Day-4 of our family trip.
Today we had an appointment with a broker for our house hunting. Twenty minutes prior to our appointment time, I received a text message from him. He already arrived at our hotel lobby enjoying a cup of coffee, he said. I liked that he arrived early to our appointment. It was polite of him.
Since he posted his face picture in his introduction webpage, it was easy for us to recognize him. Some people, especially middle aged women, tend to post their younger and nicer pictures which is at least ten years younger than now, so that we cannot recognize them in reality. He was honest in his picture. So far, he earned my first impression about him positively.
But soon enough, I found some drawbacks.
While he showed us four houses, he went back and forth the area. This brought us a huge waste of time. Besides, he could not answer any of my questions regarding the area. It was obvious he does not know the area at all. I would like to have my broker to know the area well, so that I can ask some questions about daily life on the area.
Also, I witnessed a couple of sceneries that he easily lost his temper while he was talking with other people. A great negotiator does not lose temper easily.
When I purchase a house, I definitely would like to negotiate with the owner about the price and other details. He strongly claimed “this is a seller’s market, and unfortunately there is no space for negotiation when purchasing a house”. Even if that is true, I would like to have my broker as my representative to speak up on behalf of me.
Please don’t get me wrong. I do appreciate for his help and kindness. I just have a hunch that he would not be help for me, and I will have to follow my feeling. Purchasing a house is a huge life event.
With this experience, I learned one thing. In the process of a house hunting, I will need to find our best fit broker too. Everything has to go with a process. I am still in learning process, I guess.
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