I went on an agent tour early this afternoon – 4 houses in La Paloma – all of which, to my eye, were at 2 years ago prices.
But these are usually pretty superficial affairs, with no dickering over prices and nasty stuff like that, and this one was no exception. Everyone comes thru the house and oohs and aaahs about how wonderful it is, then you grab a sandwich or a brownie and smile and munch and make small talk and leave. And no one’s feathers get ruffled and everyone can go on pretending.
And even though I know the protocol of these events, I went ahead anyway and tried to have a conversation with one or two of the listing agent’s about their list price vis a vis the market, and why I was pretty sure they’d get nowhere listed where they were, etc, etc.
What a dumb move that was. Not only did that conversation go absolutely nowhere, but - they smiled, totally ignored what I said and without missing a beat slipped into their sales pitch. Yuck!
