{"id":3121,"date":"2008-05-14T13:14:37","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T20:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2008-05-14T13:14:37","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T20:14:37","slug":"are-you-so-successful-and-busy-that-you-are-pushing-business-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3121\/are-you-so-successful-and-busy-that-you-are-pushing-business-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You So Successful And Busy That You Are Pushing Business Away?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If You’re That Busy – Then Move Along – There’s Nothing To See Here <\/strong><\/p>\n

One thing is for sure – no matter how good your marketing or your prospecting might be… if you don’t strike while the iron is hot, you’re probably going to shoot yourself in the foot.<\/p>\n

I have a friend who lives in another state. She has a good job, and earns a good salary – and is currently renting month-to-month. She found a home near her place of employment that seems to meet all of her needs – so she told me that she sent the listing agent an email inquiring about it… as she is interested in taking a look.<\/p>\n

Of course, I told her NOT to go see the property – as she might have a difficult time obtaining representation after-the-fact as a result of procuring cause. I encouraged her to get a buyer’s agent to assist her. I also explained what could happen when someone buys a home without representation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well she didn’t know where to find an agent, so I told her I would make a few calls and see what I could do. I wanted to find her an experienced agent – preferably a broker – who could demonstrate their ability to be a shrewd negotiator in this market.<\/p>\n

I was able to find a couple of brokers to consider, and a few minutes ago I picked up the phone to call the one I felt might be the best one to represent her.<\/p>\n

The agent told me she was getting ready to leave, and didn’t have much time to talk. I told her that I had a referral that I wanted to talk to her about – to which she replied, “Well, you can always send me an email.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, I was shocked. She is a broker with over thirty years of experience – with seven current listings ( I didn’t want an agent with too many listings). She has her husband and daughter working with her, both licensed ( I checked). I am trying to hand her a ready, willing and able buyer who Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If You’re That Busy – Then Move Along – There’s Nothing To See Here One thing is for sure – no matter how good your marketing or your prospecting might be… if you don’t strike while the iron is hot, you’re probably going to shoot yourself in the foot. I have a friend who lives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dirty-laundry","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-realty-reality","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":629,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/629\/links-for-a-very-busy-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":3121,"position":0},"title":"Links for a very busy Saturday . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm selling at least two houses this weekend, so I'm catch as catch can. 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