The Dating Game… Finding, Meeting and Getting to know your REALTOR
May 22nd, 2008 Categories: Alexandria Dirt, Arlington Dirt, Falls Church Dirt, McLean Dirt, Reston Dirt
Finding and working with a REALTOR is often a lot like dating! “HUH?” you say? Well, think about the ways that we meet…
Internet Dating
Many times, I will receive an email from a blog reader or someone who has found me on my static web page. They like what they see and send me an email. Sometimes they live in far away places, like Rome or Seattle or even Leesburg (that’s a joke for you Loudoun County readers! 
) We might correspond for months via email before we actually meet. By the time we meet, we know a lot about each other, due to our long “courting” period. It’s an excellent way to get to know someone – their response times, their knowledge and even their sense of humor!
The Blind Date
I recently received a referral from a Keller Williams agent in southern Virginia – he was trying to help his daughter find an agent to work with here in the Arlington area. So she initiated contact via email. (so really, it’s like Internet Dating, too!) We set a time to meet and described ourselves to each other so we’d recognize each other in the wild! She exclaimed that it was a lot like a blind date, which in fact it was, but as I pointed out, a lot less scary! By the way, we had a great time getting to know each other at Starbucks last night!
The Set-Up
Many times a past client will call me to set an appointment for me to meet with one of their friends. Sometimes we all meet together, but more often, as referenced above, we end up describing ourselves to each other to meet on our own.
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I’ve never actually participated in a setup like “The Dating Game” where 3 REALTORs are lined up and asked the same questions… “If you were a fruit, which fruit would you be and why?” I’m not sure how that might go over, but it’s an interesting thought!
I welcome all of your calls and questions any time! Things are great – it’s a nice balanced real estate market right now and I would be delighted to discuss it with you at your convenience!
Happy Thursday!
Jennifer
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Too funny.
I met my future wife on Match.com, so I guess people can find a Realtor that way too.
Frank
that’s hilarious. I met my wife on CL–craigslist couple years ago. Gosh if it wasn’t for internet I’d be broke and lonely–haha