Choosing A Realtor

When I was looking for houses a few months ago, I used a realtor who was pretty nice, until my horrible mortgage broker did me wrong. After that point, when it seemed like she might not make a sale, she went missing in the night. She wouldn't return my phone calls and intentionally didn't respond to my emails, when she had done so previously.

When I told her that I was going to wait a little while before I started looking again (because the entire situation just left a bad taste in my mouth), she told me to call her again for help in the future. What a joke.

One day a few months ago, I needed to go to the Office Depot down the street from my house to fax some information to my realtor. There was a woman who worked at the store who was faxing the paperwork for me. She asked me if I was buying a house (based on the papers I handed her), and I told her yes. Well, she wasn't getting in my business, but she was familiar with how home buying paperwork looked because, she told me, she was actually a realtor. She said because of the housing crisis she had to take a job at Office Depot to help supplement her income, as many people have had to do. She told me if I knew anyone in the future who might need a realtor to let her know. I promised her I would (even though I didn't know anyone other than myself who wanted to buy a home).

It's funny how things work out. Normally I would have thrown her phone number away because I didn't need it, but for some strange reason I held onto her number. I was trying to decide a few days ago on what realtor I would use this time around. I'm thinking it's probably going to be her. It's mainly because of how nice she was. We talked for a few moments in the store that day about things other than home ownership. She was just really nice, and I liked her demeanor. I'm planning on calling her this week.

I'll let you know how it goes.