How to deal with a rude EA? (after making an offer)

csgohan4

Don't pee off the EA as they may have a house you want in future and they will remember you for lecturing and justifying your unreasonable demands.


In fact they may put you on a blacklist and not inform you of properties not on the market officially and you will lose out either way. Or worse pass your name around other EA since they talk to each other.

Remember life is politics and peeing people off may come back to haunt you.

If the seller doesn't want to sell, you can't force him to sell, whatever reason or sob story you come up with.

andre_xs

Ok, thanks for all the clarifications and tips, this really helped. I can see now how this story has 'evolved', and how to avoid this in future.

I guess it was a beginner's mistake combined with different cultural backgrounds (and ways to deal with this). For instance, when I placed my first offer, he came up with naming me other properties which sold for a similar price to illustrate to me that their price is normal and I'm way too low (the offers he mentioned where on their homepage, thus easy to see that they actually were not comparable at all). However, I won't fall for this again and, just ignore any attempts to convince me that my offer is "wrong", and in a friendly fashion make my offer. Again, thanks a lot. Like everything in life, buying a house has a learning curve :-)

lessonlearned

Yes......we live and learn from our mistakes.

good luck next time.

Houses are a bit like buses, there's always another one coming along in a minute.

csgohan4

Just offer what you think the house is worth and don't offer more than your prepared to pay.

If the EA mouth is moving they are lying.

Whatever you do, do not use EA services like brokers, surveys' generally poor service.