For the last couple of weeks, we've had our place up for sale amid all the fearfulness of COVID-19, Coronavirus. That likely demonstrates that we continue to live on the edge.
For the past couple of years, I've had quite a great deal of conversations and "market evaluations" by realtors from my local cesspool of choices.
Overall, not mentioning any names, with the intention to share in generalities to avoid any privacy infringements.
They are a lazy bunch.
They look for listings to sit on and sell rather than showing around buyers for the most part. My perception.
Real estate has changed so much nowadays. The picturesque display of your home is the most critical aspect: how does it look on a screen. That is taking "staging" to the top in priorities. Clean counters, no photos, no insight into who has lived here for 26 years.
It all comes down to the MLS: Multiple Listing Service. Any licensed realtor can access it, navigate what ones are showing up on websites or get looped into email streams of listing.
Right from the start, I showed our realtor a place and kept referencing it as a benchmark.
That was when I had done research from all kinds of emails from a number of digital fronts.
In Calgary, Justin Havre & Associates and Tost Real Estate have won my admiration for fine tuning and honing in on my preferences so that the notifications are really exceptional.
We signed up for our current realtor as is good practice, and it is just not as robust or attune to my clicks.
All of the places we have gone to view, were found from third party emails and links, nothing from our realtor's website. In fact, even when I do a search through those engines and websites - both corporately and branded - my favorite place in Q has never surfaced on any of the email generated links or searches.
If anything, there is a really concerning subpar perception that speed and turnover should supersede quality.
That's not my style. Even though it works for many.
Now that our house is conditionally sold, we EXPECT that the deal will be honored.
The buyers saw our home twice personally.
A home inspection is good sense but it is no where part of the law that it is required.
Our first offer earlier this year that is part of the same complex was outbid. I'm very aware of the conditions. We're going to see another unit tomorrow.
I have a skewed perception to today's realtor: skip through the homework and focus on flipping links and more places.
Before scheduling our viewing tomorrow, I expect our realtor to inform us of something sits on the title, what it is, what it means, what it costs -- ALL BEFORE scheduling our time for the viewing.
Coming back with: I told you, I did this only shows that we're missing the critical points.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS WHAT IS THE CRITICAL POINT?
I am going to continue with a blog, leaving out your name and any traceable links .....
The end in mind is what all parties had agreed to.
Our realtor was given a link to a place that I found exceptional and was viewed on our first day out, continuing to impress.
The sale of our place, has to meet a certain number in order for us to be able to buy that place.
Our realtor and us, the sellers, need to be on the same page. Drilling us down in price was not representing our interests when it was $30,000 less than what we listed, $45,000 less than what the realtor's market evaluation was.
The song and dance on how our place needs work, has had 30 showings in two weeks he said was all because of his work. He missed the price point conversation.
The possession date and price were all danced to the buyers' bidding, but the removal of conditions was too lengthy - I see that now.
Expecting me, recovering from breast cancer and my brain injured husband to be able to move in less than 30 days is not looking after our interests.
With a quick possess, the home inspection deadline should have been set within 5 days or max a week.
Don't let a lot of flurry of activity disarm you into thinking that the sales rep you are working with is taking care of you.
A sales rep who continually reinforces the final goal, references it when a sale is being made, ensured it would cooincide with our outgoing offer. We lost on an offer because our possession date did not tee up with the sellers. That was a critical check point that should have been covered because our realtor had all that information at his disposal.
I'm sure he's doing the normal way to operate and he is cheered on by his company because they're fooled into activity demands.
Ruling by activity allows a lot of details to slip through from "sell at all cost" rather than shredding the company's reputation along with the realtors. Making sure the customers needs are taken care of is going to impact that reputation and feedback. Plus details like conditions removal deadline would not be missed. Or, a realtor who grasps the injured spouse, would do the best in making it painless and as smooth as possible, not tossing it back on the caregiver.
