The Buck Stops Here
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So I’m on my gotta-get-away-from-these-phones lunch-time bike ride today at Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael, thinking about real estate (duh!). Just as I’m rounding the corner of the golf course, no more than 20 feet away, I spy two bucks that my hunting-husband would have drooled over. It seems to be that the deer always eat grass from underneath this one particular tree, hence, the buck stops here.
But then I thought about the day I was having, back at the office and why I was frustrated. It seems that a counter-offer that came from the listing agent/asset manager was a multiple counter-offer, but gosh darn-it, that little box indicating it as such was not marked. Clearly, that put my buyer’s in what I would consider a false state of security, especially that we all now realized it was not a done deal.
We all know that the Sacramento real estate market is at an all-time strange place. Lending is nothing short of ludicrous (back-peddling isn’t working, guys), and some out-of-state banks seem a little out of touch (both literally and figuratively). In all of the this it makes me realize how very important it is for those of us committed (and those of us who should be), to stick to our guns when it comes to ethics. To say, “Enough is Enough,” and mean it. To not let our clients lose out on property just because of someone else’s error.
Regardless of the market, it is the ethical agents, the determined buyers and sellers, and persistent lenders who are holding it all together, inspite of trepidation, crazy new time-lines and asset mangers who won’t return calls (you’d be amazed at what leaving 72 voice mails will do).
All that said, I think it’s more crucial than ever for buyers and seller to work with professionals who know their stuff…lenders who won’t drop the ball and agents who are ethical, up to date and educated (and in my case, have eagle-eyes for unchecked boxes!).
As prices slowly creep up and buying is more challenging than ever, remember to find yourself an agent who will put your best interests first, recommend a lender who knows what the heck is going on, and through it all, knows how to say, “The Buck Stops Here!” and gets the deal done.
Ta ta for now,
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