closing time.
yesterday was the day. we had everything in order, the really big cashiers check in hand, and our representatives at our side so there should have been very little stress related to the transaction. but, our agent has an agenda that doesn't necessarily involve the clients 'best interest' and that kind of tarnished the whole thing. the deal is done (and done correctly), but in a 5-minute post closing meeting, he kind of burst our bubble. and worse, he made my wife cry. i will never do business with him again. mostly stupid drama stuff, but i don't think it is a lot to ask to be excited when you buy your first house and he momentarily took that away from us.
i should clarify. he is a buyers' agent which means he doesn't sell, he just represents buyers. so that is good, it means there is no potential for "dual" representation and the ethical concerns that come with it. the problem is that he is an activist for that cause, and through the course of dealing with him it became apparent that his agenda was more important than our deal. he also had a garuntee that he would save us 2% of the listing price or refund us 25% of his commission. he ended up having to pay us and i think that miffed him as well. there are other boring details, but i not going there.
on a lighter note, we will be able to get into our house on june 27th, and that will be here in no time at all. it's about a month after we get back from the california adventure. we went shopping for a lawn mower yesterday....but since nothing is ever easy, we ended up waiting on that one.
just swimming yesterday for me, i was going to run in the afternoon but after the closing i was really exhausted. it kind of snuck up on me, but you really do have to sign your name a lot....
i should clarify. he is a buyers' agent which means he doesn't sell, he just represents buyers. so that is good, it means there is no potential for "dual" representation and the ethical concerns that come with it. the problem is that he is an activist for that cause, and through the course of dealing with him it became apparent that his agenda was more important than our deal. he also had a garuntee that he would save us 2% of the listing price or refund us 25% of his commission. he ended up having to pay us and i think that miffed him as well. there are other boring details, but i not going there.
on a lighter note, we will be able to get into our house on june 27th, and that will be here in no time at all. it's about a month after we get back from the california adventure. we went shopping for a lawn mower yesterday....but since nothing is ever easy, we ended up waiting on that one.
just swimming yesterday for me, i was going to run in the afternoon but after the closing i was really exhausted. it kind of snuck up on me, but you really do have to sign your name a lot....
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