Oh, everybody's been a freaking real estate agent. If they're not going to listen to the local professional they hired, then their family member needs to preside over all of it. Solo. Enjoy getting screwed, niecenephew.

Diplomatic answer:
"Oh, that's wonderful. Why aren't they practicing anymore?" 😈

I love the real estate business. Name one other profession that has so many experts?

The one I love best is "I had a real estate licens in such and such state many years ago but never practiced." Still doesn't stop them from thinking they know everything!

that's the first sign of trouble ahead!!!!

Been there.  Heard that.  "Fun" is an interesting choice of words.   

  Nod and smile.  Then stick to your guns on price and marketing.

"Fun" isn't really the word I would have used for working with such clients.

Family members are a wonderful source for bad advice.

*sigh* - fortunately not that often - I usually get - my parents want to help me buy the house - *sigh*

All I can say to this is Ugh.

Fun, fun, fun  I love real estate drama.  

Oh yeas, and more than once. It can lead to confusion and bad advice with a side of lost dream homes

My reply: "Great!  Then, she'll be able to counsel you about all the changes in financing and regulations that have occured since the Mortgage Meltdown."

Oh yes and yes - they do add to the fun, don't they?!

Yes ... and they make me shiver,  Andrew Mooers ... typically means trouble and frustrations ahead ...

Gene

I just visited with a couple in their 90's and she was an agent over 30 years ago Andrew Mooersand obviously she let me know it.  

And I did not have an aunt would be my answer...LOL

When others start quoting authority stories to me....I wonder why?

Lots of folks "Used to be" and agent.

I hear those and that Uncle Bob is a contractor, Billy Joe is an electrician and his brother is an investment counselor. The talent runs deep in many families and we have to deal with them all with a smile.

Oh . . .  yes . . .  oy!  More fun when that friend or relative is part of the Sales Presentation to the Seller of an Estate, and everyone is asking questions of you, around the kitchen table.  And the friend knows you, because you both live in the same community, and they already have 'a price in mind' that they are sharing with the Seller.  It just snowballs, what can I say Andrew Mooers.   

Andrew Mooers Sure have. Wait until the Aunt talks them out of every house they like.

Yes.  "That's nice, but things have changed a bit since then."

Yes, and sometimes they continue to explain that the person in question didn't really sell much or got out for some more lucrative or easier job. Just keep smiling.

My question is: "Is she going to be your uncle Louie?"!

It is illegal to practice real estate without costly E&O insurance and laws and contract forms require current version just changed last week.

Where is her brokerage?

Yes. I even had a client once tell me he was an agent years ago.  He never once tried to be a know it all ... always deferred to my expertise.  

Been there, done that and it does get old.

Can always be trouble with their advice.

Of course, every single time: my ex, my family member, my neighbor, etc. etc. Every second has or had a RE license. 

Some people think they know everything about everything.

Many moons in Ridell High?

I love the friends or relatives that live elsewhere, but seem to know EVERYTHING about our market!  

it doesn't really bother me when people have family members advising them.  I get it.  

Yes, and it doesn't affect me one bit because I still treat them like everyone else.

Andrew Mooers - we are all connected.... and with so many millions in Real Estate, this is ALWAYS true....

Nothing surprises me now days

Yes, very often. There's usually a familiy member or a friend.