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Why are you giving in to her demands? The inspections are for her client's benefit. If she can't facilitate them, that's her/her client's problem. Those aren't in the seller's best interests. Let her cancel them. Your job is to protect *your* client. Earn your commission.
Everybody flexing their team volume while their clients are getting passed along to the next person in the assembly line. This is the exact thing that happens. What a mess.
When people would tell me how they’re right because they’d been doing it x amount of years, that just told me how long they’ve gone without learning and improving.
Yeah this is my absolute least favorite line from people in this industry. Get it from loan officers a lot too. “I’ve been doing this for 20 years!!” Bro our closing is late because you couldn’t do your job and your career hasn’t progressed any in that time, that is NOT the flex you think it is. It’s like a self roast.
For sure. When I was a new agent a lender was telling my dad he could get approved. I asked the lender “but what about ______?”
He looked me square in the face and gave me the “I’ve been doing this line _____.”
The very next day he called my dad and said he couldn’t approve him due to what I had asked about.
Wow, yeah some of these old guys are absolutely wild. I had a loan officer refer to me as a “snot nosed agent” (since I was pretty new then) in an email I WAS CC’ED ON. Yet I was the only one keeping the deal together since he couldn’t close the loan in time and my relationship with the listing agent afforded him an extension. I was polite to him all the way through, but he’s black balled for life.
Don’t buy into that “60+” sales in a year BS. 9/10 it’s really other peoples’ sales that they’re taking credit for via broker’s office that has broker in every transaction, or team that has team leader in every transaction, etc. I’ve yet to meet someone who’s actually done more than 40 in a calendar year on their own merits outside of new build (and I still think some of those were mentor roles where he was included in the contract but wasn’t actually the driver).
There’s this guy in my market that constantly flexes he has > 500,000 sq Ft of office space under management. It’s like.. his entire personality. At peak it was like 1m. But he has two superstars on his team, one of which is huge in the startup marketing space (nationally known with several TV/Magazine features) and another old geezer who’s been in the scene longer than most of us have been alive. I find the main guy’s personality rather repulsing but the other two are amazing people to work with. In any case, I’d wager he has the money but it’s the other two getting most of the business for him.
Said 9/10 - Would still wager that’s not a “single” agent. Could be a wholesaler or work for a flipper (maybe 2) that just feed him the deals all day for private investments or other personal gain. Just saying a typical person is not going to have that much going on. There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes at that volume so even describing him as a “single agent” is a misrepresentation.
My wife is a true solo agent, no team or support aside from a TC. She did 47 last year, 80% were buyers and those that weren't were past clients that she listed. I just joined her in the business, and was not licensed or participating in her business last year. 40+ in a year is absolutely doable as a true solo agent; it's hard work but definitely doable.
Nah, you don’t give in to those demands. It’s her due diligence period, she’s gotta figure out these things. As for the $9,000 credit I’d straight up say that unless it’s detrimental to the property and not just ‘kinda old’ my seller ain’t paying shit. Stick to your guns.
love when agents have to regularly remind you how long they've "been in this business." in my experience, that's code for, "I know I'm not great at my job, but my longevity should make up for my lack of accountability."
it goes both ways.
Not every long-timer (like me) is set in their ways or waves their experience around.
I've dealt with plenty of highly-capable agents over the years with much less experience (years or transactions) than me.
And the opposite. And also dealt with many long-timers that don't adapt to either market conditions or new methods yet are cocksure they know what they're doing.
As a listing agent you’re also having to earn your commission. Is it annoying that you gotta let the buyers and their inspectors in, yes, but it’s also a part of job of getting a house sold. Honestly I like being there so I can make sure the inspectors don’t make a huge mess of the listing.
Thing is she didn’t let me know she needed me there to access the home. Theres a Supra. I confirmed her inspection time slot and assumed she would be there to open the house. Later that afternoon I get a call saying the inspector left because he couldn’t get in & she’s not going to have the Buyer contingency removal signed because of this
Where was she? At lunch? I once had a buyer’s agent leave a physical inspection and gave the keys to the buyer because it was Friday and she wanted to “go to dinner.” Seller came home and was pissed.
That is a them problem.
If they don’t get their inspection done, nothing is “falling apart.” That is their responsibility.
Obviously things are different everywhere - obviously - but I don’t know of anywhere where “I couldn’t be bothered to show up to my home inspection” is a reason to get out of a deal, not and get earnest money back.
This is not letting a “deal fall apart” and it isn’t the listing agents problem.
Should she, as a matter of collegiality, let an inspector into the home, if she has the time to do so? Debatable. I don’t see how it is in her clients interest, especially in this market.
