Real Estate Etiquette: Did I wake up and become a Doctor or Something?

Amazing that someone thinks the rest of the world goes by their timeclock.  7am? WHAT?  I think I would have said, the office opens at 9am..  we will call you back. At least you had a courteous answer for the lady, which is more than many would have had at that time of the morning, on a Saturday too? 

Hi Kathy. Some people face it, just DON'T THINK. You found one at 7 a.m.

I think the only time I have ever not been upset with someone calling at 6:06am was when I found out they were from New York and were excited about a listing I had, that they saw online and in their excitement they totally spaced the time difference.

The only good thing that came out of it was because they felt so bad they became clients.

Ok, I did it!  Check it out.  KM

Kathy--I had someone call on new year's eve one year at 11:30 pm. He had just watched an informercial and was ready to start buying real estate with no money down. Those early and late calls seem to be the least serious so I let voicemail get them now. :)

That is just plain rude!!  I would never call someone that early.   Kicker is they probably will never call back!

I couldn't agree more...I personally don't like to take calls late in the evening because that is when I can finally relax.  Yet, I do get the occasional call at 10:00pm.  This 24/7 is a bit too much sometimes!

Kathy I answer my phone no matter the time, but I sure hope know one calls me that early on a Saturday. 

Let me see if I call you at 9 AM my time, I wonder what kind of voice you will have then ........ LOL

Kathy, when that happens, I answer the phone too, thinking that it's an emergency or perhaps I've overslept!  I'm always amazed that folks will call from 7 am until 10 pm--what ARE they thinking?!

Hi Kathy...Thank goodness I've never had a call that early.  As much as I would like more buyers (Who wouldn't?) anyone that called at that hour would probably not be fun to work with long term unless they learned to be more considerate.

Kate

My goodness....that is early!  I think some people wake up super early and just assume the rest of the world is up and ready to go too.  It always scares me when I get those early calls......I'm afraid it's my parents or my kids with some kind of emergency.

Hi Kathy, that's a good one, Doctors hours. You must be thinking about the way things were when we were going up. Doctors don't even answer the phone today. At least not one you or I would calling. But.. having said that , the good thing was that the sign is working and the telephone number on it is good and that people are thinking about buying land and homes and whatever. Those are really good signs. 

Next you should some sort of a switch that allows you turn off the phone or redirects it to an answering service. I heard about one service that answers the phone live as many hours a day as you want and then during dinner, sleeping or what ever times you arrange, your phone won't ring but the folks will be personally and professionally handled until you are available.

Very funny, Kathy...Are you sure they weren't from a different time zone? Sometimes I do forget about it and phone my kids out there on the coast---and wake them. Sometimes I just get tired of waiting for everyone else to wake up out there! I've had a few calls between 10-11pm---and they are from the west coast! But you are right...these hours are not ideal...unless someone's having a baby, cll at a decent hour.

Kathy, That is very rude to call someone that early about something that can wait a couple of hours.  I am so used  to answering the phone whenever it rings instead of letting it go to voice mail as I sometimes should.

Kathy—Great story-fun to read! Of course, to have this terrific story to tell you had to pay the price by being rudely awakened at an unreasonable hour. Hope this post helped make some lemonade out those early morning  lemons!

Well, I think that's a bit early...unless I'm the one calling you at 7am over here..hmm that would make it 10am over there..lol. 

Kathy-Too funny! I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time! We've all been there with some of the call's we get, so many different birds out there!

Too funny, great post Cathy, happens to us all from time to time!!!