🏡 The Deal That Was "Too Small" 💼 Offers Through the Listing Agent, Agents Working Markets They Don't Know ⚖️ Water & Septic Surprises 💧 Do Kitchens & Bathrooms Add Value? 🔨 PEI Absorption Rates 📊 & Should You Move to the Island? 🌊
About this episode
The episode discusses the overlooked aspects of small real estate deals and the importance of agent competence in unfamiliar markets.
🏡 Ever felt like your real estate deal was "too small" to matter? On this episode of The Michael and Patty Show, we pull back the curtain on the uncomfortable truths most agents won't say out loud — and PEI buyers and sellers need to hear. 🔑 From offers written through the listing agent, to water and septic surprises that can sink a sale, this one is packed with hard-won insight for anyone buying, selling, or dreaming about a move to Prince Edward Island. 🌊 💼 We open with an honest confession: writing an offer through the listing agent because a deal seemed "too small." It's a candid look at how agents can get boxed into the high-end, waterfront, too-busy-for-small-deals mindset — and why that mindset fails everyday clients. ⚖️ Then we tackle something the industry rarely admits: agents representing buyers and sellers in markets they know nothing about. We dig into Article 12 of the CREA REALTOR Code, which requires skilled and conscientious service that meets the standards of competence reasonably expected in the specific market you're working in. CREA is blunt about it — no client is served well by an agent operating in an area they aren't familiar with. If you're working…
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