Ok, need some advice here. How to DB my realtor!!!
She I know doesn't expect them to accept our counter offer.
So during lunch I have been looking at houses online and found some new listings. I called her just to let her know there are some new houses out there.
Dead silence on the line. Then she enquires, anything you can't live without? Maybe she was afraid I was going to back out on my offer not sure.
But I explained that I was just looking in case they didn't accept our offer and that I had found some new listings.
She very unenthastically said yes, there are always new listings. But lets wait and see what they say.
I said I intended too but just wanted her to know I was seeing some more that interested me.
She didn't seem too happy.
Last week she told me the average buyer goes through less than 6 houses. We have been through 26, but one of them has to be right for me! But maybe I haven't seen it yet.
So how do I handle my realtor? I really feel she just doesn't have time for me right now, but I do think she is good at what she does and she is always in a hurry so should get things done quickly.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
Having only been through the whole searching for a home thing twice myself I can't speak as an authority but note that I did find things to work a whole lot better when I did some leg work myself.
There is no reason why you can't or shouldn't keep an eye on new listings "just in case" and possibly even contact the listing realtor to have THEM answer any of your questions about a specific listing (hey maybe that way you'd find a house with out the help of your realtor and she wouldn't make any money off you) if/when you hear back about the listing you've already bid on that would be the time to actively persue the new or other listings.
Telling your realtor about them now makes it sound like you may not be fully commited to the offer you've made on THIS one and could back out..thus causing her to have to again search for a new one with you and begin the whole bidding proccess again. (just assuming what she may be assuming).
Wow...is the one on Sunshine the house I liked? Can't remember anymore. Remember your realitor is working for you not the other way around. I'm sure she's getting a nice commission.
You should keep looking, you never know what might be out there. I remember when we were looking for our house, there was one we liked and we going back to look at it again. On our way there, the realitor called and said the people selling had changed their mind, BUT there was another house that she wanted to show us. I had already decided that the last house we looked at would be the last one till spring. The realitor said the house was empty and that it was close to where we looking so I said "OKAY" and had to track my H down to have him meet us THERE rather than the house that was no longer on the market.
That house, that I didn't want to look at was the one we purchased. It was one of those too good to be true deals, where the owner had dropped the price below the assessed price, had everything we wanted, was 13 years old but looked brand new inside and out (no kids). We happened to be the first ones to look at, so we put an offer in immediately.
Anyway, keep looking. Seems like some realitors get a little irritated if they have to work a little harder.
Then she enquires, anything you can't live without? Maybe she was afraid I was going to back out on my offer not sure.
