Joe Homs 949-625-4533Real Estate Broker, Pellego · Real Estate Broker at Pellego

The Real Estate Pros on Working With Sellers

10 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this informal conversation, two real‑estate professionals discuss how they choose which seller listings to take on. They contrast two strategic approaches: taking full control of a deal to close quickly for a cash price, versus collaborating with the seller for a longer‑term, higher‑profit arrangement. They emphasize the importance of avoiding difficult sellers—pejoratively called “Karens”—and instead working with cooperative clients they label “Beckys.” The speakers note that lower‑priced homes often bring more problems and that experienced agents can spot unprofitable deals early, deciding when a transaction isn’t worth the effort.

But when you get submissions, you're like, dude, this seller is the worst, bro, but a great novation.
I'm not gonna work with that seller.
You know, unfortunately, it's, if you want your cake and eat it too, you wanna be in control, then close on the property and take your, you know, cash price. If you're okay with the patience for more profit, it's more of a collaboration, but we don't just do it with anybody.
That's, yeah, that's, that's, oh God. Yeah, I've had some sellers where they're like, why did we do this? Yeah, dude, for sure. And it's always the lower priced homes, man.
Anything up there, they're like, eh, we're good, man. low, it's like, don't— you don't work with Karens. You don't work with Karens. Just Beckys. Yeah, just Beckys, no Karens, guys.
Yeah, yeah, that's, that's, that's good. I mean, I think— I feel like we're starting to do that now too. It's like you can see it coming a mile away once you've done enough deals. You're like, this isn't worth freaking whatever we're gonna make on this. It's just— it's the truest thing.
It's so true.