First off, sorry for being awol (to all 10 of you who read this), after the holidays things have been crazy at work for both J and I and they involved lots of overtime and 6 day work weeks, but I wanted to update with some important information - we signed with a realtor!
I have a lot of experience in the service industry, given that I have worked in the industry (on the education side) for 6 years, I have a good idea how important good service is. When we were shopping around initially, I was blown away by how pushy realtors are - they all want you to sign agreements immediately, even if we told them we weren't looking at selling for over a year. Not only that, but one realtor (who will remain nameless) actually said "I'm sorry, but I only give information to registered clients".
Really? You are supposed to show us your expertise and make us WANT to sign with you, not make it seem like you're doing us a favour by taking us on as clients.
Then, we met Andrew Dybenko from Realosophy. We initially met way back in August to ask some questions about the buying process. We are home owners, but bought in a new development and pre-construction, so the process was radically different. Andrew sat down with us and explained the whole process and also sent us e-mails of listings in our desired neighborhoods for the last 5 months all without signing a single piece of paper - that is amazing service.
We sat down with him again recently, and it confirmed in our minds that we would be signing with him. After all, buying property is the biggest and most important investment you can make, and we want to make sure someone is not only knowledgeable, but has our interests at heart. Although we have not officially gone through the buying or selling process yet, I have been really impressed so far. Now that this is taken care of, bring on the open houses!
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