The Deals and Duds of Westchester's Real Estate

Oct 23, 2008

01:00 PM

They Did What? Buyers Behaving Badly

Selling homes in this market is difficult enough for realtors. Throw in potential buyers acting rudely and asking inappropriate questions, and the job becomes, well, let’s just say Treasury Secretary Paulson may have it easier. Need proof? Read on.

“After showing three women around a nice condo in Briarcliff Manor, we were accused of stealing $1,500 of the owner’s son’s money. The owner, a woman, had a fit, yelling loudly that she was going to call the police--and she did. After having our bags checked, the three women and myself were found innocent. It turns out the money was in the son’s pants pocket in the dryer. What a senior in high school was doing with $1,500 is another story.”
David Fink
Houlihan Lawrence
Briarcliff Manor


“At an Armonk open house, we had advertised refreshments. Normally juice and cookies or finger sandwiches, or something else depending on the time of year. This particular guy came along and sat down at the table in the kitchen and asked, ‘Where’s lunch?’ We thought he was joking but he was quite serious. When my wife pointed to the spread on the counter, he reluctantly went over disappointed that she wasn’t going to actually cook him lunch.”
R. Scott Richardson
Keller Williams NY Realty
White Plains
richardsonrealtyteam.com


“A couple came to a Bedford open house and criticized the whole property, inside and out. Not liking a given home is fine but then why do they have to voice every last dislike? As a realtor, you want to tell them to leave because they end up criticizing every inch. It is very insulting.”
Barbara G. Harris
Houlihan Lawrence
Bedford
houlihanlawrence.com


“Potential buyers can be incredibly rude in comment and in behavior. One example is when they bring their children to tour houses and let them run wild. It happens all the time. We have all had occasions to say to the children, ‘please do not run, touch, climb, etc.’ Unfortunately the parents’ response has often been, ‘Please do not tell our children what not to do.’
Deborah Carrillo
Coldwell Banker
Dobbs Ferry
deborahcarrillo.com

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