Selling houses. The good, the bad and the ugly

Selling Houses, The thrill, The Buzz and the unhappy times

People often ask me "whats the best part of your job". Its simple. I love selling houses, actually i love selling anything, but houses gives me a great buzz and a sense of satisfaction knowing that a) Ive helped the seller, b) Knowing ive helped the buyer and c) if it all goes through to complete then ive helped myself to a nice fee...... 

However, picture this.  

You put the property up for sale..... you advertise it.... you book 2 viewings ...you negotiate a deal.... you then proceed to make 8 million phone calls to both solicitors, buyers, sellers, financial advisors. you become the middle man for multiple arguements between the buyer and the seller as they are both un-reasonable with each other. You manage to hold the whole deal together and move it through to completion. You hand out the keys to the new owners..... Job done.

Until

You then receive a letter from the sellers who (you managed to sell there property within a week!!!) decide they are not going to pay you because apparently it was the etate agents fault that the deal wasnt straight forward!!

Now in my eyes..... you sell a property in the middle of a recession in less than 1 week....you put up with all the s**t that both the buyer and the seller are dishing to each other, you chase the sale through to the end, you make so many phone calls that your arm hurts.. YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.