Incoherent, ill-informed, long-winded, rambling rants are my specialty @Cbcameron
I have to share a quick story following an experience yesterday with a RE agent (I think they worked for R. Sole & Co agency).
So, we inspected a house that looked nice enough online. Unsurprisingly it was very different in real life (shock horror!). Oh well, that's par for the course, so we shrugged it off and left.
Later that day the agent calls me to ask what I thought. I politely said that I thought it was too expensive given the state of the house, but thanked them for the opportunity and asked them to let us know if anything else came up.
They then went on to explain to me why I was wrong and how it was, in fact, an incredible bargain.
Look, there's nothing to be gained from getting into a debate with these people. And given they are the gatekeepers you need to see the bigger picture and avoid any petting point scoring.
But in this instance I had to ask why, if that was the case, no one else was interested and why the property had been on the market for nearly 3 months. I mean, markets can be inefficient and all, but surely such an obvious bargain wouldn't remain in plain sight for so long? Let alone when demand is sky high and with very little stock on the market.
Their response?
"Most buyers are idiots".
My head nearly exploded. I mean, even if that were true, is that the kind of thing you would say openly to a mark, er, I mean prospective buyer?
It took a Herculean effort, but I had the good sense to bite my tongue and just say "you're probably right", thank them for their time and hang up.
Serious late stage vibes. But the top won't be in until we actually buy :)