What?!

I met a friend of mine in shul this past Shabbos. As we were talking about houses, aren't we all looking for a house to buy? the topic of which realtor was brought. I mentioned a few that I hear and tried to push one over the other. I was curious to know why this one realtor was not in the choice, so I asked in a nice way, saying "why not use X, I hear X has a lot of listings that are exclusive" this means that you can only look at the house with X so why not? The response I got was shocking. "Oh, I don't want to use X. X helped us with our apartment, very nice very good but too aggressive for me. I want to be able to think about my major purchase and not give an answer right away, as X expects. X is too pushy..." I got the drift. I agreed. I didn't like X either.

X has the loud mouth personality. X is always calling, always nagging. X would show you a house and tell you it is perfect for you without knowing who you are. X would show the house and suggest additions, and changes and remodeling like it was nothing. I mean, aren't you just buying a house that is a lot of money? That is just in your budget, but to X it doesn't matter. X will offer unsolicited advice that no one really wants. X is great for the seller. To the buyer X is annoying, but has the most houses as X is great for the seller. What do you do? I feel that X is full of it and is letting the quick fame go to the head and it shows.

My friend went on to explain that when looking at the house X asked if they were interested in it. Otherwise there were others who wanted to put an offer on the house. X didn't give time to think, just look and sign. Once you sign with X, X is not around for you. But before you sign, X will be your best friend. Once the commission belongs to X, X will go onto the next victim. X has a reputation, for better and for worse.

Oh well. There are lots of X's out there. Some will win. Some will lose.