What your Realtor did today!

It all happened today.

Yes, don’t tell me it’s Monday morning. The alarm was set for 4:30 am but I didn’t rise and shine until 4:50 am. No reason for the delay in getting up, it just happened. First off I got the computer going with access to database program which usually takes a bit of time to load. Then there was coffee. I heated up some from last night but it didn’t taste good. I think it was leftover decaf; I’m not a decaf type of guy. Instead, I made a new pot of the real stuff. I also put a bowl of oatmeal in the microwave for my wife.

Then it was back upstairs for my morning work. Just before 6 am I started my wife’s car and waited for her to get ready to depart for work. Just a bit more than a mist, there was just a drizzle of wetness in the air. Back at my computer I finished a assessment of a low appraisal which had come in on a property I had sold. The seller wasn’t in the mood to sell it for less than the original purchase price and the buyer wanted the house at a fair price. That seems logical. Well, just after 9 am when I finished my written opinion of the lower than low appraisal, I was literally flying to get showered and ready to get on with the day.

My first stop was a meeting with a competing company’s manager to discuss a salesperson who worked for him, then off to the office to turn in a new University Place rambler listing I had taken Friday afternoon. It’s a great property in a great neighborhood of mostly more expensive newer homes. Plus it’s listed at a great price. Then it was off to meet with a local bank’s manager to discern why it had become so difficult to communicate with them concerning a transaction they were financing for a buyer I represented. All in all, it was a so-so meeting, but later in the day it would prove to be beneficial. I suppose you could say I stirred the pot just enough.

Then back to the office to write directions and comments to be input with my new listing. Before I had a chance to escape, I also input a front picture of the property of my new listing. In response to an email I copied and emailed additional information to two clients in California. Yes it was way past time for lunch and I still hadn’t had breakfast. Where had the time gone? Whirling into my driveway, I again was on the fast tract for real nourishment; leftover eggs and hash browns from yesterday. All of a sudden I felt warm and cozy, no longer uneasy or inhibited from a lack of sustenance. But before I could return to the office, I had to get additional outside pictures of my new listing.

Back on the road again, I had a real purpose. But before I could get much accomplished, the phone rang. It was a call from a seller / agent who really didn’t want to see me. But I insisted that we needed to talk in person and I took off to meet them at their home. Sitting at their kitchen, they appeared relaxed yet nervous at the same time. I attempted to explain to them what I was doing I was distracted by a phone call from a lender who had information about the property those folks were attempting to sell to my client. They listened intently and seemed pleased that I was attempting to help but then, the phone rang. It was the lender calling to inform me that they would help solve our problem. Again, as they listened to just my side of the conversation, they seemed aware and anxious that something positive was happening.

Attempting to download the pictures I had taken, I found that the port in my office computer wasn’t reading the card I had inserted. Taking the computer apart didn’t help. As I was contemplating my next attack on my computer, a fellow agent stopped by and indicated he needed to talk. He came in pushing a roller chair, closed the door, sat down and told me that he was working with a former client of mine and the client had been referred to him by another office agent who has subsequently left real estate sales. He told me he had met with the clients last evening but he said he couldn’t help them until such time as he talked with me. I told him I was aware of the situation and while I believed the client’s actions were very hurtful to me, I didn’t have a problem with him working with them. I did however stipulate a number of items. First of all I said that I no longer had any files pertaining to their property. He said he didn’t need any of my files. Secondly I showed him an active comparable which I felt was superior in nearly every regard. “That is your competition,” I told him. And lastly, I told him I never wanted to discuss this situation or this particular client ever again. He agreed and just as fast as it had begun, our meeting was over.

Unhindered by what had just been discussed in my office, I was back in a nearby neighborhood talking with potential clients, going door-to-door passing out promotional material along with a business card size calendar. One man I met was very interested in what I was doing. Back at my computer I got additional information about him so I could mail him a thank you card.

Finally at home for the afternoon, I finally was able to extract the pictures from my camera and get them downloaded into the Windermere Photo Gallery for my new listing. All in all it was a wonderful busy day; eventful and exciting.

Beginning Tuesday morning, more to follow.