{"id":536,"date":"2013-07-24T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T18:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2023-09-09T17:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:50:47","slug":"the-good-bad-and-ugly-in-louisville-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/the-good-bad-and-ugly-in-louisville-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, Bad and Ugly in Louisville Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent a good many posts ranting about things that bother me in my career as a Louisville Realtor. Blog ranting is a good way to blow off steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Better that than actually telling someone they&#8217;re a bad person. Heh.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AFa1-kciCb4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br><em>Perhaps the best movie theme music of all time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I thought I&#8217;d hit the topic from a new perspective&#8230; all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Good Louisville Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Louisville is a great city, whether the nation (or world) knows it or not. I&#8217;m <strong>proud<\/strong> to call this place my home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By and large, the people here are generous, polite, and caring. The vast majority of Louisvillians are stand-up citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine working this business is a city like New York or L.A. where selfish vanity is on parade. Argh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, this is a beautiful town! The parks are highly underrated and the Parklands of Floyds Fork are only going to enhance our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Far more good than bad, but I started this theme so&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bad Louisville Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some <strong>very selfish people<\/strong> in every city. These people give little thought to taking what they want without giving back even a &#8220;thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It happens to me weekly. It&#8217;s part of the business. But that doesn&#8217;t make it OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of their job, Realtors do need to explain to people how the business works. Listings are fairly straightforward but working with buyers can be like trying to <em>wrangle a school of jellyfish<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a <strong>Buyer&#8217;s Agency Agreement<\/strong> (BAA) solves the uncertainty problem but some people won&#8217;t sign one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That leaves us it a bit of a war zone, where anything goes. With nothing to penalize the offender, it will keep happening. Sad but true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My solution would be to have a new law that requires home buyers to sign with just one real estate agent. They can switch to a new agent if things don&#8217;t work out by a quick written form but are required to be aligned with an agent throughout the buying process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not burdensome and would create a more clear landscape for all parties. Am I missing anything here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Ugly Louisville Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This space is reserved for truly crazed individuals, either by the stress of events or personal health or mental problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some sick people in the world and, for the most part, they can buy and sell real estate too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s people like this that I am glad that I&#8217;m <strong>not required<\/strong> to work with anyone. I can choose to say, &#8220;No thank you. Please find another agent. Good day.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hard part is identifying these people before you&#8217;re knee-deep in negotiations and the animal excrement is about to hit the fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve spent a good many posts ranting about things that bother me in my career as a Louisville Realtor. Blog ranting is a good way to blow off steam. (Better that than actually telling someone they&#8217;re a bad person. Heh.) Perhaps the best movie theme music of all time. 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