{"id":425,"date":"2006-09-26T08:22:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2006-09-26T08:23:02","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T15:23:02","slug":"blogoff-post-48-realtors-keep-process-free-of-personal-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/425\/blogoff-post-48-realtors-keep-process-free-of-personal-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #48: Realtors keep process free of personal issues . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from my Arizona Republic<\/i> column<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I may write more in the future about the benefits of working with a Realtor, but this is the one that is most important to me: Realtors keep personal issues out of the transaction.<\/p>\n

A real-estate transaction is financial, not personal. I like to say that every real-estate problem has a financial solution. <\/p>\n

Not so personal problems. If there is a personal enmity between buyer and seller – over price, repairs or just because they don’t like each other – there may be no resolution to the dispute.<\/p>\n

But here’s an interesting fact: They will probably never see each other again. Buyer and seller may never even meet in person, and once the transfer of deeds and funds is effected, there is no need for them to have any further contact.<\/p>\n

The buyer wants the seller’s house. The seller wants the buyer’s money. And it is the job of the Realtor to keep any possible personal issues away from the transaction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That particular column details many other reasons for working with a Realtor, but this one seems paramount to me. I see buyers and sellers learn how to despise each other even when they never meet. How much worse might this be, if they had to interact directly…?
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Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is from my Arizona Republic column: I may write more in the future about the benefits of working with a Realtor, but this is the one that is most important to me: Realtors keep personal issues out of the transaction. A real-estate transaction is financial, not personal. 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