Tips for Working with Realtors: Buying New Construction and Negotiating Over Asking Price

Navigating New Construction: The Role of Your Realtor

1. Your Realtor, Your Advocate: Remember, the realtor representing the builder isn't looking out for your interests. Having your own realtor is crucial for guidance and negotiation on your behalf throughout the new construction process.
2. Communication Is Key: If you're experiencing differences with your realtor but they're still delivering results like showings and offers, don't be hasty to let them go. Instead, communicate clearly about your needs and ask questions to find common ground.
3. Negotiation Power: Look for a realtor with strong negotiating skills who isn't afraid to advocate for your best interests. Sometimes, a direct approach can lead to a quick sale at a price higher than your listing. So if your realtor has a direct real talk way of speaking it might be the best realtor for you if you're looking for a quick close and the highest price the market will allow.

4.Listen to Experience: Trust your realtor's experience and advice. If you have specific requirements like needing a cash offer in 7 days, consider their insights about alternative approaches that could better serve your ultimate goal, whether it's maximizing profit or securing a swift sale.

5. Focus on Your Goal: Understand the why behind your requests and be open to adjustments if they better align with your objectives. Sometimes, what seems like the obvious solution may not be the most effective in reaching your ultimate goal of securing your new construction dream home.

This month I experienced a few losses but learned some lessons. The biggest hurt was my new construction and listing client decided to terminate our agreement 4 days in and go with a low-budget cash offer company. The second loss was a close second I got dismissed from flight attendant training a week before graduation. 

I attended flight attendant training for the 3rd time!!!!!! I scored 90, 97, and 98 on my test. However, a couple of weeks ago the girls banded together to get me out, told some lies added some juice but it wasn't very hard. One thing about me is I will never start anything but I do stand up for myself and well it got me dismissed a week before graduation (again)

The other time I got dismissed from training I didn't pass my test and the bullies were working overtime and kicked me out of the study group. The second time I messed up on my evacuation and the bullies were at an all-time high "Group Think" is real, and it was hard to focus on passing when the daggers were high and low in my direction. The third time passed my test, but it was the bullies, microaggressions, and ultimately my real talk mouth and not being a "punk" that got me dismissed. I guess now I'm not punk but I'm a jobless haaaaaaa!!! There's a joke in there but I'll find it soon. Sometimes it's better to be a punk but graduate because no one will see your side.

To me, in my head, I could be the kind of flight attendant you want in an emergency the one that will tell you to stand up, leave your bags, and jump out of the plane. The kind you want if there is a health emergency and you need someone to do CPR and take control and also the kind that will hug you if you are having a bad day, month, or year. because I know and also because I learned CPR 3 times in the last 6 months LOL LOL There must be a reason for this!

I might not be the flight attendant who will take a bunch of mess from customers. My engineer daddy told me to stand up for myself as I left for college as a girl who was teased in school and would come home crying. The bullying thing has been happening since 1st grade!!! Instead of hiding in the bathroom I just stand up. But I can't fight, I'm from the suburbs, I just bark.

I don't take any mess as an adult but I'm also not going around starting anything only if my back is in a corner! I'm pretty fun and personable but direct. The-- don't come for me unless I send for you kind of vibes! I'm super nice and empathic, with high intuition and my Virgo moon is unmatched.

(check your chart if you do not know your moon sign.) Virgo moons make good health professionals you want them around to diagnose you or help in an emergency and Capricorn suns do not lose their cool under pressure. and the Scorpio rising I have people who are insanely jealous of the craziest, silliest things. Scorpio is constantly rising from the ashes!

So I guess I learned some lessons again this time. I learned that not everyone is for me, that goes for real estate clients and airlines.

Also, not everything deserves a response. The competitiveness among girls in flight attendant training is off the chain and the most inflight teams I experienced need to do more to see the situation from both sides. The last time I was dismissed quickly with little consideration. but it is what it is. We learn, we grow, we get better and other doors are already starting to open. Oh and last thing I learned is I think commercial real estate is more suited for me as people aren't texting you about something insignificant when it's about someone else's money and in commercial real estate clients don't think they own your time until the deal is done. They respect boundaries. So, I'll start migrating over to commercial real estate this year to work with business owners and bosses. We undersand each other!

but It is still hard because its one thing to be evaluated on your character but it's another thing to be evaluated incorrectly and not seeing the situation for what is truly going on.

After my first training, I moved out of my apartment months ago and now I just live at the Hilton. It sounds better to say you live at the Hilton than to say you're homeless at the Hilton, so I'll just say that. So life is Life-ing pretty hard right now.

But on the positive side, I have all the time to dedicate to my real estate clients and I have free hotel wifi to write contracts!🤣 So if you or someone you know are looking to sell or buy right away or later on, contact me before or after checkout time (which is usually noon at the Hilton. lolol )

If you want to get it done call Real Talk Tina if you want someone to sugarcoat things don't call me LOL!!!!!

Ya'll may not hear from me for a few months but I will come back on top like I always do! 

Keep Climbing!! 🐐🐐🐐🐐Never Give up! forreal foreal!!!