The Ghost Realtor and Daughter Reunion
We are on our second realtor who was great prior to signing on with her, we saw one property and now there is just silence. I have a brother who is a realtor in another state, so I do know what the job entails. The property we drove hours to see was one I found and was too small and in a bad area. We first met the realtor there after going back and forth on the phone. She had been responsive and very helpful so her being a friend of a friend we signed a paper to work with her on arrival, and she stated she couldn’t show us properties until doing so, I’m regretting that decision now a week later. The market here is over saturated with buyers and not a lot to choose from in both the price point we need and inventory. I witness daily a new listing go up online and the following morning it’s already marked as under contract. Since I’m home full time I look every day all day.
I gather listings and will forward them to her as she stated. The problem is I get little to no response. I’m not called, I’m not sent any property listings, no mentions of showing, no communication to speak of. The next thing I know POOF my hard work goes down the drain and it’s frustrating as hell. We have been pre-approved by a lender and nothing can be done without a realtor in our corner. When the lender contacted us it opened a window of more financial buying choices but not really. In order to buy at the price we can afford we need to be at least vigilant calling properties as they become available.
To be fair yes we are by no means her only clients but we are still clients and being ignored is not good for business. I’m doing all of the research and finding the listings, but I need someone to follow through and make contact. It’s like working with a ghost and it’s not working at all. One property I located the response was "I wont drive that far." It was an hour drive from the realtor yet she was okay with us driving 2 hours one way on our first and only showing. Being I am the one who only signed a contract to work with her my husband is just as frustrated and seriously considering finding a realtor himself, and that’s where we are at.
The nice thing about driving into the next state that day was I finally got to catch up with my estranged daughter who I hadn’t seen in forever and meet three of our four grandchildren. It wasn’t an ideal time for either of us but it was still lovely to hold her. I’m hoping if and when we do move closer we can get to know each other again better. The children are young and very busy plus she’s balancing her life between them and two jobs on her own. Why were we estranged years has no real answer, it’s just how it’s been but I’m thrilled she decided to change it. All counted between my husband and myself we have eight grandchildren both here and abroad but not seeing them much being able to be active grandparents has eluded us. I need to tell myself all good things come with time, but time isn’t exactly on our side this late in life. I often catch myself thinking what I’m sure others have pondered, “If I knew then what I know now.” Life is such a short window and just gets shorter by the day.
One recent early evening the sky turned an amazing shade of deep pink. I was at the kitchen sink doing dinner dishes when suddenly myself and everything outside began glowing like fire so I hurried out onto the steps to try and catch the moment. I’ve witnessed breathtaking sunset skies in both Florida and the south coast of England but this was different. It wasn’t just the sky, everything the light touched was covered in a deep orange-pink hue. Regardless of it all it was beautiful. In my huffing and puffing of stressing over things I can’t control it’s moments like this I need to ground me. Sometimes all we have is this moment in our life, maybe that’s my point.
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