So you want to be a Realtor? It was a funny weekend for me. I listed a house two weeks ago and we have shown the property three times since then. The last couple I showed the home to decided to make a very nice offer. My seller decided that “it was too easy” for me and they did not want to pay me the fee they had originally agreed to less than fifteen days ago.
Many Sellers in this position feel the Agent they hired did not justify the fee they earned because it was “just too easy!”
At almost $4.00 a gallon, I have filled my cars tank 8 times this month (3100 miles) at a cost of about $600. Driving clients all around Tampa Bay, driving to check empty houses to make certain other agents did not leave lights on, doors unlocked etc. I closed on a home that was listed for over one year. I had to pay a contractor $300 out of pocket to make a last second “walk thru repair” because the closing was a mail away and the seller docs were already in Tampa. Do you think I will get a check in the mail from my Seller to pay me back? In almost 20 years in this business, I’d gamble on…………….ahhhhhhh…… NO!
I had another client that called, asked me to meet her at Capital Grill, one of Tampa’s best restaurants. She claimed to be in town to buy 4-5 houses. After driving across town to meet her (and buy her lunch), she obviously has a screw loose and was not for real. Another cross town trip for ZERO. The same week, I had a person list with me. I sent the photographer out to shoot the house, take the Virtual Tour, burn CD’s and make full color brochures. Then they decided to not sell in this market!Just a typical day in the world of real estate! It is a great business to be in. To make a living, you have better have some talent! For someone to say this is “too easy” to make money, I say saddle up and give it a try!
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