4,333,997
The Seller who showed her real "true" MEAN, VICIOUS personality at the end, and not the the sugar-coated sweetheart she wanted everyone to believe she was...
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Joan Dickie
La Crosse, WI
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
1,052,211
Oh, I had this one guy back in the day who acted like Donald Trump meets Leona Helmsley on speed, buying a gorgeous builder's model via a great builder, great listing agent and it by all rights should have been a seamless transaction. His wife videotaped him waving a cigar bragging about his house, during about 5 different 'we're in town and need to see the house NOW' showings during escrow. (It never changed from one day to the next - it was perfect and no one else was in it) And us, he threatened to sue EVERY day. Seriously. He would say "In case this ends up in court" in every sentence. He parsed every word from me, the builder and the builder's agent, the home inspector and even the termite company that did the pretreat, and during the final walkthrough tried to invent problems that did not exist, like he was just itching to prove us all to be crooks when we killed him with kindness. My broker said "He is the most insecure person in the world and he wants you to join him, do NOT." He sure tried, though.
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Joan Dickie
La Crosse, WI
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
140,768
My most challenging "client" recently was the buyers agent. They told their buyer that all the mistakes the buyers agent made were my fault.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
4,936,705
First time home buyer that could not remember any of the details or kept loosing her measurements of the rooms and wanted me to go over there 5 times.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
921,504
Cried throughout the closing.
"I can't do this!"
Hand holding. Reassuring. Snowing tissues. That was 4 years ago.
Today, she pockets over $100,000 profit.
I still expect 'snow' at the closing.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,868,554
I had a divorcing couple too with restraining orders against each other.
2,538,633
Good morning Sally. Doing a mortgage for clients that owed $64,000 to IRS.
2,684,109
Early in my career, I was given a corporate re-lo referral from the Office Manager of my company. The guy complained about every house I showed him... when we finally wrote an offer, he said that he would probably regret buying that house
At the Closing Table, he told the Listing Agent, "your sign is still in my yard... if it isn't gone by the end of today I will throw it in the trash".
What a grouch!
1,231,853
3,986,258
It was a client who refused to answer the phone that last few days before closing
634,482
A pair of unrelated co-owners, one easy and one a nightmare. The latter agreed to the sales contract then changed his mind at the last minute but couldn't get out of the contract. He refused to move out on closing and had to be evicted. Crazy!
2,781,173
I have had the gambit...anything outside of easy-peasy nice & breezy needs some adjustment and there is a lot out there to adjust
613,494
I interview the buyers I work with and if they are going to be a nightmare, I don't work with them.
I can honestly say that in the past 10 years, I have not had a "buyer from hell" but I have worked with several agents that fit the profile.
Eve
4,800,082
Mine was a client that had such a foul mouth that I was embarrassed when anyone heard him. I tried my best from him ever meeting any of the other parties involved in the transaction.
He was an attorney and a litigator and a really awful person.
1,622,432
It all narrows down to a face to face honest conversation. You have to keep in touch with your client and address their fears, concerns and wishes. If a client does not trust you, they run/hide/disappear.
432,957
Just closed a difficult client- It seems as though I was always booked when she demanded to be shown house the following day- ummm that is a surprise??? Then she asked me when she would be my priority client. I told her that first come first served gets the spot on my calendar. She told me she wanted me every night the following week... Ummm NO!!!
2,310,576
I had a client who changed her mind the day of closing and didn't want to sell because someone told her she could get more for her home. She finally closed after consulting with a real estate attorney.
1,712,676
3,988,007
Working with that client now. We started looking for a house with acreage at nearly $500,000 then moved to old historic in town properties on postage stamp lots that needed major renovation to getting house plans drawn and building from scratch. Then after making that offer which didn't work moved the price range down to $300,000's because they decided they didn't want to have to wait to sell they current home. Then it changed just last week to a standard neighborhood house with an expectation of staying only a couple of years and the price range was not above $230,000. I do feel like I have been around the world.
4,572,283
It's the ones that don't close that are most challenging.
Once a transaction is complete --- we have choices --- thank them and wish them all or consider their challenges and determine if we will work together again if such an opportunity presents itself.
42,670
Recently I represented a Seller who refused to allow the Buyer to do a walk through because she was bitter about some concessions she had to make and said the Buyers were not welcome in the Home until after they owned it. It took a lot of persuading but She finally agreed to the walk through.