The original expiration date of the first time home buyer tax credit is today. This means that escrow companies, title companies, funders at mortgage companies, courthouse runners, the county recording clerks and anyone else who is involved in the final process of a real estate transaction are very busy today due to the increased volume. I expect receiving recording numbers to take bit longer than usual.
I hereby declare today, November 30, 2009 National Hug Your Escrow Officer and Funder Day. Give ’em a break and show extra compassion and patience for the what they may be experiencing today.
Perhaps this should be an annual (if not daily) event.
Hugs! 🙂
What about HUG your Agent day for the 24 hour searching for homes for the client, braving the elements and opening doors daily never knowing if you will make a sale, attending inspections for 3-5 hours only to find out there were hidden issues and you have yet another sale-fail, bringing a short-sale to close and finding out you will take a commission hit from 3% to 2%, bringing any sale to closure and pitching in your commission to just make the sale close, dealing with sellers that are upset at you because you bring them an offer to quick and they feel they sold the home to cheap, or dealing with the seller who you bring no offers to, dealing with the “stigma” of being liked as much as car dealers and attorneys and when you tell people you are an Agent you see a cold shiver in their eyes, dealing with Buyers who will drop you like a sack of poo when they find out a different brokerage will give you back 50-75% of the commission or some other reason they disliked your service, lastly who is the one who will get the call 2 weeks after the property closes with the Buyer complaining the dishwasher doesn’t work, or we found something undisclosed in the basement causing who knows what……….
All of us Agents have lived some of these events and there are 100’s more.
I contend the line starts for Hug your Agent day 1st because we are the ones in the field and realistically the only one most Buyers remember. Yes, they will remember the Mtg Rep but the one who ALWAYS catches the MOST heat is the Agent.
Does this sound strange coming from me? I hope not.
(Hugs to all the funders and escrow officers out there as well on this special day..I appreciate your services and hard work, behind the desk, on these cold winter days!)
I think we can all use a hug everyonce in a while, Ray. In fact, the photo above is from RE Blogworld this year…a lady was trying to see how many hugs she could get at the event. 🙂
What about HUG your Agent day for the 24 hour searching for homes for the client, braving the elements and opening doors daily never knowing if you will make a sale, attending inspections for 3-5 hours only to find out there were hidden issues and you have yet another sale-fail, bringing a short-sale to close and finding out you will take a commission hit from 3% to 2%, bringing any sale to closure and pitching in your commission to just make the sale close, dealing with sellers that are upset at you because you bring them an offer to quick and they feel they sold the home to cheap, or dealing with the seller who you bring no offers to, dealing with the “stigma” of being liked as much as car dealers and attorneys and when you tell people you are an Agent you see a cold shiver in their eyes, dealing with Buyers who will drop you like a sack of poo when they find out a different brokerage will give you back 50-75% of the commission or some other reason they disliked your service, lastly who is the one who will get the call 2 weeks after the property closes with the Buyer complaining the dishwasher doesn’t work, or we found something undisclosed in the basement causing who knows what……….
All of us Agents have lived some of these events and there are 100’s more.
I contend the line starts for Hug your Agent day 1st because we are the ones in the field and realistically the only one most Buyers remember. Yes, they will remember the Mtg Rep but the one who ALWAYS catches the MOST heat is the Agent.
Does this sound strange coming from me? I hope not.
(Hugs to all the funders and escrow officers out there as well on this special day..I appreciate your services and hard work, behind the desk, on these cold winter days!)