the average age of a real estate agent is 52 years old.<\/a> We’re a lot younger than that and it’s not that common for men and women to tour together (usually it is groups of women touring together) so sometimes if people are unfamiliar with us they think we are buyers crashing Broker Tour.<\/p>\nA few weeks ago we were walking into a home and a brand new agent that was also touring the home asked if she could help us. She thought we were buyers. Her manager was touring with her and quickly introduced us. That was the first time I consciously realized that some agents think we are buyers.<\/p>\n
This week we pulled up to a new listing that’s in a popular neighborhood in West Hartford. As we arrived there was a young couple crossing the street in front of our car. The woman of the couple peered in and gave a dirty look. My immediate thought was “Huh? What did we do?” I hadn’t seen these folks before, so I was pretty sure I hadn’t done anything to offend them. “Hey Kyle, do you know them? Have you wronged them in some way? We just got a dirty look.” Nope, Kyle claimed he had not knowingly offended them either.<\/p>\n
As I was getting out of the car it dawned on me. They thought we were buyers. They were meeting their agent at the house to take an early look and thought we were also going to be touring it too. We could be competing with them for the house! When I realized this, I laughed. “Hey Kyle, I figured it out, they think we’re buyers and we want the house too.”<\/p>\n
Potentially we could have had some fun psyching them out (“We love the house! We’re putting in an offer!”), but their agent ruined it for us and said “Hi Kyle, hi Amy.” We were found out, we were agents. No fun was had with those folks, but now we’ll be ready when the opportunity presents itself again… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tuesday is the traditional day for real estate office meetings and then Broker Tour. What exactly is Broker Tour? Well, it’s essentially an open house for real estate agents. When homes are newly listed they’ll typically have an open house so agents can get a preview look. If they have buyers interested in that type of home, they can give them more information. Broker Tour in the Hartford area traditionally happens on Tuesdays between 11:00am-2:00pm.<\/p>\n
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Tuesday is the traditional day for real estate office meetings and then Broker Tour. What exactly is Broker Tour? Well, it’s essentially an open house for real estate agents. When homes are newly listed they’ll typically have an open house so agents can get a preview look. If they have buyers interested in that type of home, they can give them more information. Broker Tour in the Hartford area traditionally happens on Tuesdays between 11:00am-2:00pm. If you’ve ever seen an Open House sign on a street corner on a Tuesday morning, that’s probably why. Some “real people” even show up to see a house during Broker Tour and that’s perfectly fine to do.<\/p>\n