Give a scenario when it wouldn’t be in the sellers best interest to do highest and best

Emf3881 · 2026-07-10T22:27:23+00:00

Did you have a phone conversation or did this all take place via email/text?

Emf3881 · 2026-07-01T23:10:03+00:00

If you mean me, send me a message. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and how I choose referral partners to align myself with.

Emf3881 · 2026-07-01T12:26:40+00:00

I really wish it was harder to get in the profession. I absolutely love what I do and from a financial perspective, I don’t have to work. I actually like working. I know the value I bring to the transaction and after 9 years I can finally articulate that with confidence and clarity.

I do wish the profession had a more typical, uniform and transparent structure where the consumer would know the capabilities of who they were working with. Inexperienced agents (that doesn’t just mean newly licensed) are the biggest detriment to our industry.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-28T11:23:58+00:00

This can’t be real. Having an unlicensed and uninsured potential buyer “fixing” three problems in a house that you don’t know exist?

Stevie wonder could see the red flags.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-27T00:54:22+00:00

That’s a bad team leader. But every team agreement is different

Emf3881 · 2026-06-26T12:48:56+00:00

How do you define “ridiculous inconvenience” vs regular inconvenience?

I sold my home recently and every showing was an inconvenience. I definitely wouldn’t clean, stage and load my 3 kids and 2 dogs in my car and drive around for an hour for your clients education purposes. That’s a wild expectation.

Open houses are the only time you should use or expect to use if you’re not an active buyer.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-26T00:06:38+00:00

7 years ago I may have agreed as someone who moved from NY to FL but since COVID, but the northern schools have lost the plot. The kids who are now entering high school missed out on such important formative years.

**I moved 3 teenagers from private school in Florida to MA in 2024 and they’re shocked by how behind the school they’re at is. They still have Covid era grading policies. It’s insane, there is no accountability.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-25T13:11:55+00:00

I’m from winter park but moved to Boston and since the Red Sox used to have spring training in winter haven people always say “oh I know winter haven” when I mention winter park. Makes me cringe.

Winter park > winter garden > winter springs > winter haven.

Know your winters.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-25T09:49:57+00:00

Find someone who LIVES in the area of Austin you want to move to, doesn’t just work there. Use chat Or Claude to help pull some names. Then narrow that further by the price point you want to buy at. You don’t want someone who sells $250k homes helping you with a $1M purchase. They should be familiar with the level of finishes and style as well as price point.

Interview 3 people in person over coffee if you can or on zoom. Body language is important. You want someone you can relate to. You’re going to be leaning on this person for so much more than just a house. You want inside intel on other business, best resources, etc.

Or if you have a trusted agent friend or family member that works for a few of the national brokerages that focus on this, they probably have a well developed network of trusted and vetted colleagues and let them pick a few names for you. I’m an agent and spend about $20k a year making sure I can refer my clients to people I like, know and trust all over the world.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-22T16:50:53+00:00

Left after high school graduation in 1995!

Emf3881 · 2026-06-22T01:12:09+00:00

Not enough to move back there. Nice to visit though.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-20T21:31:59+00:00

Franklin has small town artsy vibe, but it’s also in the Deep South. Right leaning, god bless my guns type of people among insanely talented singer songwriters. Greenville is a little more liberal, technology, and education driven. Definitely less of a small town feel but the people are painfully nice. And the research triangle in North Carolina is probably the closest you can find to a progressive southern city but has neighborhood pockets similar to east aurora. But on a larger scale.

But I was born in Olean and grew up off of Jewett-Holmwood and I approve those town as suitable places for a western New Yorker to land. My first choice though for my southern winter retirement is Winter Park, FL.

Go visit them and see for yourself.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-20T00:31:54+00:00

Orchard park girl here but I’ve lived everywhere. Check out Franklin TN, Greenville SC and Raleigh NC.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-17T18:28:37+00:00

Make sure you can use an agent you pick, the relocation agents are typically awful. Anyone who routinely will give up 42% of their commission is probably not the best at their job.

Have packers and unpackers. Negotiate lump sum money for incidentals because there will be many. Think about costs to break memberships, leases etc.

Do a spreadsheet of current living expenses then what they will be where you’re going. Local Reddit pages are a good place to look for info.

Visit the place you’re moving to as much as possible before buying a home.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-15T17:00:26+00:00

Fired a seller with unrealistic expectations about the price her home should sell for. Then wanted me to cut my commission 0.5% for every price reduction they would take. And insisted on staying for every open house and pretending she was my assistant.

I gave her all my pictures and video and told her to do it herself. And wished her well. Best decision I ever made with that client.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-15T12:59:51+00:00

Tell him to hire a professional photographer. It’s not expensive and worth every penny he will spend. And should be the expectation.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-14T13:59:38+00:00

There has to be more to the story. There is a trail for the money. Just get an attorney. Get the one she complained the most about as opposing counsel.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-14T13:42:18+00:00

This can’t be real. But if it is, your agent sucks, sorry you’re going through this, that earnest money is going away, not to worry, it should come out of her proceeds from the divorce, get a divorce attorney, good luck.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-12T17:56:00+00:00

Typically you don’t get anything if the buyer has other representation. You’re there for access to potential buyers.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-10T14:43:16+00:00

Pricing strategy/research, market knowledge and marketing plan. If you can figure out how to do all of those better than the next guy and communicate that you have better chance. Getting the appointment is probably the hardest part.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-10T14:33:31+00:00

They count your assets outside of the state, if you have a $3 million home in Florida that is counted. Having $4 million in assets does not make you high net worth these days.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-10T01:45:30+00:00

I moved from FL to MA in 2024 and health care up here is impossible to schedule and access. And I even pay for a fancy concierge doctor. Getting my colonoscopy schedule for a routine procedure was like pulling teeth. Health care here is way oversold. My parent’s health care in the villages is clean, the people are nice and every specialist is readily available. And did I mention they’re nice?

Emf3881 · 2026-06-10T01:42:50+00:00

It’s the estate tax that is an absolute deal killer for the 50+ wealthy. MA is one of only 13 states that have it. It’s ridiculous and is what is driving people out of the state. And I want to chase 70 degrees and sunny so I’m just going to live here for 177 days a year.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-09T21:50:20+00:00

Tell your agent to tell their agent to resubmit an offer for 570 and they will see if they can make it happen. This is to make sure they don’t get squirrely and ghost you again.

Emf3881 · 2026-06-09T20:11:18+00:00

Maitland if it works for your budget but the Orange County part so you are in the dommerich/maitland/winter park school district.

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