So I'm looking for a house and I called a realtor to get more information on a property. After speaking with him on the phone and upon his suggestion he sent me more information on more properties, we then scheduled an appointment to view them. I let him know we're already pre-approved for a loan and ready to go.
Upon completion of the viewings, we found 1 place we kinda liked... but still hadn't seen the place we contacted him about in the first place. I asked how long closing took, he said it can take 60 days.. He asked if we currently owned, I said no we lease, he asked when the lease was up I said November, he got bent out of shape and left, told me to call him in a few months.
Now this didn't sit well with me. If it takes 60 days to close, I want close no less than 60 days before my lease ends, that gives me one month, 6 weeks tops to find a place to live. I'd say I'm pretty serious but I'm also not going to buy the first house I see.
This morning I get this email from him:
wtf? Seriously? This guy actually closes sales??
I got a little upset and decided to reply:
I would never talk to a client like that, aside from the internet I would never talk to anyone like that (except my roommates)
Honestly now, I think he wanted me to walk.
Where the hell is Bensenville?
Upon completion of the viewings, we found 1 place we kinda liked... but still hadn't seen the place we contacted him about in the first place. I asked how long closing took, he said it can take 60 days.. He asked if we currently owned, I said no we lease, he asked when the lease was up I said November, he got bent out of shape and left, told me to call him in a few months.
Now this didn't sit well with me. If it takes 60 days to close, I want close no less than 60 days before my lease ends, that gives me one month, 6 weeks tops to find a place to live. I'd say I'm pretty serious but I'm also not going to buy the first house I see.
This morning I get this email from him:
Hi Sarah,
Just wanted to touch base and check into the status of your moving timetable. If your lease goes to November, how hard do you want to look now? We can pick this up in August/Sept unless you want to do things ahead of schedule.
Quite frankly I get used more than I care to admit, and if you just wanted to know what was out there to give a relative in Bensenville the business I'll back out right now. So I would appreciate you telling me straight.
Thanks
John
wtf? Seriously? This guy actually closes sales??
I got a little upset and decided to reply:
John,
I don't have any relatives in Bensenville and you're the first and
only realtor we've spoken with. Quite frankly I don't appreciate your
rude attitude, if you hadn't dashed off like an Olympic sprinter last
week after hearing we had a lease until November, I could have told
you then that I would prefer to have 2 or 3 months in overlap on the
lease/house so we are seriously looking at this point. I don't
believe in wasting people's time and I also don't believe in being
rude to clients.
I do thank you for all of your time, and for all of the information
you have provided, but at this point I believe we will be looking for
someone else to work with.
Best of luck to you.
Sarah
I would never talk to a client like that, aside from the internet I would never talk to anyone like that (except my roommates)
Honestly now, I think he wanted me to walk.
Where the hell is Bensenville?