Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Do you have pet peeves in real estate?

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12. Hidden lock boxes with no warning. There have been a few times where my clients and I spend more time looking for these suckers than we do looking at the home!
11. The old "I've been selling real estate for 30 years" card being pulled.
10. Realtor functions. Too many big egos in one place, and too many handshakes where the person you are shaking hands with is looking to see who is behind you.
9. Speaking of handshakes... the "double grab and then turn your head and speak very insincerely and over the top" handshake. I hate that.
8. When one of the Realtors at the closing asks the buyer "Is your hand getting tired yet??" that is followed with a hearty laugh. That joke wasn't funny the first time I heard it, let alone 150 closings later.
7. The "reader." You know, the person that has to read every single line of every single thing they sign at the closing, making the closing take 2.5 hours instead of the 45 minutes it should take. Hey, if you are that person, I get it. You want to make sure that you are not signing something you don't understand. It just annoys me. The closer explains everything you are signing as we go.
6. The "talker" at closing. It could be the lender, or one of us agents, but that person that is so loud and obnoxious in closings that it over powers the room. Closings are about our clients, NOT US.
5. The cheesy profile pictures. I could go on, but I'm guilty of this one myself. I can't STAND the picture that we use, but Amanda really likes it. I think I look creepy. Anyway, you know what I'm talking about. The "Glamour Shots" that some agents use. They look corny. Stop it! Or a cheesy photo like Greg Nino uses here.
4. The caravan. This is the group of people that my unsure client thinks they need to bring to all showings. It usually consists of parents, siblings and friends, but they bring em all! Talk about a full house!!
3. The kiss ass. You know... the one in all the sales meetings that is kissing Mr. Broker's ass. This person laughs really loud at Mr. Broker's jokes and tells him he is SO FUNNY! You don't know who I'm talking about? Ahh... it's probably you then!!
2. The angry agent. This is the agent that gets all huffy and puffy and treatens to blow your house (or deal) down. Chill out man. Your yelling isn't going to change a thing. It will just cause me to hang up on you until you are calm.
And my #1 real estate pet peeve...
REAL-A-TOR
It's REALTOR. Real-a-tor sounds like a pre-historic beast or something.
K. I'm done. Thanks for reading.
* This blog was intended to make my peers and friends laugh. I am not sitting here in an angry state pounding my keyboard and cursing under my breath. I'm just having a little fun. Have a good weekend!
Amanda and Jared Christiansen are award winning Realtors with Century 21 Bradley Realty in the Fort Wayne area.
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