“A huge amount of money, and the rest of your (and your kids’) lives.”
I say this to most of my buyer clients at some point of our working relationship, sometimes at the beginning, and sometimes just before we make an offer to purchase on a house.
I’m not kidding
Great (hell, or even competent) buyer or seller representation appreciates the gravity of the buying and selling decision-making process.
I don’t have a real point to this story, other than to say that what we (my clients and I) do together has potentially life-altering consequences, and that can be terrifying, or at least humbling.
Big or small house, we’re talking about people’s lives. Complex, and simple.
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