Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dealing with a realtor?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

>  I could be overreacting but I am getting the sense that this realtor is 
> going to try to "shelter" this person from unsupervised interaction with us 
> until the deal is struck, which can't really happen cause I won't sell my 
> house to someone that hasn't gotten to know us. It is feeling a bit like 
> dating in ancient traditional cultures or something. It may not become an 
> issue, they are one of 3 people coming next week to see my house ( the others 
> are such more comfortable feeling interactions!) but does anyone have 
> experience or ideas about how to assure a realtor that spending time with the 
> perspective member without her hovering over us is not the same as trying to 
> undermine her financial investment?

Trust your gut reaction. Realtors have their own context in which what is 
required and proper is firm. Even a neighbor who is a realtor and knows us 
well, has a set of expectations and professional requirements that are 
different than ours. There are also a lot of people out there who think it is 
clever to manipulate.

Tell her what is required and don't discuss it any further.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Sociocracy: A Deeper Democracy
http://www.sociocracy.info