Really???

In the past few months I have been experiencing the "Really????" moments and want to share them, just for fun.

1. Listing agents thinking they are the new reincarnations of God-

• No one returns your phone calls;
  
• You are not informed on the MLS that the cut off date for offer submission until you finally connect with the pricey agents and then you find out that the cut off date passed 48 hours ago. When asked why it was not submitted on the remarks in the MLS, you hear- : I don't need to, I already have 20 offers. You can keep your offer to yourself".
• When asked what the seller really needs to see in the offer, you hear " I am not at liberty to say that"... well then what the hell were you hired for?
• Buyer being asked to pay 1% of purchase price as short sale negotiation fee- and why are you getting paid 3%? To get your manicure done on a sellers time ?

2. Buyers who swear that Zillow is more truthful than their own mother and I know better than you attitude-

• The house is priced at 650,000 but I am going to offer 425,000- why?? Because Zillow says it is worth that much
• Listing agents running expired ads on Zillow and me getting calls from my buyers asking why I am not showing them that house.
• Zillow tells me that there are a ton of foreclosures in...... city. Where?? I cannot find them
• Zillow says that prices will fall. But everything is selling over asking in my area Mr. Buyer....
• "I checked online and the mortgage rate is 4.5%"---- but I forgot to tell you that they got me hooked and then left me hanging dry without an approval and my deposit money is gone. But I was right and not you, my Realtor. Because I know it all and I am smarter than you !! Smirk

3. Companies being opened just to help people in trouble... "we are experts"

• We are experts at getting your mortgage principal reduced ( oh wow)
• We can get your loan modified and we only charge 3K upfront fee
  
• We can sell you qualified leads for $200 a piece, and( we made them up ourselves)
  
• We can sell your house and you and your belongings with it because we are just that great
  
• We can get your credit fixed, go ahead and foreclose and we will wipe your slate clean
  
• Stop making your payments to your lender because we have a great way of getting your lender to listen to you and Oh yes, we guarantee that your credit will be screwed for life, that's how awesome we are.
• We are experienced attorneys who can do an audit of your loan papers and we charge only $5000 for that in upfront fee, and in the end you will be left holding a bowl of scum.Life could not get better.
  
• Shady realtors offering commission back to sellers on Short sales- did you not know that this is illegal?

The Biggest "Really???" for me is Sellers- why is it that they see 3 sign posts of an agent and think that this is the Only person in the world who can sell their home???????? I am knocking on your door for business for months but you still call the person who has 3 signs in the community?? Well here is a Reality check for you- have you ever considered who TRULY sells your home??? It is successful buyer's agents like me !!!!!!!!!!! Putting a sign post in your front yard does not sell your house, it is professionals like myself who have qualified motivated buyers who put that SOLD sign on your house. Because we are the ones who KNOW what buyers want !

I am sure many of you readers have these "Really??" moments and I had a great time sharing mine.