To Realtors and Buyers I have a question for you

Okay, this photo has absolutely nothing to do with the topic. I just liked it. I took this in Warwick Neck for a blog post that I am doing.

My question is to Realtors and to Buyers. I had a Buyer call me on one of my listings. Actually he found me on Zillow!!

He is fully qualified and is a first time homebuyer.

The listing he had called on had already been at highest and best and we were not taking any more offers.

I asked if he was working with a Realtor and he said that he has spoken to several Realtors and they ALL just want to send him emails of houses that he can already find himself on the Internet.

He then asked if I had anything different from those other Realtors to send him. I said not really, except that had I been working with him, I would definitely have called him regarding THIS house that he missed because those other Realtors are just sending emails. He also said that those Realtors did not inform him of THIS house!

We left it that if I have something I think he would like, I am to call him.

My question to other Realtors is "What would you have said"? I have not really figured out how to tell someone that I am not like other Realtors. That I would definitely have followed up when the perfect house for him showed up. That I would have actually represented him.

My question to Buyers is "What would you rather I have said that would make you want to work with me"?

This may sound like a strange question, but at what point does it sound like you are tooting your own horn?

Realtors do NOT have a good track record in the general public. I feel like I am fighting to defend my honor all the time.

*note this post is for the general public. My question is to anyone who has any anwers"