Stuff people say to REALTORS®

As a professional in any industry there are inevitably those phrases and questions that come up from the general public/people not in your profession. Here are a few of my favourite ones that I have heard over the years!

1) "It must be great working whenever you want to!"
While this is indeed true, that I CAN work whenever I want to, real estate as a career attracts the type of people that don't have the 'clock in/clock out' mentality about working. There are times I work all day long for days, and there are times that I have more free time than I want!

2) "I love those HGTV shows, I know all about the real estate world!"
Those shows are fun to watch (I watch them too!) but they are a dramatization of real life, I doubt that anyone would tune in for a show featuring me combing through listings on my laptop, or trimming excess tree branches at an open house. There are un-glamorous times too. It's not all stilettos and lunch meetings.

3) "I'd like you to show me these houses tonight, I'm not interested in buying, I just want to know what they look like inside"
Woah, woah, woah... That's completely unfair to the seller (who thinks a qualified buyer is coming to look and invests in getting their house ready). It's also unfair to me, I only get paid when a sale is completed so my time needs to be spent working towards sales!

4) "Is that the sellers in these photos on the wall?"
Why does it matter? The people don't come with the house. Actually the seller are hideous monsters and they picked up a couple frames at WalMart & left the pictures of the models in them just for show!

5) Why are they selling?
Interesting question, as a listing agent the sellers motivation may not be the best thing to divulge to a potential buyer. Maybe the sellers have already bought another home and it closes in a month, telling a buyer this may give them an advantage in negotiations. Maybe the sellers are going through a breakup and want to cut ties ASAP... In any case it can be a touchy subject and is it really going to be the tipping point between you offering on the property or not as a buyer?

Having been in the profession for a few years now I have heard some very offhanded comments and odd questions, that being said I always encourage my clients to ask any questions that they ever think of freely! These are simply a few that tend to come up more often, next blog will be stupid things REALTORS® say to people ;)

Letter to Stop Clear Cutting

 

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing in regards to the clear cutting and devastation of forests going on throughout the province of Nova Scotia. This practice has not followed the mandates set out for the province in 2011, and it is not going to be tolerated.

I have seen first hand how the clear cutting of Nova Scotian forests has affected the wildlife and ecosystems in this province, and it is haunting. I am a REALTOR® and I travel extensively throughout rural areas of the province. I am completely appalled at the devastation of this provinces natural resources, furthermore at the lack of regard for this provinces inhabitants both human and animal. The trickle down effect of this is profound.

I am writing this letter to voice my total abhorrence of this practice and the practices that are set to ruin the beauty and majesty of this area. In this day and age there is absolutely no excuse or reasoning to justify the complete disregard of the best interests of this province and it's future. How dare you turn a blind eye, or worse, knowingly allow such a short sighted and environmentally dangerous thing to happen? This destruction must cease!

As a Nova Scotian, a young professional, a Canadian and a human being I demand that this be stopped immediately.

Sincerely and adamantly,

Megan White
Berwick NS



* If you would like to send a similar letter please do, the following email addresses will be of use.

premier@gov.ns.ca
minister.environment@novascotia.ca
mindnr@novascotia.ca