All Forum Posts by: Craig Parsons

@Bob Collett

Excellent info thank you!

I thought I was doing the listing agent a favor by showing up and saying hey I want to buy your property.

@Chris Pasternak

Thanks and I have no problem with that. I just need to know I am not being too hasty in my process.

There have been times when very large jobs have been presented to me and I just didn't have the time. But in those cases I have explained to the customer how busy I was and how taking their job would be bad for both of us if I could not perform. This usually works and I still get calls from them at later times. The one thing I have found out is never say "I may" "I might " because to customers this sounds like a contract written in blood.

Again thanks I think you understood my problem the best. I do know that what makes sense in my head may not make sense to others.

@Chris Pasternak

I have been waiting for this one and it is a fair point. Honestly if someone contacts me about a job I do not want to do I usually ignore them. This is why I'm asking the whole question. If I contact a realtor who has a house listed and they don't return my call is it safe to assume they don't care or are too busy and move on or should I press harder. I am actually very conscious of not wanting to take up time of busy people.

@Kade Luceroso if I call you and say hi I'm interested in the property you have listed at 123 xyz street you would ignore me?

@Kade Lucero. I realize that this was a long post. So I do not expect you to have read the whole thing. Maybe to this forum actively looking needs explanation. Yes I have been looking for 2 years. But this meant looking through zillow in my preferred town. I only found BP 1 month ago. So I guess actively is not the right term. Secondly I do not need seller financing. However if it is wrong to see all my options before making a deal please let me know. If the realtor does not want to deal with that they should just say so.

I guess my post should of been How do you get an on market property Realtor to give you a call back.

I have never told anybody I am an investor. I may of said I'm looking at a house an agent has listed and maybe some others that is all.

@Brian Garlington

Again I didnt ask for owner financing. The agent brought it up.

In the third case I told the agent I had financing in place but I did ask if the owners were willing to carry back the down. I also explained this was in no way a deal killer I just wanted to know my options.

I do appreciate everyone's input. I have no problem looking for my own buyers agent and even getting ignored by more than one.

I just never conceived that someone tasked with selling a property would be so nonchalant with prospective buyers.

@Ariel K. Amazing!

@Jonathan R McLaughlin

Sorry one last thing. The first house never sold and I would of purchased both of them probably. Plus I would of used her for more deals in the future. Granted she does not know this but still I thought that agents should be more proactve.

@Jonathan R McLaughlin

Also maybe I didn't explain well. She was listing agent on first house and I contacted her office direct not from zillow. Again this all has been great info. Now that I know more of what to expect I can be more aggressive with the agents.

@Jonathan R McLaughlin. The thing was on that first unit I would of paid cash. But we never got that far. I simply asked if conventional financing was a possibility. The only reason I didn't buy it for cash is I had set a hard budget for the property. And we were still 5k apart so I passed. I just thought that an agent who has houses to sell should contact interested buyers my reasoning is 6% seems better than 3% especially on a lower end unit.

I didn't understand why a sellers agent would even offer owner financing if they had not at least talked about it with the seller previously. I never requested owner financing but when it was offered I said sure.

Yes she got 3% on the other deal but with a phone call she could of gotten 3% more. But I guess there is a reason some people struggle and some achieve in life.