Realtors Don't Bite . . . at least not THIS Realtor!

Realtors Don't Bite - Okay, okay, like the next guy (or gal) I don't like to be hounded by salespeople. So, I can understand a person's hesitancy to share their phone number with me on the first e-mail contact. But at a certain point, if you want the benefit of my YEARS of real estate experience (and we all know there's no better teacher than experience), you're going to have talk with me on the phone or in person.

Most of my clients are repeat or referral and I feel SOOOO lucky to be able to say this. It makes everything so much easier when the client already knows me, or their good friend or cousin or uncle Bob knows me, so we have a starting point. They call me on the phone. We make an appointment to meet at my office, or the local coffee shop so they can get more comfortable with me, ask me questions, determine if I really know my market . . . or maybe just to make sure I don't have two heads . . . whatever the motivation, we usually get comfortable with each other quickly. This is important because they are going to spend some time with me and they are going to need to trust me.

But lately more and more people are making their first contact with me through an internet search. This is wonderful. There are so many internet tools out there now and I try to give the internet researcher accesss to good tools. But the email dance can be frustrating.

I had an internet contact today and, while the person typed in their phone number (I assume it's a real number - it didn't read 888-888-8888.), but following the number was a message DO NOT CALL MY NUMBER - JUST SEND THE INFORMATION I AM ASKING FOR - I WILL CALL YOU IF I DECIDE TO USE YOU.

Well, in my book they are already "Using Me" So, I sent them the information that they requested with a message that I would love to talk with them in person and really explain the information in depth. I told them I wouldn't call them; I wouldn't hound them. In truth, I'm pretty busy with the clients that talk with me in person and on the phone and, anyway, it's just not my style.

While there may be some Realtors that bite, I'm just not one of them.