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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
If someone calls me about a listing and wants me to crunch some numbers and figure out mortgage payments I am not going to insist they write a conditional offer first.
I will gladly spend 10 minutes of my day to turn this person into a possible client. I have had a handful of clients tell me that they were working with someone prior to me however they appreciated the extra mile I went which in turn led to their business.
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I don't know how it is in the housing market but I sold cars for a few years and I've heard everything in the world about buying cars.
"best price buys it now"
"I'm a year out doing research" (on a used car)
"I'm looking at the 350z and the Honda Civic Si"
"I'm paying cash, So I just want your lowest price"
We got stroked a lot when I sold cars, people were rude and are just as bad as the salesman. People would actually just wanna drive cars to waste your time and wouldn't feel bad about it. When I took ups on the lot and we started to question what they're really looking for I would simply ask if they're looking to buy a car or just wasting my time. I would just get that out of the way right away because I would rather be told "no" right away then waste an hour showing a vehicle and going for a ride only to be tossed the keys and told "thanks". Or get them in the office thinking they're going to buy the car and get nothing and never seeing them again because they went to another Nissan dealer down the road and some dbag lets them buy the car from him when I sold the car but they were embarrassed to come back because they were wrong.
this is a major reason why I got out of sales, because the people blame the dealer for everything. I know a lot of it is true but the buyer isn't an angel either.