"To SELL or BUY..., call Syl Y!"
is my slogan.
Why is it, when some of my SOI get ready to SELL or BUY, they DON'T call Syl Y?
These same people will ask me about the market when they see me. Sometimes I think the only thing they feel they can talk to me about is real estate. So, I know they know I'm in real estate. Some of these same people, tell me they love getting my newsletter and other promotional giveaways, I may distribute. So, I know they know I'm in real estate. Some of these same people will ask me, about home improvement projects. But why don't these people ask me to help them when it's time to sell or buy a property? I had a woman once tell me she listed with another agent, but she wanted me to attend the Open Houses, go check on the house periodically, and when she received an offer, she wanted me to review it with her before she gave the agent --- the one that was going to get the commission --- an answer as to whether or not she was accepting the offer. She wanted me to do all of this, of course I did none, because she didn't trust the agent she'd hired. Well, if she trusted me, WHY DIDN'T SHE HIRE ME?She said, because the agent she hired, said she was the neighborhood specialist. That agent lived in the neighborhood. I told her we're all our own neighborhood specialists.
I've had people in my SOI tell me they didn't hire me because they didn't want me to know into their business; or they've blamed another family member --- "My husband/wife/brother/sister hired the agent"; I had one tell me I didn't do the kind of sale they wanted, how do they know, --- since they know NOTHING about real estate, but had been talking to a friend of a friend who lived in another county, ---about what types of transactions I do? I did have one lady tell me she forgot I was in real estate, and she wanted to cancel her listing and relist with me. She didn't.
It's always nice to help someone from my SOI, but sometimes it's better not to. I've had the Client from Hell, from my SOI, and had to keep repeating to myself, "Patience is a virtue."
What are some of the excuses, reasons, you've been given for someone from your SOI, not to call you for their real estate needs?
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