Scott, Scott, she was calling for Pizza Delivery or the turnip truck just made a delivery.

Scott,

First of I have been trying to get that mind reader thing so I could easily understand woman for years. I just don't think there is a product out there to help us.

I am sure the woman are looking for the same device for us men. But woman I will make it easy for you! We think of one thing first...Then sports. Pretty much in that order! We can only have one thing on our mind at one time after that we get confused.

What were we talking about again?

Todd

Todd, if you are going to make it in Hollywood (other blog) you need to stay focused!!!

Todd;

I think you should have given her the list price ...and let her stew on that for awhile.

Hugh

Scott,

I'm very sorry but this program is not available to you.  It's nothing personal, you understand, but in order to download the Mindreader Program you must give birth.  Giving birth also entitles you to "eyes in the back of the head"!

OK, Cathy has a point but yea.....then I need to hire six Mommys around me because I get calls like that daily.  

My favorite is a guy that called on a for lease sign and asked what the sales price is.  I told him that it is for lease and we went back and forth like Scott's caller.  So finally this guy tells me that he knows the law and that if he gives me an offer I have to present it.  (At this point I am slightly amused by his bravado) So I reply that I WILL NOT present his offer, regardless of what LAW he READ.  

(Remember, this house is listed FOR RENT.  In Florida, I don't have to present an offer for purchase if the house isn't for sale.  Which is moot anyway, read on and you'll understand)

Thinking he has me, he tells me that he knows how to look up the owner and is going to get another Realtor to write an offer and go present it.  I tell him, you do that and I'll beat you to the sellers front door.  (At this point I am just dumping as much gas on his little fire as I can)  So I say, hey, I'll even save you the time, here is the phone number and name of the owner.  He actually writes it down and asks me to spell it, reminding me that if I am lying he will know because of his magical ability to "look up the property owner"  and if I am lying he is going to do unspeakable things to my Real Estate License.  

So I tell him to make sure that he writes my name and number down too.  He asks me for it and I reply, "Are you still in front of my RENTAL LISTING?"  He is, "GOOD, My name and number is on the sign!" Right above the little rider sign that says "Realtor is OWNER"  It's about now that he puts 2 & 2 together, (maybe one of the first times in his life he has added those numbers successfully.) He grumbled and hung up.

The Funny thing is that I got a call from a very nice lady just a couple of days later with a similar question.  (I thought Oh Not Again) I again said it's not for sale, just a lease.  To which she replied, could you help me find a home just like that for under XX Dollars.

We had a great conversation about the area and I put one of my best agents on it.  We found her a Great home that was built by the same builder in the same year about two blocks away.  A True win-win situation.  

So the moral of the story is Don't anticipate the callers intent and don't jump to conclusions, but at the same time don't take any unnecessary (insert your favorite expletive here) when you don't have to unless you are going to get a great story out of it.  

Just out of curiosity I went to www.mindreader.com to see if it exists.  It does, but I wouldn't recommend using it though...it gave the option of skipping the intro and I figured if they really new how to read my mind they'd KNOW I wanted to skip the stupid intro.

I don't mean to laugh, but even though I am sure it was frustrating . . . after we read the stories we write . . . don't you just gotta laugh sometimes?  It's like there is no way that just happened to me.  

I had a customer call the other day on a vacant lot I have listed in here community.  It's a big lot (over 17,000 sqft.) and the list price per sqft is about $6 less than properties almost half the size in the same area.  She tells me she is interested in selling her house and building a new one on the lot I have listed and wanted to discuss this with her husband.  Great!  The next day I get a lengthy voicemail where she explains that she looked the property up in the tax appraisers site and thinks the price is too high.  So I try calling back 3 times and the phone just rings and rings with no answering system picking up.  I did not want to address her concerns via email, but had no choice at this point.  So I send a detailed email explaining that the price is determined by the sales and active pricing in the area and for this size lot, it is priced very fairly.  I pointed out twice that the seller is open to offers and I would take any offer she thought was fair to them.  Now the phone doesn't get picked up, but I get an email back within just a few hours saying a kind "thank you for the response" and she goes on to explain that she still thinks the price is too high and mentions several other properties that are almost half the size in the area.  In addition, she adds the comment that it was nice to see I put a sign up recently (signs were not allowed until recently in this particular community and they have to be custom made).  And she wishes me good luck.  I have to say I was very frustrated, and I understand that she was really curious about her neighborhood and probably hearing a great deal of speculation.  It just would have been nice to have been given the chance to explain.  

But you know what?  I love people no matter what.        

ROFL - I recently had the flip side of that call that went something like this:

Caller: Your listing at 123 Great Home Lane is perfect and I want to get it today.  Am I too late?

Me:  That property is still available. Would you like to arrange to see it this afternoon?

Caller:  No, no... I just want to get the contract done before someone else does?

Me:  So, $2500 per month is in your price range for a rental?

Caller: {Long silence...........................}

Me:  Sir?  Are you looking for a rental or did you want to purchase?

Caller:  Sorry, I thought that was the sales price. {Click... dial tone}

Me:  ROFLMAO!!!!!!

That is the nature of our work. You really gotta have a sense of humor... and a tub of Tums

Scott, mowron sounds bad, is it similar to a moron? lol, sorry.