2nd Opinion ?

Wonderful post! Thank you for the great information. Have a fantastic week!

Bill Salvatore, Realtor

Arizona Elite Properties

#AZVHV / Arizona Veterans Helping Veterans

Hi Mike = I'm not an agent but what you say makes some sense.  Giving feedback is a great way to get a "second opinion" for your seller. When feedback is consistently about something such as "overpriced" or "needs too much work" ...then you have a starting point for getting the property sold. 

Good morning! Interesting idea. That being said, I'm wondering if a seller, who is unsure if the agent is correct, would trust a team within the same company. Often, sellers who expire and pick a new agent, usually do so with a different company.

Good morning Mike. Interesting idea. I once used a postcard with a doctor on it examining a patient in areas where another agent had a foothold. The message, it pays to get a second opinion. Enjoy your day.

Good morning Mike Schneider ,

I'm so glad that Kathy Streib featured your post in her Sunday Series as I missed it. Interesting because I think this is where the skill set of the listing agent comes in..facts and figures don't lie and a simple questions asking the seller how could the numbers be manipulated to come out with a different conclusion, would be beneficial. The proof is in the pudding.

Hello Mike - opinions of many kinds are points of view.  And without substantiation, they aren't necessarily meaningless.  Butt, I digress about the subject.  It is a topic worthy of conversation.  On conjunctions, nouns for satire's sake and so much more.  

I like the term Review Team and yes we used to use this before a listing was taken, asking friends and agents in our brokerage to stop by and give their opinion for pricing. Sellers usually loved it, getting all those opinions and feedback before they ever listed.

There have been times when a home seller has called me in for  2nd look at things.  And typically the other agent read the market comps wrong, didn't really know that market as in 'right now' and/or the seller was a bit difficult to deal with. The first case I'd take them om, the 2nd probably not. I recall on transaction where I knew I could get about 30K ROI higher and that did happen.

We do on occassion do reviews.  My experience has been that the reason something sits on the market is the majority of time the seller does not listen or refuses to take the advice of the listing agent.  

Since we obviously do not know everything, there is a time when a 2nd opinion can be of value. It may be good or bad but at least it may be something new. Something that we did not think of.