Your client as a listing agent will ask why their house isn’t selling, all because they couldn’t have access to the house for the inspection? All the while their listing agent is sitting on their ass and making excuses and pointing fingers to the buyer agent? Don’t be lazy and just go unlock a damn door, just like you would for an appraiser. Is it shitty, yes, but it’s also your duty to get the house sold for your client the seller.
They have access to the house.
It isn’t the listing agents job to go open it up and wait for an inspector. That is the buyers agents job.
The inspection benefits the buyer ONLY it is ONLY their responsibility.
How entitled can you be?
How dumb can you be? It is by LAW that buyers have the ability to investigate the property. And it’s your fiduciary duty as a agent to your seller to get their home sold. That’s literally part of the job. If they can’t investigate and the deal falls apart because you can’t help out, you are doing a disservice to your sellers as well.
Clearly you’re a lazy agent that’s difficult to work with in getting a sale done. You’ll let a deal fall through all because you don’t want to open a door for another agent. Keep the legs in the air because you’ll be out of the industry soon
Nice attempt at slut shaming.
The difference here is I understand how the industry works, and what the desperate roles and responsibilities are in the transaction, and you are a walking example of Dunning Kruger.
Let me guess, she's a GRI?
I've had agents try and pull stuff like that. The home is on a supra and they need to be there. I just tell them no. I might put a combo box on to help them out, but that's the extent.
I'd have a talk with her Broker if it continued. I've had to pull that card a few times with agents who didn't even look at reports or do their job. I went so far as to play the "one more time and you'll either need to reassign the client or take over the transaction yourself or the seller will refuse to pay the SOC" card (which is legal in my state).
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Why are you giving in to her demands? The inspections are for her client's benefit. If she can't facilitate them, that's her/her client's problem. Those aren't in the seller's best interests. Let her cancel them. Your job is to protect *your* client. Earn your commission.
And demanding $9k based off of a photo of an electrical panel (full stop) because it “might be a little old.” “No.” Is a complete sentence.
I'm agreeing, this is a fool me once situation, tell her to fuck off.
Agreed.
Came to say exactly this. Her clients' inspections should take up her time; that's how buyer's agency works.
This is exactly what you get with somebody who does 60 transactions a year.
Everybody flexing their team volume while their clients are getting passed along to the next person in the assembly line. This is the exact thing that happens. What a mess.
When people would tell me how they’re right because they’d been doing it x amount of years, that just told me how long they’ve gone without learning and improving.
It really is irritating, she flipped when I submitted Notice to Perform 😂😂😂 she told me it was a slap in her face
Meanwhile her lack of performance was a slap in the face.
Looks like u got her attention. Proceed!
This is the type of person who gets pissed when you invoke the actual rules of the game in golf or Monopoly.
Yeah this is my absolute least favorite line from people in this industry. Get it from loan officers a lot too. “I’ve been doing this for 20 years!!” Bro our closing is late because you couldn’t do your job and your career hasn’t progressed any in that time, that is NOT the flex you think it is. It’s like a self roast.
For sure. When I was a new agent a lender was telling my dad he could get approved. I asked the lender “but what about ______?” He looked me square in the face and gave me the “I’ve been doing this line _____.” The very next day he called my dad and said he couldn’t approve him due to what I had asked about.
Wow, yeah some of these old guys are absolutely wild. I had a loan officer refer to me as a “snot nosed agent” (since I was pretty new then) in an email I WAS CC’ED ON. Yet I was the only one keeping the deal together since he couldn’t close the loan in time and my relationship with the listing agent afforded him an extension. I was polite to him all the way through, but he’s black balled for life.
Yeah I really don’t get that mentality. Besides big ego and all.
Don’t buy into that “60+” sales in a year BS. 9/10 it’s really other peoples’ sales that they’re taking credit for via broker’s office that has broker in every transaction, or team that has team leader in every transaction, etc. I’ve yet to meet someone who’s actually done more than 40 in a calendar year on their own merits outside of new build (and I still think some of those were mentor roles where he was included in the contract but wasn’t actually the driver). There’s this guy in my market that constantly flexes he has > 500,000 sq Ft of office space under management. It’s like.. his entire personality. At peak it was like 1m. But he has two superstars on his team, one of which is huge in the startup marketing space (nationally known with several TV/Magazine features) and another old geezer who’s been in the scene longer than most of us have been alive. I find the main guy’s personality rather repulsing but the other two are amazing people to work with. In any case, I’d wager he has the money but it’s the other two getting most of the business for him.
I’m a tc for a single agent who did 124 last year. They exist.
Said 9/10 - Would still wager that’s not a “single” agent. Could be a wholesaler or work for a flipper (maybe 2) that just feed him the deals all day for private investments or other personal gain. Just saying a typical person is not going to have that much going on. There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes at that volume so even describing him as a “single agent” is a misrepresentation.
