Real Estate? It’s a Chick Thing…

My buyer told me today while we were sitting in traffic on Houston that viewing properties to him was as much fun as grocery shopping (ie. Not fun – for those of you who enjoy grocery shopping, he doesn’t).  I was shocked.  I was disappointed.  I started to question both myself and my line of work.  It never occurred to me that buyers didn’t enjoy viewings, being led without having to think from one apartment to another for a few hours, having the almighty power to discard properties that matched every one of their obsessive requirements sometimes “just because they didn’t get that feeling”.  As an agent I’ve been so envious of my clients, at least till the time comes to hand over any money, that it infuriated me he wasn’t enjoying the “shopping” experience.  Those that know me know how important it is for my buyers to enjoy viewing apartments with me, and while he assured me it wasn’t me but the viewing of apartments he found laborious, nevertheless I probed him to expand. (more…)