You can't help everyone... Because, not EVERYONE wants to be helped!

True story:  (1997) I was referred to a couple wanting to sell their home by a friend of mine that was selling new homes at the time.  They wanted to price it OVER market, to give them room to negotiate don't you know?  I refused, they agreed to my price & hired me.  We sold their home in a reasonable amount of time & they bought a new home from me.

A few years goes by, they decide they don't like the new community they purchased.  They wanted to list it & price it OVER market, to give them room to neogitate don't you know?  I refused, they agreed to my price & hired me.  This time though, someone showed their home without an hours notice as they had requested, so they FIRED me!  Ok fine!  4 months goes by, their home isn't sold... they call me to "bail them out" of the mess they have created.  I agreed, sold their home at the original price I recommended & they bought a new home from me.

A year goes by, they decide to move to Arizona.  They again wanted to price it OVER market, again I refused & this time, they hire someone else. 3 months goes by before they realize they've made yet ANOTHER mistake.  They call me to sell their home, which I do & they move to ARIZONA.

8 months later, they HATE Arizona.  The neighbors are not nice to them etc... so they want to move BACK to Las Vegas.  They go through 3 agents in Arizona before accomplishing their goal & finally move back to Las Vegas in a home that I sold to them.

No lie... 1 year goes by & they decide that there are too many children in their new neighborhood and decide to sell this home.  This time - They Hire Me 1st... (what a concept)!!  We sell in a timely manner! (amazing how that works when you take good advice)!!  HOWEVER, the husband insists on purchasing their new home in a neighborhood they insisted they would never live in, built by a builder they insisted they would never buy from.  I sold it to them (under duress I might add)!

Seriously, 2 months goes by & the wife is about to divorce her husband for buying this "PIT" as she called it.  They decide to sell this home at a price ABOVE market value... This time, I don't refuse because I think eventually they'll get it & this time we can CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN!  WRONG!!

I have their home on the market for approx. 3 months recommending price adjustments on several occasions.  "Put a pricetag on your happiness" I suggest.  They refuse.  Month 4, they decide I MAY NOT BE THE AGENT FOR THEM!!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME??  FIRED AGAIN??  OMG!!

So... 18 months goes by... they have gone through 4 agents since then....  The market continues to slide... they called me a few months ago to list their home.  Now, my recommended price is literally $100,000 LESS than it was the first time I list it.  They think I'm crazy...  Seriously?  I'm the CRAZY one??

We mutually decide NOT to do business together... So now, their home has been on the market for 2 years at a price FAR above what I had recommended.  Apparently, their happiness is worth FAR less than mine!!

The moral to my story... You can't help everyone... because not EVERYONE wants to be helped!