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Today we received our annual refrigerator calendar magnet from the Realtor that sold us our home back in 2004. We haven’t actually heard from or seen her since 2004, but every December we get our calendar, like clockwork.<\/p>\nToday we received our annual refrigerator calendar magnet from the Realtor that sold us our home back in 2004. We haven’t actually heard from or seen her since 2004, but every December we get our calendar, like clockwork.<\/p>\n
You might have this happen too. Agents like to send these desk or refrigerator calendars to their past clients to remind them that they’re still alive and could potentially help them sell their home if the need ever arose again.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure how effective these calendars really are. I have two listings right now where the homeowners are using other people’s calendars, but they chose to list their house with me. Hmmm. I guess the point of the calendar is just to get the homeowner to at least call the agent. Kyle and I don’t send these, but I can see it as one easy, inexpensive way for an agent to get people to try and remember them. We have other marketing activities that we do to try and accomplish that, but we can’t tell you what those are because lots of agents read this blog and we don’t want them knowing our secrets. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
One troubling thing about this year’s calendar magnet was that it didn’t have the picture of our agent, but the picture of another agent from her office that I’ve never met before. Where did our agent go? Is she okay? Curious, I called her office to check in. Apparently she’s no longer licensed. Our name and address have been passed along to another agent to add to their database. We’ve become what are known as “orphan clients.” That’s what happens when your real estate agent quits, moves, passes away, etc. It’s comforting to know that we’ve been adopted by someone though. At least we’ll still keep getting our calendar!<\/p>\n
Readers, do you get these types of things? Do you hear from your agent at other times of the year or only during the holidays?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we received our annual refrigerator calendar magnet from the Realtor that sold us our home back in 2004. We haven’t actually heard from or seen her since 2004, but every December we get our calendar, like clockwork. You might have this happen too. Agents like to send these desk or refrigerator calendars to their past clients to remind them that they’re still alive and could potentially help them sell their home if the need<\/p>\n