iLegallyBlonde Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Purely so I can work around my children's schooling It's ceratinly not something I would choose to do but I am hoping I can single handedly orchestrate the local crash, without getting sacked ! Any tips ????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homeless Report post Posted April 8, 2006 carry a tape recorder with you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Goodness me. I think you should point people to sites like houseprices.co.uk, also tell them not to over stretch on the mortgage - use the line "if you can't afford it, who can?" Oh, and report to us on a daily basis with all your stories! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New Darker Law Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Now that's what I call direct action! NDL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teddyboy Report post Posted April 8, 2006 terrified you have lots of choices: I can give you a bung You could leave all your morales at home when leaving house You could practice lying through your teeth without laughing or going red What you should not do: Wear a badge of the 'Whistleblower' Speak your mind ... you WILL get sacked Sell your kids down the swanny! HPI is going to affect them too On a serious note... do what your conscious tells you... you are a sales woman/man so its you job to sell. Just do it in an honourable way. If people are going to buy then get the best price for the seller but please TALK DOWN the sellers if they are greedy fookers! Good Luck... May the force be with you TB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyShears Report post Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) Purely so I can work around my children's schooling It's ceratinly not something I would choose to do but I am hoping I can single handedly orchestrate the local crash, without getting sacked ! Any tips ????? Dig as much dirt as you possibly can. Read "Liar's Poker" as a rough guide. Then write a book that blows the lid off the whole scene. If you're lucky you might even get to choose which Hollywood star plays you in the movie. Billy Shears Edited April 8, 2006 by BillyShears Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warwickshire Lad Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Purely so I can work around my children's schooling It's ceratinly not something I would choose to do but I am hoping I can single handedly orchestrate the local crash, without getting sacked ! Good luck ! I know you're located in Stratford, so any honest insights into the Warwickshire market would be appreciated, either publicly or by PM ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Winners and Losers Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Dig as much dirt as you possibly can. Read "Liar's Poker" as a rough guide. Then write a book that blows the lid off the whole scene. If you're lucky you might even get to choose which Hollywood star plays you in the movie. Billy Shears The title of the blockbuster could indeed be "Terrified". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Converted Lurker Report post Posted April 8, 2006 You always have been an estate agent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elizabeth Report post Posted April 8, 2006 You always have been an estate agent Well if she is she has never come across as anything awful from that paticular slime pit environment. I mean, a girl's gotta eat! Terri, have fun. What is your job? Don't let them sucker you into buying a house (don't get caught up in the abandon, and if any of your sale starved colleagues siddle up to you and go "wanna buy a house little girl?" do what your mother told you... yeah that's right kick em in the nuts and run away!!!!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuyingBear Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Secret Agent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ʎqɐqɹǝʞɐɥs Report post Posted April 8, 2006 You always have been an estate agent I doubt it, wheres the evidence, the case in hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iLegallyBlonde Report post Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) I'm actually up on the wirral and no I haven't actually started this "job" and believe me it really is a last resort I'm far from happy about it but I figured that EA's make money no matter what the market is doing it's just a case of volume sales or highly priced ! But I do think I can do good deeds, trust me the local first time buyers will be utterly terrified by the time I've finished with them. And of course I'll be off on maternity leave in 8.5 months, another few thousand off their bottom line Edited April 8, 2006 by terrified Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elizabeth Report post Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) I'm actually up on the wirral and no I haven't actually started this "job" and believe me it really is a last resort I'm far from happy about it but I figured that EA's make money no matter what the market is doing it's just a case of volume sales or highly priced ! But I do think I can do good deeds, trust me the local first time buyers will be utterly terrified by the time I've finished with them. And of course I'll be off on maternity leave in 8.5 months, another few thousand off their bottom line I'm a bit worried now. Remember subtlety. Be fair and remember the market will fall in small increments. The price today is the price today whatever you think personally. 5K off the first-time, 3K off the next... So unfortunately their will be buying loosers against next years price and more against the year afters, and that is not your fault or your problem!!! Unless you have a stack of properties on your hands and no buyers, in which case you are well positioned to talk the market down A lot of people have a very finely tuned bullshite radar. That is why they don't like EAs in the first place. You wanted advice? Don't mean to be patronising, but I had a very salient experience in the last week with someone who was trying to pretend that we were leading to a natural conclusion when it was only too obvious that they were pushing an agenda. Don't overplay your hand girlfriend!... and don't ever mention the HPC website except in the context of talking up the market a bit too brightly and as an throwaway comment of the "yeah, their are people who think their will be a crash. Whatever " denouncing the site that your client has never heard of as a bunch of moaners, its not going to happen etc. (Hey. I'd make a great troll ) The Barnard Effect: people see what they expect to see. My thinking is, they expect estate agents to be dishonest, but generally take people at face value. They will only kick in their contraindicative thinking if the estate agent feels as slippery as the stereotype!!! Edited April 8, 2006 by Elizabeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iLegallyBlonde Report post Posted April 8, 2006 I hear you, I am keen to save younger people from disater but at the end of the day my job will be to show people houses and I shall aim to be no better and no worse than the current staff, so answering the phone and making the tea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laughing_goat Report post Posted April 8, 2006 I hear you, I am keen to save younger people from disater but at the end of the day my job will be to show people houses and I shall aim to be no better and no worse than the current staff, so answering the phone and making the tea. I think your main aim should be not to get the sack in the first month! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonnieDarker Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Are you going to work for Foxtons?! If so, stay where you are...I'm just getting my axe! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Time to raise the rents. Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Purely so I can work around my children's schooling It's ceratinly not something I would choose to do but I am hoping I can single handedly orchestrate the local crash, without getting sacked ! Any tips ????? The trouble is, the job must be commision based, so being a bear will mean you have trouble earning money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karen1000 Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Purely so I can work around my children's schooling It's ceratinly not something I would choose to do but I am hoping I can single handedly orchestrate the local crash, without getting sacked ! Any tips ????? Spend some time with a spellchecker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Time to raise the rents. Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Spend some time with a spellchecker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iLegallyBlonde Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Spend some time with a spellchecker. I was going to suggest you did the same with an accountant Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Winners and Losers Report post Posted April 9, 2006 I was going to suggest you did the same with an accountant Ladies, ladies! You should be calling each other foul names instead, like me and Elizabeth! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iLegallyBlonde Report post Posted April 9, 2006 It's Elizabeth and I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Winners and Losers Report post Posted April 9, 2006 It's Elizabeth and I Damn! I knew I should have used the grammar checker. Now I'll have to have a b*tch fight with Karen too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elizabeth Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Ladies, ladies! You should be calling each other foul names instead, like me and Elizabeth! Last thing I called you was Sweetpea What is the problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
