offers Are Coming!

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I am fond of saying that I could buy my own island in French Polynesia if I had received every offer that buyer's agents said they were sending over the past 40 years. Because it is true. I find buyer's agents are often FAR more excited about the prospects of a house than their buyers are. They tend to see and hear what they want and glam on to every positive thing a buyer says, sometimes not listening to the negatives.

You might be surprised to hear how often agents say to me: oh, my buyers are so thrilled and they are filling out an application to get preapproved. And then they never even call their mortgage rep. Can't be bothered. You can read more in my personal blog today at this link: Should You Tell a Seller When Agents Are Sending an Offer?

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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.

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Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good afternoon Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents ,

Great post on an age old question for agents. I've had a few times when an agent didn't follow through with an offer after contacting me but on the whole when an agent calls and tells me when they are sending an offer I do let my sellers know so they can be available when it comes in. I always remind the agent I have everything they need to write an offer as an attachment in the MLS..survey, sellers disclosure etc.

Dec 08, 2018 10:22 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Elizabeth, I echo you sentiments, and usually use - have clients that are interested, versus - they will be sending you an offer.  You don't ever know when they get back, and the excitement wears off and realize the negatives of the home, and want to move on.

Dec 08, 2018 10:35 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Hi Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents until I see a signed offer to purchase with a check, I don't even hint to a homeowner there's  offer comming in.... never....

Dec 08, 2018 10:43 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Dorie Dillard CRS GRI ABR Seems lately I've had so many agents call to ask about information that is already in MLS. I ask if they see it but they insist it's not there. I hate to be insulting when I ask if they are looking at MLS or at a Homesnap app because some do not know the difference. Nobody ever taught them how to peruse a MLS listing.

Dec 08, 2018 11:13 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Joan Cox An agent told me a few days ago his buyers were very excited and submitting a loan app. The next day, they had still done nothing. The agent continued to insist they were in love with the property and they would fill out the loan app.

I told him no, they don't care. If you want to see that it's completed, go over to their house and help them. Sure enough, they were never inspired enough to submit a loan app.

Dec 08, 2018 11:15 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Barbara Todaro Usually I reiterate conversations for my sellers so they know what I am doing to sell their home. Sometimes that involves saying, hey, this agent says this, but until I see the whites of their eyes . . . boy, that's an old phrase, huh? Until I see the offer in my email . . .

Dec 08, 2018 11:18 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Elizabeth- while I'm not an agent, I could see where you would take the "it depends" position. For some sellers, it might be good to know that a buyer was interested in presenting an offer even though nothing materializes, especially if there has not been a lot of activity on the property.

Dec 08, 2018 02:29 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Your stance on telling sellers about potential incoming offers is similar to mine.  I do pass on the information, but try to be as matter as fact in the tenor of my voice as I can.  I say something like, "There is buyer interest, their agent has indicated there may be be an offer."  I try to leave any irrational exhuberance out of my tone.

Dec 08, 2018 03:23 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

CONGRATULATIONS Elizabeth, on having this blog FEATURED in the Old Farts Club group!  

Dec 08, 2018 03:25 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Elizabeth - I generally tell my sellers an offer/offers might be coming, that is, if the agent has downloaded disclosures, asked a few questions, etc.  I want to make sure the sellers will be reachable. You know how fast turn-around times are here.

Dec 08, 2018 06:49 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Kathy Streib What can happen, though, is the listing agent can inform the seller that an agent is getting her buyer preapproved and they want to write an offer, and then nothing happens. The listing agent never hears back from the agent again and doesn't give a second thought because if the buyer was interested or qualified, the offer would appear.

You know who doesn't forget about it? The seller. Then the seller contacts the listing agent and says what happened to that offer, and the listing agent can't even remember the buyer's agent's name.

Not that it ever happened to anybody I know, LOL.

Dec 08, 2018 07:14 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Myrl Jeffcoat You make me chuckle. Yes, irrational exuberance, oh, god, how I hate that in an agent. I imagine clients hate it, too.

Dec 08, 2018 07:15 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Lottie Kendall You make a good point! You do want the seller reachable. Although most of the sellers I work with are good at telling me when they'll be out of town or otherwise unavailable.

Dec 08, 2018 07:16 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ain't that the truth, Elizabeth! I'd be owning a neighboring island, myself. As there's no offer until there's one in writing, I've learned never to tell a client an offer is coming. I let them know when one has arrived. I've found that if I alert a seller to a possible offer and that we have nothing till we have something they tend to get over-excited about it and then chase me to chase the buyer's agent for it.

As for feedback, I've yet to have a client ask me not to provide it. I usually have to tell them to wait... that we won't receive feedback 5 minutes after a showing takes place.

Dec 09, 2018 05:12 AM
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Author Bio: Elizabeth Weintraub is a Sacramento real estate broker, author, home buying expert for The Balance, a Land Park resident, who specializes not only in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento but sells extensively from Elk Grove to Lincoln. Weintraub is prominently known as the #1 Sacramento Short Sale agent throughout the Sacramento four-county area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 40+ years of real estate experience to work for you.

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