Wednesday in Florida
Wednesday rolled around and I didn't sleep well. The thought of the house kept me awake instead of sleeping like I should on vacation.
I woke up early to look a few things up on the Internet... boy is Orlando a depressed area. What I had thought was a great price for the house turned out to be only the tenth least expensive house in the zip code. I was shocked as the house was fairly new and all the other house that were listed on the net were just like it.... same size and pool.
When my wife woke up we talked about it... the more we talked the more I wanted to tell the real estate agent that I wanted to go back to my original price.... it's too bad I had already agreed on the banks price.
Anyways, we decided to go to the Animal Kingdom on that day and my wife wanted to get a early start. We decided to at least contact our planner and let him know that we do not want to proceed with the credit report.
After eating breakfast we decided to call real estate office and find out how Florida real estate laws worked... I mean, can an agent actually tell a perspective buyer how much to bid, and can they also say that the seller is in contract discussion with three perspective buyers?
I called the real estate office and wanted to talk to the office manager to get their viewpoint of the situation. I was greeted by the receptionist... she said...
Hello the is ___ real estate agency how may I help you?
Can you connect me to the office manager?
He isn't in right now can I take a message?
No thanks... what is his name?
.... .... is this a sales call of some sort?
No.... I am a perspective home buyer...
... .... ..... click!
Now I'm getting mad... why would she hang up on me? What's the deal? Is this just some sort of scam? I called back...
Hello the is ___ real estate agency how may I help you?
What is your name?
What is YOUR name?
I asked you first...
Who would you like to talk to!
You are not a very polite receptionist... I can't believe that you would treat your customers like this?
Who do you need?
Can you please connect me with _____.
She proceed to connect me and I lay into the agent... I tell her that I am amazed that they would talk to their clients like this and I can't believe your office tolerates this kind of behavior... she proceeds to ask what the problem is... I tell her how I was treated.... She says she is sorry and she would talk with the receptionist...
I cool off a bit... she then proceeds to tell me that my planner faxed over my credit report and also a pre-approval for above what the house is listed for. She goes on to tell me that there is now another suitor for the property and that I should act fast... I was about to tell her that I wanted to lower my offer, but instead decided to tell her that I was going to retract the offer. She said... well then, OK. I tell her thanks for her time and proceed to hand up on her.
I woke up early to look a few things up on the Internet... boy is Orlando a depressed area. What I had thought was a great price for the house turned out to be only the tenth least expensive house in the zip code. I was shocked as the house was fairly new and all the other house that were listed on the net were just like it.... same size and pool.
When my wife woke up we talked about it... the more we talked the more I wanted to tell the real estate agent that I wanted to go back to my original price.... it's too bad I had already agreed on the banks price.
Anyways, we decided to go to the Animal Kingdom on that day and my wife wanted to get a early start. We decided to at least contact our planner and let him know that we do not want to proceed with the credit report.
After eating breakfast we decided to call real estate office and find out how Florida real estate laws worked... I mean, can an agent actually tell a perspective buyer how much to bid, and can they also say that the seller is in contract discussion with three perspective buyers?
I called the real estate office and wanted to talk to the office manager to get their viewpoint of the situation. I was greeted by the receptionist... she said...
Hello the is ___ real estate agency how may I help you?
Can you connect me to the office manager?
He isn't in right now can I take a message?
No thanks... what is his name?
.... .... is this a sales call of some sort?
No.... I am a perspective home buyer...
... .... ..... click!
Now I'm getting mad... why would she hang up on me? What's the deal? Is this just some sort of scam? I called back...
Hello the is ___ real estate agency how may I help you?
What is your name?
What is YOUR name?
I asked you first...
Who would you like to talk to!
You are not a very polite receptionist... I can't believe that you would treat your customers like this?
Who do you need?
Can you please connect me with _____.
She proceed to connect me and I lay into the agent... I tell her that I am amazed that they would talk to their clients like this and I can't believe your office tolerates this kind of behavior... she proceeds to ask what the problem is... I tell her how I was treated.... She says she is sorry and she would talk with the receptionist...
I cool off a bit... she then proceeds to tell me that my planner faxed over my credit report and also a pre-approval for above what the house is listed for. She goes on to tell me that there is now another suitor for the property and that I should act fast... I was about to tell her that I wanted to lower my offer, but instead decided to tell her that I was going to retract the offer. She said... well then, OK. I tell her thanks for her time and proceed to hand up on her.
posted by Fe Man at 9:27 PM
4 Comments:
Smells Fishy to me Zo. Don't let them bully you. (I know you won't but I thought I would throw that in there ;-) )
Vince
Hello,
I am sorry to hear you had a poor experience with a realtor and their company. Im orginially from Grand Blanc Michigan and have living in the Orlando area for 17+ years. I am a realtor and have experience with helping families relocate. I stumbled upon your blog and thought I would post a comment. If you are interested and would like to interview me to see if I am right for you I can be contacted 407-810-6304 or hjoubran@remax.net Heather Joubran. There are so many bank owned, short sales, builder inventories, etc that you should never be rushed or feel pressured.
I don't like the whole transaction. In today's mkt I think you can call the piper AND the tune!
Vince... I agree with you... and I don't like fish.
Anonymous... I may get in touch with you. Can't hurt to at least keep in contact with someone from the area.
Eduardo... You should have seen all the houses for sale in that area. It was scary. I thought Michigan was bad. We went into a sub, and there must have been 25% of the houses on the market.
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