Trust your instincts not agents

Tania was about to sign-up with an agent to sell her home. Then it happened: She spotted his car. A slick black two-door machine. With tinted windows and personalised plates, of course. Instinctively, the thought hit her: “I pay for that car.”

Laughing, she later told how she hired an agent with a Camry. All went well. She got a great price without wasting money on needless advertising expenses. Tania relied on her instincts.

Now, please understand, I am not saying you should choose an agent based on their car. I’m just saying how one happy seller chose an agent. Of course, there were other factors. But, as Tania said, seeing the agent’s car was her “light bulb moment”. It was the moment her inner voice said, “This is the not the right agent for you.”

In speaking with home sellers who are unhappy with their selling agent, most look backwards to the time before they hired the agent. Invariably, something bothered them, something the agent said or did that didn’t make sense or, worse, made them uncomfortable. For various reasons (most had probably never read Gavin de Becker’s great books about “listening to your instincts”) they still signed-up with an agent. The wrong agent. They ignored their instincts.... Read the full article by Neil Jenman HERE