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To: Tradelite who wrote (15081)	11/14/2003 3:44:18 PM
From: Micawber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

What emergency backup plan would you have for this situation? You throw them out and tell them to come back when they are serious about looking at the home. What would you do as a licensed realtor?

To: Tradelite who wrote (15081)	11/14/2003 4:04:42 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

He/she shows up on time, complete with an entire cast of other people who might include babies, toddlers, grandma/pa, uncle Ed and auntie Rose, and a couple of muscle-bound cousins--or at least they're introduced as cousins. On a first time viewing, I see no reason for your suggested entourage to show up, and quite simply I would expect that a preliminary interview would be fulfilled... Such as... the initial telephone chat. I assume you would have certain skills for conversation and find out if your house is within these alleged "clients" parameters. Since you are inviting these people into your home, why not expect common courtesy from these visitors, after all, you may be doing business with them so they should not be offended for some hard nose questioning that would shed some light as to who your "clients" really are, including the request that on the first visit, a maximum of two individuals (presumably husband and wife) would be present. In my interview, I would attempt to extract some "casual" references who know these individuals and further point to me the true character of your alleged Luca Brazzi characters. -g After all.... why put a sign "for appointment only" if then, you are just turn around and open your home to any ole hillbillies and company... Right ? How are you going to handle crowd control I'll hire cousin Guido for that... A crowd ? I am selling my home not socks in a flea market... -roflol all of these folks herded where you can see them, especially those pesky toddlers who head straight for the staircase bannister and start sliding down? LOL !!! Who do you do business with the Monster family ? You are selling a home, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY This means there is a little due diligence to be done at the time of qualifying these apparent mafiosi type... that is at the time of the interview... (as I already mention above). Now consider the possibility that this group hasn't got one person in it who is serious about buying your house. They have other things in mind for you and/or your possessions. One of two possibilities, either you did not do your job of pre-qualifying, or... these con-artists are so good at what they do that yes, the risk is there, I have never denied it... but more to my point, such is NOT (by itself) the reason why to hire a real estate agent. (which I never said it should not be done either). (Besides, if they really wanted to buy a house, they'd probably be using a dumb Realtor's free gas and time.) roflol... well, I do not know if such Realtor would be dumb... I certainly hope not since if these alleged clients would be showing up with said agent, then that means that I would have interviewed the Realtor (or plain vanilla real estate agent for that matter) before AND he or she must have convinced me that he or she would deserve my business, [meaning I would probably agree to sign a "one show agreement"]. This would also give me the required screening we are discussing. Just curious. Don't be... I am not opposed to use a good broker, provided he or she proves to me his/her knowledge and professionalism. Your case based on the possible hooblings, trols, and Frankenstein showing up with every imaginable thug (as a relative) with the clear intent of murder do not impress me nor motivate me one way or the other. I certainly would not use such as a decision to hire a broker. I am not denying the possibility, but in my experience such simply does not represent a high degree of possibility to the point that would become relevant. What emergency backup plan would you have for this situation? Prevention is worth more than correction, for one I would not buy a home in the ghetto -lol I live out in the country (for a reason), which based on your comments, said reasons were well assessed and correct. This means that if I were to live in a city and realized that the situation you are mentioning is more than a slight possibility, then I would be even more careful during my own screeing process... Once again, I have never refused to hire a knowledgeable broker, but the decision would be based in other factors other than the reasons you have used. Finally, if your scare tactics had any value, there would be more murders than what reality seems to show.