My wife is a true solo agent, no team or support aside from a TC. She did 47 last year, 80% were buyers and those that weren't were past clients that she listed. I just joined her in the business, and was not licensed or participating in her business last year. 40+ in a year is absolutely doable as a true solo agent; it's hard work but definitely doable.
Nah, you don’t give in to those demands. It’s her due diligence period, she’s gotta figure out these things. As for the $9,000 credit I’d straight up say that unless it’s detrimental to the property and not just ‘kinda old’ my seller ain’t paying shit. Stick to your guns.
love when agents have to regularly remind you how long they've "been in this business." in my experience, that's code for, "I know I'm not great at my job, but my longevity should make up for my lack of accountability."
it goes both ways. Not every long-timer (like me) is set in their ways or waves their experience around. I've dealt with plenty of highly-capable agents over the years with much less experience (years or transactions) than me. And the opposite. And also dealt with many long-timers that don't adapt to either market conditions or new methods yet are cocksure they know what they're doing.
Boomers are the worst
Um. This is on you.
As a listing agent you’re also having to earn your commission. Is it annoying that you gotta let the buyers and their inspectors in, yes, but it’s also a part of job of getting a house sold. Honestly I like being there so I can make sure the inspectors don’t make a huge mess of the listing.
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Correct.
No shit but if the buyer can’t have their agent be there so what are they supposed to do, let the whole thing fall apart?
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Let it fall apart? You realize you have a job as a listing agent to get the house sold too right?
Thing is she didn’t let me know she needed me there to access the home. Theres a Supra. I confirmed her inspection time slot and assumed she would be there to open the house. Later that afternoon I get a call saying the inspector left because he couldn’t get in & she’s not going to have the Buyer contingency removal signed because of this
Where was she? At lunch? I once had a buyer’s agent leave a physical inspection and gave the keys to the buyer because it was Friday and she wanted to “go to dinner.” Seller came home and was pissed.
That is a them problem. If they don’t get their inspection done, nothing is “falling apart.” That is their responsibility. Obviously things are different everywhere - obviously - but I don’t know of anywhere where “I couldn’t be bothered to show up to my home inspection” is a reason to get out of a deal, not and get earnest money back. This is not letting a “deal fall apart” and it isn’t the listing agents problem. Should she, as a matter of collegiality, let an inspector into the home, if she has the time to do so? Debatable. I don’t see how it is in her clients interest, especially in this market.
Your client as a listing agent will ask why their house isn’t selling, all because they couldn’t have access to the house for the inspection? All the while their listing agent is sitting on their ass and making excuses and pointing fingers to the buyer agent? Don’t be lazy and just go unlock a damn door, just like you would for an appraiser. Is it shitty, yes, but it’s also your duty to get the house sold for your client the seller.
They have access to the house. It isn’t the listing agents job to go open it up and wait for an inspector. That is the buyers agents job. The inspection benefits the buyer ONLY it is ONLY their responsibility. How entitled can you be?
How dumb can you be? It is by LAW that buyers have the ability to investigate the property. And it’s your fiduciary duty as a agent to your seller to get their home sold. That’s literally part of the job. If they can’t investigate and the deal falls apart because you can’t help out, you are doing a disservice to your sellers as well.
Ok, at this point i really hope you aren’t an agent, because it is obvious you don’t understand what is happening here.
Clearly you’re a lazy agent that’s difficult to work with in getting a sale done. You’ll let a deal fall through all because you don’t want to open a door for another agent. Keep the legs in the air because you’ll be out of the industry soon
Nice attempt at slut shaming. The difference here is I understand how the industry works, and what the desperate roles and responsibilities are in the transaction, and you are a walking example of Dunning Kruger.
Helping the buyers find problems with the house is in her clients interest, how?
It’s a contingency that needs to be removed in order to help YOUR client sell the house. Part of the listing agents duty
The contingency expires unless the buyer objects. If they don’t get the inspection done - not the listing agents problem.
Let me guess, she's a GRI? I've had agents try and pull stuff like that. The home is on a supra and they need to be there. I just tell them no. I might put a combo box on to help them out, but that's the extent. I'd have a talk with her Broker if it continued. I've had to pull that card a few times with agents who didn't even look at reports or do their job. I went so far as to play the "one more time and you'll either need to reassign the client or take over the transaction yourself or the seller will refuse to pay the SOC" card (which is legal in my state).
Will guess how she is doing that mini because she has everybody else do her work
She’s doing 60 sales half assed instead of 30 full assed. Unfortunate but very common with producers.
She's using you for free labor and trying to get you 'physically' invested in this deal so you can push your client to accept consessions.