Jerry Keller's Discussions

My Pet peeve is dishonesty. I do not think a pet peeve should include unrealistic pricing, discount shopping, messy house keeping, etc  because we as agents have a choice to either Do business or Not do business with every potential client that come are way. If we sign the listing agreement and their price is to high at the beginning that is what we signed up for. On the other hand if a condition of listing you have the seller in writing agree if the market does not agree with the price thay have selected then they will reduce lets say in 2 weeks down 5% and after 2 weeks they have selective memory and start blaming you and want to cancel that is a dishonest gesture. So many examples of dishonest gestures can lure you into a relationship and if you had a clear picture at the beginning you could make a good decision either to DO or NOT to do business. Good Qualifing and solid direct questions usually get the truth but every once in a while there is that slippery deal that hope overcomes reason.

Nauntie,It is not that you are off base it is just a reality off the business if you do not catch the agent directly the probability of a call back is very low unless you have an existing relationship. If you do catch them more often than not the agents are pretty receptive from my experience. If they are jerks so be it they probably are jerks to lots of people, try not to take it personally. There is software programs that email for feedback like feedback.com that are semi effective. I think the main reason agents do not call back is because simply the client was not interested in the house and in some cases maybe not interested in any house so the agent may have considered his time already wasted and certainly does not want ponder more thoughts about the so-called buyer he had in his car for the entire afternoon.

Northridge, Porter Ranch, really the entire San Fernando Valley located in Los Angeles County, California. Prices are declining big time down at least 10% from last year. Lots of Foreclosures and Short Pays. I don't mind the declining market for it reduces the competition. Lots of the part timers, the discounters and the doughnut eaters have wandered away. With 23+ years of experience I have seen this cycle before. it's kind of fun because of the challenge of having to work both Smarter & Harder in order to maintain your income level .

Common Sense 101, For lots of people the American Dream has become the American Nightmare. When a deal goes bad usually the whole industry is at fault including the Buyers and Sellers. Anyway on the positive side Real Estate is still a great long term investment. And remember all you bargain hunters you get what you pay for - so if a loan seems cheap at the beginning it probably will be profitable for the bank, real estate agent  and mortgage broker in the end. That's why personal referrals  have a higher probability of the consumer not getting ripped off. Remember Buyers when you can only afford a Honda don't buy the Mercedes.

Every Negative has a positive, The fact they took time to post a make me move price would indicate they might have some motivation in the future to be realistic and Sell. Treat it as a low level lead.