It helps to demonstrate the comps, so I drove by the street that had the most recent sale – $1,470,000 last month for 1,668sf ($881/sf while we’re asking $815/sf). Th next-door neighbor confirmed that the new owners are spending another $500,000 for renovations.
I had the dog experience of the ages today. I’ve owned six dogs in my life, and as most of you know, the last one just died. I don’t have anything against dogs.
But the open house is a place of business. Every time I go to an open house, I identify myself as an agent, hand off my business card, and get out of the way – out of respect of knowing the agent on duty has a job to do with interviewing buyers, in hopes of selling the house.
It should occur to a buyer’s agent that bringing two dogs into an open house may be disruptive and distracting, and instead have some respect for the situation. A simple agent introduction would go a long way!
Spot on. That other agent should be ashamed for having so little common sense, not to mention zero client control. Spoiled, entitled and self-centered people, oh wait, maybe they were your perfect Del Mar buyers! Ha.
obligatory…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH64dlgyydM
Bringing a dog into a open house regardless of it walking by itself or you carrying it is very rude in my opinion. You would never see that happen anywhere else but here in this SOCAL bubble. I have dogs myself, they can stay home or in the car. I had never seen anything like this since I moved out here from the midwest. I remember the first time I saw people bringing dogs into a grocery store here…really…is that sanitary. Good for you Jim, people around here aren’t used to being told no.
Note to JtR: well done, sir.
Note to JP: suggest avoiding Paris.
Hat tip to you, JtR. You handled the whole doggone mess perfectly…
Lol Jp, I second avoiding Paris…we had more than one meal where the dogs were inside the restaurant and the babies were outside in strollers sleeping!
Thanks for the tip regarding Paris, I will avoid Paris now most definitely after the heads up…Haha! Dogs in restaurant yet their babies outside in the strollers…who would of thunk it…wow!
The first time I took my dogs to the vet here I was amazed how well they were treated by the workers. I left thinking man my kids don’t even get treated half that well with that level of attention and care when they go to the Dr.
Unless the dog is bringing money to the table and will eventually be signing documents, it can stay home.
Not so sure about leaving it in the car, since depending on the temperature it can get pretty hot and where we moved from (Arizona) it’s against the law {ARS 13-2910}.