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Realtor, CRS at Re/Max Dynamic Properties, Anchorage, Alaska

Real Estate Has Changed. I don't generally post on this platform, but since I have been a Realtor and CRS for over 30 years, I do realize that the market has changed. However, a couple of things have come to mind that I genuinely don't like that I would like to bring up. 1. I don't like offers with no Earnest Money. I don't want to see that the buyer will provide it after the seller has accepted the offer. I don't want to see a note where there is no note. If you are going to send a strong offer, include a check for the Earnest Money. 2. I am tired of the selling agent immediately telling me that the buyer is choosing between several properties. That just tells me that they are not serious about my listing, don't love it and can see their family happy in it, and are about ready to bail if I so much as change anything on the offer. Go away. This is not a market to try and scare me. I don't even share that with my seller because I don't know if it is true or just something these new companies have been telling their licensees that works. 3. The selling licensee doesn't know anything about the house, has not seen it, probably has not even read the listing and asks for all sorts of things that have already been done (i.e. professional cleaning including carpets, well checked, no septic, no HOA) to name a few. Do your job selling licensees and represent your buyer efficiently. Don't just throw things against the wall or expect a transaction coordinator to know everything about the property.

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