Dealing With An Insensitive Realtor

[pamcoco]

I have not received a reply and I will give him 48 hours to get a new date.

That is a great decision, as I see it! Good for you! Don't let him take your money unless you are comfortable and in control. That other circumstance might just lead to more trauma.

I have noticed the attack from all sides hasn't let up even when I give up on confronting. The attack of the perceived weak seems to be a survival of the fittest instinct that is irresistible.

There is a line in the movie "Lawless" that I remind myself of frequently:
"It is not the violence that sets men apart. Alright? It is the distance that he is prepared to go.... We are survivors, we control the fear. And without the fear, we are all as good as dead."

People used to fear me, because I was strong, outspoken and confrontational. That stopped after the illness and assaults.

But now my healing is in part actively making the disrespectful fear repercussion. It is the only way I have found of surviving in the animal kingdom and it seems to me we are just animals.

 

[KwanYingirl]

Ok it's been a week since I emailed him to lower the price. He responded that there was a couple that loved the house and he was going to check with their realtor what there status was before we change the price. Now not a word from him. I was supposed to look at a condo at the beach yesterday but Annie got sick and I had to cancel. Don't I sound like the client from Hell? Seriously, what with my anxieties about everything and constantly having to break commitments due to illness, I can see him putting up a protective boundary.

And now I have decided that this house is my safe place. I know the neighbors are all great. I am safe here. It's my design and restoration and now I don't even want to sell at all.

There's nothing on the market that would be safe for my chemical sensitivities except that beach condo. Why on earth would I want to see it full well knowing that I can't buy anything til this place sells. That's just torturing myself. I need a big old chill pill and a dose of patience. Blahhhhh....

 

[Lucycat]

real estate agent

(My excuse is I am English - or as I prefer to be known a born-again Scot)
'Real' estate agent in contrast to a 'pretend' estate agent?

 

[cherryblossom]

@Lucycat , not real in contrast to pretend, it's just what estate agents are called in the USA. I don't really understand, but if you google it, lots of links come up e.g.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_property

 

[KwanYingirl]

Well, my silent treatment worked. I cut off all communication with my realtor and after a week he sent me a very polite email today. I'll be so disappointed if I lose out on the chance to get a condo at the beach.

I had to eat some humble pie because I googled him and got to his Facebook page and he has photos of my house, inside and out, all over his page. So obviously he is trying to market my house.