Comments on: Relationship Real Estate Shattered

By: yattermatters

yattermatters — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:13:01 +0000

Ducan,

thanks for the Attaboy.

you may be right about them returning. But the only relationship I can think of that did that was Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

Few Realtors are movie stars .>)

By: Duncan Fremlin

Duncan Fremlin — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:33:25 +0000

Keep doing what you’re doing Larry. If you’re as good as I think you are, they will return. The competition is not much of a threat in the long run. The gap between good and not-so-good is huge.

By: yattermatters

yattermatters — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:42:16 +0000

Duncan,

how many times……

It seems to be a recurring theme. Many in the industry suffer this fate during their career. The question at hand is what part of the relationship is not understood.
Is it a one way conversation?

By: Duncan Fremlin

Duncan Fremlin — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:30:09 +0000

Did the life partner bring a Realtor along with her or him? How many times has that happened over the years?

By: yattermatters

yattermatters — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:23 +0000

I agree that we have all done it but does it move the process forward?

I can deal with the jilted part – it’s the holding the issues back that is bothersome. It’s the lack of civility in our business or for that matter any other business.

How are we to offer a better service if there is no conversation about the issue(s).

Company’s spend fortunes trying to figure out how to keep the customer satisfied. But if they don’t tell you how are you ever going to make the experience better?

Isn’t that what we hope for in a relationship?

By: will

will — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:16 +0000

Sounds you like were the jilted lover of an unrequited relationship. We’ve all done this to one service or other. I had an accountant who was fantastic but later found one I connected with more (and charged me less). Was the service better or worse? Can’t tell. I’d need them to do the same thing at the same time to compare. All I know is that I connected more with my new accountant.
Same goes for my old company. It was fairly mutually beneficial for several years and we had a good relationship… but I was holding back several issues from them that were causing me to look elsewhere. They didn’t know I was leaving till I left and had the sit down to tell them so. They were surprised. Surprised only because I didn’t let on that there were business cultural differences I was having with them. I’m very happy with my current firm.
Both instances, and likely the case you speak of and what has happened to me as well point to one root cause; likely the cause of all relationship breakdowns. Communication (of issues big and small) withheld and finding a new partner where there is a stronger connection.
C’est la vie!