The other day I presented a full price offer on a duplex. Buyer is doing a 1031 tax deferred exchange.

Agent says that it will probably not get accepted because seller does not understand a 1031...and neither does she.

My first thought is "agent is dumb".

I expain in simple language and send her printed info...they take an inferior offer because of the 1031.

My second thought is "agent is dumber than I first thought".

Sometimes the second thought confirms the first thought.

Eve

Life goes on - you can't change stupid and most of us don't even bother trying any longer!  As to Mike & Eve Alexander - must be a thing of the south (shaking my head!) - just had the same thing happen to me when my client decided to do that with a sale (we were just under Contract)!  The BA said, "These are like short sales - aren't they? We don't have time for that!"

LOL Blogging.

When I first learned of it I thought "how dumb to waste time reading a bunch of amateurs' words when the masters filled my shelves."

9 years later...

The older and wiser and stupider and lighter and heavier and cracked open I get, the more I trust my instincts when they say the jury is out. Usually to a liquid lunch.
If Frank sent you, kid, you're alright in my book. 3:)

Out of the  mouth of babes we often are graced with  joy. Isn't this the basis of the celebration?

The smartest tactics are often those that accomplish intentions without others realizing it.

Thomas J. Nelson, Realtor, CRS nailed this one!

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 - happens few times! Remembering the lock box code - and using different code altogether to open the lock box is just one of them.

I do not judge others for what they do what they do and say what they say, but I do have allergy on stupidity. We are very lucky that we can keep our thoughts to  ourselves:)

I'm sure I've provided my share of examples for others. ;)

I have witnessed an agent actually tell her clients what they should do. The result was a very devoted buyer that thought the agent was wonderful. I advise but don't insist. Maybe I should reconsider my approach.

 Eve wins the prize for meeting the dumbest agent in Florida!

   Mike & Eve Alexander 

Thanks

I would, but it would basically be an episode of Beavis and Butthead.

When you come to understand a situation (or person), you stop judging...

Sometimes you hve to read a statement three times, some reveal a meaning, others turn out to be really dumb.

Yes, I am with Eve of Mike & Eve Alexander - there seems to be more of that kind of dumb floating around in my world too.

I say tha every now and again.

Mistakes happen.

nothing that would trump Eve's story....

Annette,

So many examples, so little time, and we happily acknowledge that some people insist on being stupid.  A

Nothing comes to mind right now but will think about it

So many times your first thought is the best!

I should write a book.

What one hears is all dependent on how it is presented and the interpretation .  Loved it just loved it.

I seldom if ever SEE anything in what I hear but does this mean you are primarily a Visually oriented thinker? 

we need time to process it

I can't think of one right off the top of y head, but I know I've done that.  Then was impressed with the thoughtfulness of the comment or insight.

I sometimes wonder why buyers and sellers react the way they do. Often there is an underlying reason. I didnt realize why some sellers reacted so poorly to low offers, inspection requests, etc until I sold my own first house that I had an emotional attachment to and a very difficult time letting go. All of a sudden I had empathy for all the sellers I had previously thought were being emotional and unreasonable. I knew how to step back and keep it in check for my sale but I still felt the feelings....-Kasey