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We just received an offer that was $200,000 under listing price for one of our waterfront listings.  We are required to present all offers by law but went ahead and asked the cooperating real estate agent if she had done research on the house and pulled comps, or if this was an investor who just submitted blind low ball offers hoping someone would bite.

The real estate agent's response was that she had pulled comparables and it was a great offer.  We asked that she please send us the addresses of those comps to see what she was looking at, since it was obvious that she did not work the area and may not know what she was looking at.  Here is where it gets funny.  The comps were all dry lots.  Not only were those properties not waterfront, but their lots were half the size of our listing's.

So what is the purpose of writing this?  It's very simple.

For serious Miami real estate buyers out there, it is important that you work with a real estate professional that knows what they are doing.  Finding a property you like is only part of the process, doing research about the area, studying the comparable sales, submitting a clear and well written offer, communicating with the necessary parties, doing inspections, managing the actual contract......all these are key elements for a successful real estate transaction. 

Unfortunately, this offer will go nowhere due to an uninformed buyer working with a clueless agent who happens to be wasting the time of everyone involved.

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Ines.Hegedus-Garcia 3 feedbacks »

Comment from: monika [Visitor]

I hate when that happens. How in the world can you compare dry lots to waterfront??? So unprofessional.

Permalink June 13, 2007 10:49:41

Comment from: Ines [Member] · http://www.miamism.com/

Monika - not only did the agent use dry lots as comparables for our waterfront listing, but she said her appraiser had pulled the comps (there's a set of bright ones!)

Permalink June 13, 2007 10:54:00

Comment from: Ines [Member] · http://www.miamism.com/

06/13/07 @ 20:15 · Url: http://SacramentoRealEstateVoice.com · Email: Gena@GenaSells.com ·

Comment from: Gena Riede [Visitor]

Such a shame that some don't take their jobs more seriously. And such a waste of time for the rest of us.

Response from Ines:

I totally agree Gena - and more frustrating is when they mess us and still don't admit to it

Permalink June 13, 2007 23:40:20

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