I was reading a blog the other day, and what I read caught me off guard. It said “Sellers can be a royal pain in a buyer’s market, especially in this slower market after the tax credit.” This got me thinking, and I wanted to share a different thought with those home sellers struggling to sell in a declining market.
Why Home Sellers ARE NOT A Royal Pain In A Slow Market
First off, as a Realtor, I abide by a code of ethics, and bashing my sellers is not something that coincides with those ethics. Sure, home sellers can be demanding, but why shouldn’t they be? I mean, they pay us quite a lot of money to sell their homes, and their homes are extremely important to them.
Secondly, how could a Realtor complain about the job they are getting paid to do? If you don’t like it, don’t do it. When we take a listing, we know what we’re signing up for, and there are plenty of agents out there that would be happy to provide the service you aren’t. Sellers are under enough stress as it is, we shouldn’t be compounding it with a bad attitude.
And third, a home seller deserves to be represented to other professionals just the same as a potential buyer. It’s no secret that Realtors discuss their work with other Realtors. If an agent is telling other agents how difficult their sellers are, do they think that agent is going to be excited about a deal with them? I don’t think so. That, to me, is misrepresentation at it’s core.
Realtors, you have an obligation to your sellers to represent their best interests. You don’t have the right to talk about their hardships with other agents unless they say you can. You shouldn’t be compounding their struggles by saying how difficult they are to work with. Complaining about the job you’re getting paid to do doesn’t look good to other agents, and it sure doesn’t help other agents show your home to their buyers.
If you need to vent, go hit some golf balls, go to happy hour at the bar, go shoot some skeet, or take a baseball bat to that ugly car parked in your backyard. But don’t take out your frustrations by breaching your fiduciary duty. If you do, you’re the one being a royal pain, and you’re making us look bad. Grow up!
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