“Interesting” people.

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Sometimes we meet and have to deal with “interesting” people. On the weekend we looked at a property that I had enquired about late last year. The vendor was an agent and came across as quite officious. I had lost his info and his trademe ad had vanished so I had not been able to pursue the deal earlier. When we were in the area there was a private sale sign on the property with a phone number so I immediately rung to continue with the purchase.

Well the vendor was deliberately sarcastic and rude on the phone. Then I emailed him a contract which he replied to again being deliberately difficult and rude. You would think that someone wanting to sell a property. especially when they were in the industry would understand things like being nice to buyers and common decency??

Now I have no idea what might be going on in the mans life so i am not judging him personally, he may have had a recent death or be seriously ill, who knows.

But it does make it difficult to buy from people who are like this.

My solution is to either go on to the next deal or get someone else to come in as a buyer and see if they have better luck. It can be helpful to have someone willing to negotiate on your behalf sometimes just to see if the vendor is really difficult or whether they just reacted to you or something you said. I often get a good friend of mine to follow up deals that I haven’t clicked with a vendor. My friend is female and I find often a vendor will treat a member of the opposite sex much better.

So thought for the day, if you find an awkward vendor on a great deal, try getting someone else to feel out the vendor for you, and if they get on better, let them buy the deal and assign it to you.

Stay Safe Dean Letfus @ www.massiveaction.co.nz (AKA Dean Leftus @ www.massiveaction.co.nz)

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